Drone washes ashore

OKALOOSA ISLAND, Fla. - A target drone that had been shot down Feb. 25 over the Gulf of Mexico was found washed ashore over the weekend. The BQM-167 subscale drone had been shot down as part of a weapons evaluation test by the 83rd Fighter Weapons Squadron at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla. It washed up on Air Force property a quarter mile west of El Matador Condominiums. (Source: Northwest Florida Daily News, 05/11/09)