Cannon Ball!

The Air Force won the cannon ball contest at a Kansas lake the other day:

Corey Armstrong and his friends got some company while swimming at Kanopolis Lake on Wednesday -- nine practice bombs dropped by accident from a passing B-52 bomber.

"I just saw them, when they hit, it was four splashes pretty much at the same time," said Armstrong, 16, of Salina. "The bomber started flying in circles after that."

Lt. Col. Jeff Jordan, commander of the nearby Smoky Hill National Guard Range, said the bomber dropped the bombs by mistake while on a training mission. He said the plane is based at Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana.

Jordan said the bombs, all of which apparently hit the water, were filled with concrete, not explosives, and didn't pose a threat to the public.

At least they didn't pose a threat to the public, other than the problem posed by having a 500 pound chunk of concrete land on your head.