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Tango01 | 18 Jan 2018 10:43 p.m. PST |
…Hydrogen Bombs Over Spain. "* A crash involving a B-52 Stratofortress bomber over Spain in 1966 resulted in four nuclear bombs being lost for 81 days. * The bombs were not armed, meaning there was no chance of a nuclear detonation. * The US personnel involved in the search and Spaniards in the area have lived with the legacy of the accident in the half-century since. Early on the morning of January 16, 1966, a B-52 Stratofortress bomber took off from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in North Carolina. The bomber headed toward Europe, where it would patrol near the borders of the Soviet Union with four nuclear weapons, part of Operation Chrome Dome, a Cold War program to provide 24-hour rapid-response capabilities in case of war…." Main page link Amicalement Armand
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Uparmored | 19 Jan 2018 1:09 a.m. PST |
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Tango01 | 19 Jan 2018 10:23 a.m. PST |
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15mm and 28mm Fanatik | 19 Jan 2018 12:56 p.m. PST |
A B-52 lost four nukes 52 years ago. That's worth commemorating in and of itself. |
Legion 4 | 19 Jan 2018 4:12 p.m. PST |
Too bad about the air crews. But like many jobs in the military … it can be "risky business", even if it is not during combat. |
LostPict | 19 Jan 2018 5:33 p.m. PST |
The other famous B-52 crash with a nuke armed bomber out of Seymour Johnson. link |
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