NUKES
The incident took place on Aug 30th when a B-52 armed with 6 nuclear weapons took off from Minot AFB, North Dakota, and flew to Barksdale AFB in Louisiana. The mistake was discovered when the plane landed and the munitions commander at Minot was immediately discharged. Six munition handlers are being investigated. Not since the late '60s have planes been permitted to fly with nuclear weapons on board. That changed when to accidents occurred. One happened over Spain in 1966 when a B-52 collided with a tanker during re-fueling. The bomber was carrying 4 nuclear bombs, un-beknownst to the Spanish Govt. My Uncle James was killed in that incident. The second happened over Greenland in 1968.
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An atomic bomb also landed in a backyard in NC, plus others.
http://www.atomicarchive.com/Almanac/Brokenarrows.shtml
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