Reply #10: The version of the story just after it happened ... [View All]

[TexasLawyer]

We were told that the bombs were unaccounted for for just the 3 1/2 hour flight time. So if this second report is correct, the bombs went missing for the 3 1/2 hours PLUS 10 hours sitting undiscovered on the runway.

The original plan was to transport non-nuclear Advanced Cruise Missiles, mounted on the wings of a B-52, to Barksdale as part of a Defense Department effort to decommission 400 of the ACMs. It was not discovered that the six missiles had nuclear warheads until the plane landed at Barksdale, leaving the warheads unaccounted for during the approximately 3 and one-half hour flight between the two bases, the officers said.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/military/2007-09-05-b-52_N.htm