Munitions squadron Commander outta here and a few crews decertified.

[lonestarnot]

Air Forchttp://official fired after 6 nukes fly over U.S.
B-52 bomber, accidentally armed with warheads, went over several states

MSNBC video


Nukes mistakenly flown across U.S.
Sept. 5: Nuclear weapons were mistakenly loaded aboard a B-52 and flown cross-country from North Dakota to Louisiana last week. NBC's Jim Miklaszewski reports.
MSNBC



Updated: 11:43 a.m. MT Sept 5, 2007
WASHINGTON - A B-52 bomber was mistakenly armed with six nuclear warheads and flown for more than three hours across several states last week, prompting an Air Force investigation and the firing of one commander, Pentagon officials said Wednesday.

Rep. Ike Skelton, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, called the mishandling of the weapons “deeply disturbing” and said the committee would press the military for details. Rep. Edward J. Markey, a senior member of the Homeland Security committee, said it was “absolutely inexcusable.”

“Nothing like this has ever been reported before and we have been assured for decades that it was impossible,” said Markey, D-Mass., co-chair of the House task force on nonproliferation.



The plane was carrying Advanced Cruise Missiles from Minot Air Force Base, N.D, to Barksdale Air Force Base, La., on Aug. 30, said the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of a Defense Department policy not to confirm information on nuclear weapons.

www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20427730e

[jimshoes]

1. Hmmm,

The article, posted link below, reports that 5 warheads were on board. Sure hope somebody didn't lose one of those babies.

http://www.thetowntalk.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070904/NEWS01/70904040

[lonestarnot]

2. Ah what's a few missing warheads. 80 suitcase bombs here and there who knows where.

:sarcasm: