Langley jets grounded next week for safety review

[Beam Me Up]

Source: WAVY-TV HAMPTON, Va. (AP)

HAMPTON, Va. (AP) -- Langley Air Force Base will ground its jets next week.

The Air Force says the service's Air Combat Command has ordered all jet fighters and bombers to remain grounded so airmen can review safety procedures and protocol.

Langley is home to three fighter squadrons, which fly the F-15 Eagle and F-22A Raptor.

Officials say the stand down next Friday was prompted by an August incident where a B-52 bomber was mistakenly armed with six nuclear warheads and flown across several states.

Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20628998/

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I don't see a date on this story so it may be more than 24hrs old. Sorry if it is.

[woodsprite]

1. By next week, do they mean the week of 9/11?

Sounds suspicious to me. When is the 'martial law' scenario supposed to be rehearsed by the military? Maybe my tinfoil hat is on a bit tight tonight. Had to put a few extra layers on tonight when I visited the in-laws.

[Mabus]

2. Associated Press - September 6, 2007 4:45 PM ET

Same article with date: http://www.wric.com/global/story.asp?s=7037365

[fed-up]

3. and trucks coming in through mexico??? what is really up??? nt

[quiet.american]

4. They ground *Langley* because missiles "mistakenly" flew out of N. Dakota to Louisiana?

Now, what sounds familiar about this?

[seafan]

5. Something is, indeed, up.

Air Force Orders Stand Down For US on Sept 14

[tnlurker]

6. Where will Bush be on the 14th?

If he is not in DC I would watch out.

[shanti]

17. or cheney

i'd be more worried about where HE is!

[soothsayer]

7. sept 14, false flag day

[Rosa Luxemburg]

12. 9/14 doesn't sound right

someone needs to be on the ball and figure out what's going on here!

[nebenaube]

14. I agree

the exercises start on 10/15 so expect something real once those forces have been depolyed.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

15. Congress is probably sleeping through this

[AzDar]

8. Very odd timing.

[ProudDad]

9. What, you mean they left some World Trade Towers still standing? (n/t)

[sce56]

10. It is not just Langley it is nation wide!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1757405|Nukes over Amerika (continued)>

[defendandprotect]

11. Did they drop flyers over "Iraq" announcing this to the terrorists -- ????

[rocktivity]

13. That "mistake" was made by HUMAN BEINGS, not the planes themselves!

:eyes:
rocknation

[ChairmanAgnostic]

20. oh yeah? How can you tell if some badly trained plane

didn't simply use its fly by wire system to snag some nukes? huh? huh?

Rocknation, my biggest fear is that the underlying basis for your statement may be in error, ie, that it was a "mistake", and not a deliberate effort by Cheney and his cohorts to create trouble someplace.

[shanti]

16. oooooh shit

this has an ominous sound to it :scared:

[Up2Late]

18. Hey Canadian Air Force! Might be a good time for Operation Bush/Cheney to The Hague next week!

Make it fast and I doubt you'll encounter any resistance from 75% of us, or the other 25% Chicken Hawks.:evilgrin:

[Ian David]

19. They're still standing by the "mistake" story? Yeah, right. Like we believe that. n/t

[AllexxisF1]

21. Uh...

If you were going to ground all jets for a safety review...why the hell would you announce it to the whole world?

Secondly, are their any nuclear munitions at Langley? I don't think they are so why would they need to have all of their jets grounded for nuclear munition installation procedures?

I don't trust these mother f-ers anymore.

[onenote]

22. this isn't the first time a stand-down has been ordered. One in 1997 too

After a series of accidents, there was a stand-down ordered by AIr Combat Command in Sept 1997.