[BwanaNdege]

On 16 January 1991, seven Boeing B-52Gs fully loaded with AGM-86C conventional air-launched cruise missiles took flight from Barksdale AFB in Louisiana on a top-secret mission to destroy targets inside Iraq.

Could you give a bit more detail so we're SURE that it was TOP SECRET?

/S

[lacrew]

Declassification is now triggered at 25 years:

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/21/washington/21declassify.html?_r=0

Who knows, maybe this mission was declassified on Saturday.

[BwanaNdege]

Better, more efficient idea: Why Boeing's Design For A 747 Full Of Cruise Missiles Makes Total Sense

"The idea was relatively simple, turn the premier long-range commercial hauler into an arsenal ship capable of carrying between 50 and 100 air-launched cruise missiles (ALCMs). "