Kirkland AFB is where most of the nuclear weapons were loaded into bombers.
Hiding out in Russia I bet.
No. Tell that to the weapons guys at Minot, Grand Forks, Fairchild, Walker, Ramey, Altus, Shepperd, Loring, March, Castle, any of the Minuteman bases...get the drift?
It is contrary to DoD policy to confirm or deny the presence of nuclear weapons on any of those sites.
“Kirkland AFB is where most of the nuclear weapons were loaded into bombers...” [Zathras, post 49]
“...Tell that to the weapons guys at Minot, Grand Forks, Fairchild, Walker, Ramey, Altus, Shepperd, Loring, March, Castle, any of the Minuteman bases...get the drift?
It is contrary to DoD policy to confirm or deny the presence of nuclear weapons on any of those sites.” [pffflier, post 52]
It’s “Kirtland.” And much more is done there, in addition to anything Zathras may have heard about.
Weapons rarely get loaded onto bombers these days. Airborne alert was discontinued in 1968, and ground alert ended in 1991.
Of the bases pfflier mentioned, only Minot still hosts B-52s. Barksdale is the only other base to host B-52s now. Whiteman hosts the only B-2 wing. Pursuant to arms control treaties, B-1Bs were decertified from carrying weapons some time after 1992.