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  • In Error, B-52 Flew Over U.S. With Nuclear-Armed Missiles

    09/06/2007 1:18:32 PM PDT · by starlifter · 47 replies · 1,318+ views
    Washington Post ^ | September 6, 2007
    An Air Force B-52 bomber flew across the central United States last week with six cruise missiles armed with nuclear warheads that were mistakenly attached to the airplane's wing, defense officials said yesterday. The Stratofortress bomber, based at Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota, was transporting a dozen Advanced Cruise Missiles to Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana on Aug. 30. But crews inadvertently loaded half of them with nuclear warheads attached.
  • Sources: B-52 mistakenly carried nukes

    09/05/2007 8:50:46 AM PDT · by Vn_survivor_67-68 · 220 replies · 6,721+ views
    yahoo news ^ | 9/6/07 | ap
    BISMARCK, N.D. - A B-52 bomber was mistakenly loaded with five nuclear warheads during a flight from North Dakota to Louisiana, a newspaper reported Wednesday. The bomber carried advanced cruise missiles as part of a Defense Department program to retire 400 of the missiles, the Military Times said, quoting three officers who spoke on condition they remain anonymous because they were not authorized to discuss the incident. The officers said the nuclear warheads should have been removed before the missiles were mounted onto pylons under the bomber's wings for the Aug. 30 flight from Minot Air Force Base in North...