A B-52 bomber mistakenly loaded with five nuclear warheads flew from Minot Air Force Base, N.D, to Barksdale Air Force Base, La., on Aug. 30, resulting in an Air Force-wide investigation.[...]
[T]he nuclear warheads should have been removed at Minot before being transported to Barksdale, the officers said. The missiles were mounted onto the pylons of the bomber’s wings.
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[T]he mistake was not discovered until the B-52 landed at Barskdale.
Made me think of this report from 2004.
LITTLE EGG HARBOR, N.J. — A National Guard F-16 fighter (search) jet on a nighttime training mission strafed an elementary school with 25 rounds of ammunition, authorities said Thursday. No one was injured.
The Guard now says its preliminary theory is that the F-16 jet's cannon opened fire prematurely as the fighter was climbing upward at 8,000 feet. The 25 shells went straight up in the air and then came back to ground at the school.
An accident with nuclear warheads might have been a bit dicier.
....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.
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