B-52 flies nuclear missiles across US

[9-21]

By Pauline Jelinek, AP
Published: 05 September 2007




A B-52 bomber was mistakenly armed with six nuclear warheads and flown for
more than three hours across several states, prompting a US Air Force
investigation and the firing of one commander, Pentagon officials said
today.

The plane was carrying Advanced Cruise Missiles from a base in North Dakota
in the upper Midwest to a base in the southern state of Louisiana on 30
August, said the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of a
Defense Department policy not to confirm information on nuclear weapons.

The Air Combat Command ordered a halt in all operations to review
procedures, officials said. They said there was minimal risk to crews and
the US public because of safety features in the munitions.

The missiles, which are being decommissioned, were mounted on the bomber's
wings and it is unclear why the warheads had not been removed beforehand.

In addition to the munitions squadron commander who was relieved of his
duties, crews involved with the mistaken load - including ground crew
workers - have been temporarily suspended from handling munitions, one
official said.

The investigation is expected to take several weeks.

The incident was first reported in Military Times newspaper.

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article2932349.ece



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[GovShill]

On Sep 6, 8:17 am, "9-21" <luke24...@bluebottle.com> wrote:
> By Pauline Jelinek, AP
> Published: 05 September 2007
>
> A B-52 bomber was mistakenly armed with six nuclear warheads and flown for
> more than three hours across several states, prompting a US Air Force
> investigation and the firing of one commander, Pentagon officials said
> today.

And you think this is a conspiracy because.....

Sounds like a typical SNAFU to me.

Shill #2
Loooks Pal

 

[SportsBookJunkie]

On Sep 5, 3:17 pm, "9-21" <luke24...@bluebottle.com> wrote:
> By Pauline Jelinek, AP
> Published: 05 September 2007
>
> A B-52 bomber was mistakenly armed with six nuclear warheads and flown for
> more than three hours across several states, prompting a US Air Force
> investigation and the firing of one commander, Pentagon officials said
> today.
>
> The plane was carrying Advanced Cruise Missiles from a base in North Dakota
> in the upper Midwest to a base in the southern state of Louisiana on 30
> August, said the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of a
> Defense Department policy not to confirm information on nuclear weapons.
>
> The Air Combat Command ordered a halt in all operations to review
> procedures, officials said. They said there was minimal risk to crews and
> the US public because of safety features in the munitions.
>
> The missiles, which are being decommissioned, were mounted on the bomber's
> wings and it is unclear why the warheads had not been removed beforehand.
>
> In addition to the munitions squadron commander who was relieved of his
> duties, crews involved with the mistaken load - including ground crew
> workers - have been temporarily suspended from handling munitions, one
> official said.
>
> The investigation is expected to take several weeks.
>
> The incident was first reported in Military Times newspaper.
>
> http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article2932349.ece
>
> --
> The Gaming Zone - Online Games - Fantasy Gameshttp://fantasygames.geekgalaxy.com

The Bush administration was probably getting them ready to fly to Iran.

 

[David Morgan \(MAMS\)]

"SportsBookJunkie" <JimmyD.LV@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1189031617.107179.298370@r34g2000hsd.googlegroups.com...

> On Sep 5, 3:17 pm, "9-21" <luke24...@bluebottle.com> wrote:
> > By Pauline Jelinek, AP
> > Published: 05 September 2007
<snippage>
> > The investigation is expected to take several weeks.
> >
> > The incident was first reported in Military Times newspaper.
> >
> > http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article2932349.ece


> The Bush administration was probably getting them ready to fly to Iran.

It was probalby a huge mistake, in that the administration was more than
likely supposed to be purchasing them after de-commission for use on this
country to incite more false-flag anger.

 

[george]

On Sep 6, 10:17 am, "9-21" <luke24...@bluebottle.com> wrote:
> By Pauline Jelinek, AP
> Published: 05 September 2007
>
> A B-52 bomber was mistakenly armed with six nuclear warheads and flown for
> more than three hours across several states, prompting a US Air Force
> investigation and the firing of one commander, Pentagon officials said
> today.

What?
A B52 carrying nuclear tipped cruise missiles?
Never happened before eh..
Remember SAC.
All the combat ready aircraft were carrying nukes -and- were
overflying US states...

 

[nobody]

David Morgan (MAMS) wrote:

>
> It was probalby a huge mistake, in that the administration was more
> than likely supposed to be purchasing them after de-commission for
> use on this country to incite more false-flag anger.



Bingo.

 

[lorad474@cs.com]

On Sep 5, 3:17 pm, "9-21" <luke24...@bluebottle.com> wrote:
> By Pauline Jelinek, AP
> Published: 05 September 2007
>
> A B-52 bomber was mistakenly armed with six nuclear warheads and flown for
> more than three hours across several states, prompting a US Air Force
> investigation and the firing of one commander, Pentagon officials said
> today.
>
> The plane was carrying Advanced Cruise Missiles from a base in North Dakota
> in the upper Midwest to a base in the southern state of Louisiana on 30
> August, said the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of a
> Defense Department policy not to confirm information on nuclear weapons.
>
> The Air Combat Command ordered a halt in all operations to review
> procedures, officials said. They said there was minimal risk to crews and
> the US public because of safety features in the munitions.

The important news is that there are at least some honest guys in the
ranks that took the risk to leak this violation. There is some hope.

 

[nobody]

lorad474@cs.com wrote:

>
> The important news is that there are at least some honest guys in
> the ranks that took the risk to leak this violation. There is some
> hope.




There are tons of courageous men and women with serious integrity in
the military. Problem is, technology is a force-multiplier for the
scumbag types. It doesn't take many bad apples in any organization
to do a whole lot of damage. 9/11 is a perfect example.

 

[David Morgan \(MAMS\)]

"nobody" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote in message...
>
> >
> > The important news is that there are at least some honest guys in
> > the ranks that took the risk to leak this violation. There is some
> > hope.

> There are tons of courageous men and women with serious integrity in
> the military. Problem is, technology is a force-multiplier for the
> scumbag types. It doesn't take many bad apples in any organization
> to do a whole lot of damage. 9/11 is a perfect example.







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