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Jay Honeck wrote:

I know we kept recon early warning flights airborne for much of the Cold
War, but I didn't know we kept bombers in the air.

We kept armed B-52s up at all times through at least 1980. There's an H-bomb
at the bottom of the ocean off the coast of Spain and another one in the Gulf
near Alabama. I don't remember why they were jettisoned. Prior to the buffs,
we kept B-36s up and had F-100s carrying nukes out of Turkish bases.

George Patterson
A diplomat is a person who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that
you look forward to the trip.

"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message

....There's an H-bomb
at the bottom of the ocean off the coast of Spain and another one in the
Gulf
near Alabama.

I thought they found that one off Spain. Or, did they jettison two and find
only one?

JG

John Gaquin wrote:

I thought they found that one off Spain.

They certainly might have recovered it and I missed the news.

George Patterson
A diplomat is a person who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that
you look forward to the trip.

It was actually part of a show on the History channel. The B52's tail
came off during refueling. The nose pitched down, the fuselage hit the
back of the KC135 which exploded. All the B52 guys got out and were
interviewed on the show, all three tanker crew died. The Air Force
descended on this little town in Spain. Pretty cool show.

G.R. Patterson III wrote:


John Gaquin wrote:

I thought they found that one off Spain.


They certainly might have recovered it and I missed the news.

George Patterson
A diplomat is a person who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that
you look forward to the trip.

"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message
...


John Gaquin wrote:

I thought they found that one off Spain.

They certainly might have recovered it and I missed the news.


Now we'll have to kill you...

We kept armed B-52s up at all times through at least 1980.

Up? Or on 5-minute scramble alert?

I didn't think we kept them airborne 24/7...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

G.R.

Off Spain a B-52 and it's tanker collided. Tanker crew perished. 5 of
B-52 crew ejected ok.

B-52 had four bombs aboard. Three stayed in bomber when it crashed. HE
on two bombs went off and scattered Nuc material and we (US) took 1500
tons of dirt back here to dispose of.

4th bomb fell clear of A/C and into the water. It took 80 days to
locate and recover.

No record of any Alabama incident I can find.

One near Goldsboro, NC off). B-52 broke up in flight (wing fell off)
and dropped two bombs. One safety chute failed and bomb impacted
ground with 5 of the 6 safety switches activated (24 Mega ton
Weapon).

B-52 crashed landing at Tule Air Base, Greenland. Fire and Nuc
material scattered on Ice. Big clean up.

Other accidents through the years.

Airborne alert was discontinued in 1968 and since then Military A/C
weapon accidents have diminished.

Big John


On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 14:39:10 GMT, "G.R. Patterson III"
wrote:



Jay Honeck wrote:

I know we kept recon early warning flights airborne for much of the Cold
War, but I didn't know we kept bombers in the air.

We kept armed B-52s up at all times through at least 1980. There's an H-bomb
at the bottom of the ocean off the coast of Spain and another one in the Gulf
near Alabama. I don't remember why they were jettisoned. Prior to the buffs,
we kept B-36s up and had F-100s carrying nukes out of Turkish bases.

George Patterson
A diplomat is a person who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that
you look forward to the trip.

One near Goldsboro, NC off). B-52 broke up in flight (wing fell off)
and dropped two bombs. One safety chute failed and bomb impacted
ground with 5 of the 6 safety switches activated (24 Mega ton
Weapon).

Yikes! How do the safety switches on an H bomb work?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

drum roll.....
Really, really well, obviously!


"Jay Honeck" wrote Yikes! How do the safety
switches on an H bomb work?

"Big John" wrote in message
...
G.R.

Off Spain a B-52 and it's tanker collided. Tanker crew perished. 5 of
B-52 crew ejected ok.

B-52 had four bombs aboard. Three stayed in bomber when it crashed. HE
on two bombs went off and scattered Nuc material and we (US) took 1500
tons of dirt back here to dispose of.

4th bomb fell clear of A/C and into the water. It took 80 days to
locate and recover.

No record of any Alabama incident I can find.

One near Goldsboro, NC off). B-52 broke up in flight (wing fell off)
and dropped two bombs. One safety chute failed and bomb impacted
ground with 5 of the 6 safety switches activated (24 Mega ton
Weapon).

B-52 crashed landing at Tule Air Base, Greenland. Fire and Nuc
material scattered on Ice. Big clean up.


And those are just _our_ foul-ups.