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The incident occurred on September 18–19, 1980, at Missile Complex 374-7 in rural Arkansas when a U.S. Air Force LGM-25C Titan II ICBM loaded with a 9-megaton W-53 nuclear warhead experienced a liquid fuel explosion inside its silo. [2]
Pierce was well known in his West Memphis community, but police at first had no leads in the bombing. [4] However, Pierce was a co-defendant in a wrongful death suit against the Arkansas Supreme Court up until a few weeks prior to the bombing. [5] [6] On August 7, Pierce made his first appearance at the Arkansas Medical Board since the bombing. [7]
The Ouachita County Sheriff’s Office identified the suspect as then 44-year-old Travis Eugene "Joey" Posey of neighboring New Edinburg, Arkansas. [9] At the time of the shooting, Posey was the owner of a Kingsland landscaping company which he operated since 2010 [10] as well as a local trucking service.
The Pine Bluff Arsenal is a United States Army installation in Jefferson County, Arkansas, about eight miles northwest of Pine Bluff and thirty miles southeast of Little Rock. Pine Bluff Arsenal is one of nine Army installations in the United States that stored chemical weapons. [1]
Blytheville Air Force Base was a United States Air Force base that operated under the Tactical Air Command and Strategic Air Command from 1954 until its closure in 1992. The facility originally served as a B-25 pilot training school during WW2.
Portions of an Arkansas law that would have subjected librarians to criminal charges for letting kids check out books deemed "harmful to minors" were struck down by a federal judge last week, who ...
A video from inside the club during the attack, which included audio of at least 24 rounds being fired in about 11 seconds, was posted by a friend of a victim to Facebook. [ 5 ] According to the Little Rock Police Department , 25 people were shot and three were hurt in other ways after a dispute that started in the club.
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