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The explosion happened at the General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems' plant in Camden, about 86 miles (138 kilometers) south of Little Rock, a company spokesperson said. ... 2 injured, 1 ...
The 374th Strategic Missile Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit, last assigned to the 308th Strategic Missile Wing at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas. The squadron was equipped with the LGM-25C Titan II intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), with a mission of nuclear deterrence. It was inactivated as part of the ...
A USAF General Dynamics F-16A Block 15F Fighting Falcon, 81-0750, of the 421st Tactical Fighter Squadron, crashed during a training mission in northwest Utah, killing the pilot. [165] Crashed onto the Utah Test and Training Range killing pilot, First Lieutenant S. Brad Peale. The aircraft suffered a controlled flight into terrain (CFIT). [166]
General Dynamics F-111A, 67-0082, c/n A1-127, crashed near Eglin AFB, Florida, shortly after takeoff. The crew lost control of the plane after an external fuel fire and explosion. On attempting to eject, all crewmen were killed. [131] 20 July Lockheed SR-71A, 61-7978, Article 2029, was lost in a landing accident at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa. The ...
General Dynamics will do the actual manufacturing at its Camden, Arkansas, munitions factory and then ship them next door to Lockheed Martin's Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) rocket ...
On November 29, 1988, an explosion occurred at a construction site in Kansas City, Missouri, United States, killing six firefighters. The cause of the explosion was attributed to arson, and five suspects were sentenced to life imprisonment in connection with the event in 1997. However, their guilt has been the subject of dispute.
General Dynamics F-111E, 67-0116, c/n A1-161 / E-2, of the 3246th Test Wing, Armament Development and Test Center, one of two assigned to the base, crashed at Eglin AFB, Florida, upon return from a test mission. Crew, pilot Capt. Douglas A. Joyce, and Capt. Richard Mullane, deployed crew escape module safely and were uninjured.
The office of information services at McConnell Air Force Base, said the explosion occurred after takeoff, probably at about 2,000 feet (610 m) altitude. Lt. Maurice Boyack, pilot of a Navy Lockheed P2V Neptune bomber, out of Naval Air Station Hutchinson, Kansas, said the explosion occurred in a climbing turn. He flew his bomber to a point ...