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2. 2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident

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   The B-52 command pilot did not do a final verification check before signing the manifest listing the cargo as a dozen unarmed AGM-129 missiles to depart Minot. [11] General T. Michael Moseley, USAF chief of staff at the time of the incident. The B-52 departed Minot at 08:40 and landed at Barksdale at 11:23 (local times) on 30 August.

3. List of accidents and incidents involving the Boeing B-52 ...

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   The crew was ordered to bail out but out of the eight crew on board, only six had ejector seats and just two of the five crew members who ejected survived. An explosion occurred when the bomber crashed into the ground. The reason for loss of control is unknown. The aircraft had flown only 233 hours when the accident occurred. [28]

4. 1971 B-52C Lake Michigan crash - Wikipedia

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   Each mission was a simulated use of electronics on the bomber to jam enemy radar so that the Cold War mission could be accomplished, while at the same time the ground crew of radar and electronic technicians were doing the same. 5 miles (8.0 km) west of the Bay Shore site was the Big Rock Point Nuclear Power Plant owned by Consumers Power and ...

5. Inside a training mission with a B-52 bomber, the aircraft ...

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   A few seconds later, there’s a small glitch: One of the aircraft’s landing gear legs—the rear one on the left—decides to stay down. The pilots determine that the problem isn’t big enough ...

6. Exclusive: On board a B-52 bomber mission to China’s doorstep

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   The B-52 would fly from the continental US, down Alaska’s Aleutian Islands, off Russia’s east coast and down by China and North Korea to a block of airspace off the Korean Peninsula.

7. List of military nuclear accidents - Wikipedia

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   A USAF B-47 bomber developed a fire shortly after take-off and went down with a sealed-pit Mark 39 Mod 1 nuclear weapon on board from an altitude of 1,500 ft (460 m). The detonation of the high explosive material in the bomb created a crater 6 feet (1.8 m) deep and 35 feet (10.7 m) in diameter.