US Air Force to fire officers involved in 'mistaken' B-52 flight

nhboy

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"WASHINGTON: The Air Force plans to relieve at least five officers of their commands for allowing nuclear-armed missiles to be mistakenly loaded on a B-52 bomber and flown across the United States, the worst known violation of nuclear security in decades.

Defense Secretary Robert Gates is to be briefed Friday on the plan to fire the officers and other results of a six-week Air Force probe into the Aug. 30 incident. No one noticed for hours that the weapons were aboard the eight-engine bomber, several Defense Department officials said.

One said the investigation found long-established procedures for handling the munitions were not followed, and it recommended that five or more officers be relieved of their duties."

US Air Force to fire officers involved in 'mistaken' B-52 flight with armed nuclear weapons - International Herald Tribune
 
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You wonder what happened to the chain of custody. Guess someone was just too busy/lazy to double check.
 
Jeff

Jeff

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I can't remember. Did they figure it out while the bird was still in the air or did they figure it out after it was on the ground at it's destination?

How would you like to have been that pilot if they figured this out in flight??

Uh Sir.... Guess what....
 
dustin

dustin

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Jeff said:
I can't remember. Did they figure it out while the bird was still in the air or did they figure it out after it was on the ground at it's destination?

How would you like to have been that pilot if they figured this out in flight??

Uh Sir.... Guess what....
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from what the article said i interpreted it as they figured it out once they were on the ground in barksdale, la. i'm sure its not one of those things you can just look at and tell from afar...
 
Jeff

Jeff

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dustin said:
from what the article said i interpreted it as they figured it out once they were on the ground in barksdale, la. i'm sure its not one of those things you can just look at and tell from afar...
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I think it was the guys at Home base that realized the SNAFU. Just wasn't sure at what point.
 
MMDad

MMDad

Lem Putt
The missiles were on the plane at Minot for 15 hours without appropriate security, and at Barksdale for 9 hours before the ground crew unloading the missiles noticed what they were.

It appears that both types of missiles were stored in the same bunker. There was a huge chain of errors, and complacency definitely appears to be the root of the problem.
 
Lenny

Lenny

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MMDad said:
The missiles were on the plane at Minot for 15 hours without appropriate security, and at Barksdale for 9 hours before the ground crew unloading the missiles noticed what they were.

It appears that both types of missiles were stored in the same bunker. There was a huge chain of errors, and complacency definitely appears to be the root of the problem.
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Served three years at Barksdale. Went through a lot of ORI-type exercises. The ing-Commander at Minot is toast if he didn't ensure weps did his job right last time the toys came outta the bunker.
 
MMDad

MMDad

Lem Putt
Lenny said:
Served three years at Barksdale. Went through a lot of ORI-type exercises. The ing-Commander at Minot is toast if he didn't ensure weps did his job right last time the toys came outta the bunker.
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Yep. This is bad for the careers of people who weren't even directly involved.

I'd imagine AQ is looking at this as a missed oppurtunity. Just think how bad this could have been.
 
dustin

dustin

UAIOE
MMDad said:
Yep. This is bad for the careers of people who weren't even directly involved.

I'd imagine AQ is looking at this as a missed oppurtunity. Just think how bad this could have been.
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I wonder if DEVGRU have been out sneaking and peaking at the AF's security measures since the incident?
 
PsyOps

PsyOps

Pixelated
MMDad said:
The missiles were on the plane at Minot for 15 hours without appropriate security, and at Barksdale for 9 hours before the ground crew unloading the missiles noticed what they were.

It appears that both types of missiles were stored in the same bunker. There was a huge chain of errors, and complacency definitely appears to be the root of the problem.
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It's Bush's fault.:jameo:
 
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