Saturday, October 20, 2007

US Air Force Punishes 70 Involved In Missing Nuclear Weapons Case
Airmen punished after plane flown with nuclear missiles
Scotsman, United Kingdom - 5 hours ago
THE US Air Force has punished several officers after a B-52 bomber was flown across the US loaded with live nuclear missiles. Three colonels, a lieutenant ...
Scores punished for nuclear flight
Aljazeera.net, Qatar - 9 hours ago
The US air force says it has punished 70 officers involved in the unauthorised transfer of nuclear weapons aboard a B-52 bomber. The Pentagon admitted that ...
4 colonels relieved of command over nuclear-armed flight
Boston Globe, United States - 12 hours ago
By Walter Pincus, Washington Post | October 20, 2007 WASHINGTON - Four Air Force colonels have been relieved of their commands and more than 65 ...
Airmen punished for nuclear error
BBC News, UK - 13 hours ago
The US Air Force has relieved several officers of their commands after a B-52 bomber was mistakenly flown across the US loaded with nuclear-armed missiles. ...
Air Force officers relieved of duty over loose nukes
CNN International - 13 hours ago
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A six-week probe into the mistaken flight of nuclear warheads across the country uncovered a "lackadaisical" attention to detail in ...
Missiles flown on board bomber by mistake
Gulf Daily News, Bahrain - 16 hours ago
WASHINGTON: A "series of procedural errors" led to the transfer of nuclear armed cruise missiles aboard a B-52 bomber from one US air base to another August ...
US Air Force describes errors in nuclear missile flight
AFP - 17 hours ago
WASHINGTON (AFP) — The Pentagon acknowledged Friday an unprecedented breakdown in procedures that allowed six nuclear missiles to mistakenly end up on a ...
Pentagon: Nuclear Warheads Domestic Flight was 'Serious Error'
Voice of America - 18 hours ago
By VOA News The US Air Force confirms that nuclear warheads were mistakenly flown over America in August, calling the error "unprecedented". ...
Air Force explains errant flight of nukes; officers punished
USA Today - 19 hours ago
It was an "unacceptable mistake" resulting from an "unprecedented string of procedural errors" because of a "lack of attention to detail. ...
AP Top News at 5:52 pm EDT
The Associated Press - 20 hours ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — In its first explicit confirmation that six nuclear-armed missiles were erroneously flown from an air base in North Dakota to a base in ...
US military explains incident of mishandling nuclear warheads
Xinhua, China - 20 hours ago
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- The US Air Force said on Friday that the incident of mishandling nuclear warheads in August was an "unacceptable mistake" of ...
US officers relieved of duty for mishandling nuclear warheads
Xinhua, China - 21 hours ago
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- The US military has relieved four Air Force officers for their roles in the mistaken flight of nuclear warheads across the ...
US Air Force to fire officers involved in 'mistaken' B-52 flight ...
International Herald Tribune, France - Oct 18, 2007
AP 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 ...
New commander named at Minot Air Force Base | KXNet.com North ...
KXMC, ND - 4 hours ago
AP MINOT, ND (AP) The military has named a new commander for Minot Air Force Base. The former commander Colonel Bruce Emig was relieved of command in the ...
Officials relieved for nuclear error
E Canada Now, Canada - 4 hours ago
Washington (eCanadaNow) - According to Pentagon officials, nearly 70 United States Air Force personnel and high ranking officials have been relieved from ...
US Air Force relieves 3 officers for mishandling of nuclear weapons
Mera Bilaspur, India - 4 hours ago
3 commanders were relieved and disciplinary action was taken against an undisclosed number of others by United States Air Force for an incident on 29 August ...
Stranger Than Fiction
Strategy Page - 8 hours ago
October 20, 2007: The US Air Force is letting heads roll because of sloppy handling of nuclear weapons last August. Back then, cruise missiles, that usually ...
US airmen rebuked for nuke error
InTheNews.co.uk, UK - 9 hours ago
The US air force has punished over 60 officers over a number of errors that led to armed nuclear warheads being carried on a domestic military flight. ...
US admits to perilous Minot scandal
PRESS TV, Iran - 11 hours ago
The US Air Force has finally confessed that it had major lapses in following procedures, allowing a B-52 nuclear armed bomber to fly. ...
Barksdale group commander among officers disciplined
Shreveport Times, LA - 11 hours ago
By John Andrew Prime Col. Todd Westhauser, commander of the 2nd Operations Group at Barksdale Air Force Base, is one of four top officers relieved of duty ...
US Air Force Punishes Several Officers After Nuclear Warheads ...
AHN - 15 hours ago
Washington, DC (AHN) - The US Defense Department and Air Force have completed an investigation into the circumstances surrounding a flight that mistakenly ...
Nukes Over America: All A Stupid Mistake. Sure it Was
OpEdNews, PA - 15 hours ago
by Dave Lindorff Page 1 of 2 page(s) The Air Force’s Friday report on the August 29-30 nuclear weapons incident which saw six armed cruise missiles flown ...
The Military Family Network
eMilitary.org - 17 hours ago
The Air Force has relieved three commanders and disciplined an undisclosed number of others in connection with an Aug. 29 “Bent Spear” incident in which ...
Air Force releases B-52 munitions transfer investigation results
Air Force Link, DC - 19 hours ago
by Staff Sgt. Monique Randolph 10/19/2007 - WASHINGTON (AFPN) -- A senior Air Force official released results of the command-directed investigation stemming ...
Air Force Officers Fired Over Mistaken Flying of Nuclear Warheads
NewsHour - 20 hours ago
The Air Force on Friday relieved at least three senior officers of duty for their roles in the erroneous flight of several nuclear-armed missiles across the ...
US nuclear flight 'was a mistake'
Channel 4 News, UK - 20 hours ago
Nuclear-armed missiles were flown across the US by mistake, military officials admitted for the first time. The US Air Force said the episode in late August ...
6 officers to be fired over B-52 nukes
PRESS TV, Iran - 20 hours ago
The US Air Force is planning to fire at least 6 officers and other personnel involved in the Minot Air Base B-52 bomber 'accident'. ...
Barksdale officer among those fired for nuclear-missile mistakes
KTBS, LA - 21 hours ago
A commander at Barksdale Air Force Base is among five officers who have been fired for an incident in which nuclear-tipped missiles were mistakenly loaded ...
US Air Force blames transport of nukes on
Focus News, Bulgaria - 21 hours ago
Washington. A "series of procedural errors" and an erosion in standards led to the transfer of nuclear armed cruise missiles aboard a B-52 bomber from one ...
US Air Force due to explain nuclear breach
Malaysia Sun, Malaysia - Oct 19, 2007
The US Air Force is considering filing criminal against five of its officers in connection with the August incident in which nuclear-armed cruise missiles ...
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