That's a worry- Nine US Military Commanders sacked from US Nuclear Air Force

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    fulltimestudent

    Foreign Policy Magazine reports:

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    Foreign Policy magazine reports:

    AIR FORCE TO REVIEW BOMBER UNITS

    By Gordon Lubold with Nathaniel Sobel

    The Air Force is going to begin (CHECKING-fts) nuke units in the wake of the cheating scandal.FP's Dan Lamothe from Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana with this exclusive: "The Air Force will scrutinize its units that fly dozens of bombers capable of carrying nuclear weapons across the globe, the latest aftershock of an embarrassing cheating scandal in its nuclear missile force that led to the unprecedented removal of nine commanders from their jobs and the resignation of a 10th in March.

    "The review, which hasn't previously been reported, is the next phase of the service's nuclear 'force improvement program,' and will operate in a similar fashion to the ongoing assessment of the beleaguered missile units, said Lt. Gen. Stephen Wilson, who oversees both forces from here as the chief of the Air Force's Global Strike Command. The general said the first review found an array of areas that needed improvement, from old equipment to poor morale, and that he hopes the new internal study will identify parts of the bomber fleet that can be fixed to avoid future problems. Global Strike Command's forces include Boeing's massive eight-engine B-52H Stratofortress bomber and Northrop Grumman's stealthy, bat-wing shaped B-2 Spirit, each of which can be equipped with conventional or nuclear weapons.

  • Band on the Run
    Band on the Run

    I read quite a while ago that Washington sent a signal to lalunch nuclear missiles. The crews at the missle site decided it was an error. Some were punished for not following orders.

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