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Nuclear missile 'mishap' costs Air Force $1.8M
http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/23/politics/intercontinental-ballistic-missile-mishap/index.html
In 2014, three technicians working on a Minutemen III ICBM somehow did $1.8 million in damage to the missile.
The Air Force is famous for having incidents involving nuclear weapons. As more information from the Cold War becomes declassified, we are finding that the USAF was almost as much a nuclear danger to America as the former Soviet Union was. Baby Boomers don't realize just how close we came to blowing ourselves up when we were kids. Astute authors are writing bone-chilling books about it as the information is made public. The cover-ups were many.
Air Force loses $115 million gunship to a 'sideslip'
http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/20/politics/air-force-gunship-lost/index.html
In April of 2014, the crew of a Hurlburt Field AC-130J Ghostrider gunship somehow rolled the 4-engined aircraft inverted and over-stressed the airframe of the nearly-new $115 million aircraft. It will never be flown again and probably will be salvaged for spare parts.
Loose nut costs Air Force $62.4 million in accident
http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/27/politics/loose-nut-air-force-crash/index.html
In April of 2015, a USAF maintenance contractor (L-3 Communications) performed improper maintenance on a USAF RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft. L-3 maintenance techs failed to properly tighten a nut on an oxygen line in the aircraft's galley. This resulted in an oxygen-leak that caused a fire in the galley. Luckily, the mishap occurred while the jet was still on the ground, and it and the crew were saved. But, the fire caused $62.4 million in damage to the RC-135. Does L-3 still have the contract? Likely.... The MIC rules the services.
Nuclear missile 'mishap' costs Air Force $1.8M
http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/23/politics/intercontinental-ballistic-missile-mishap/index.html
In 2014, three technicians working on a Minutemen III ICBM somehow did $1.8 million in damage to the missile.
The Air Force is famous for having incidents involving nuclear weapons. As more information from the Cold War becomes declassified, we are finding that the USAF was almost as much a nuclear danger to America as the former Soviet Union was. Baby Boomers don't realize just how close we came to blowing ourselves up when we were kids. Astute authors are writing bone-chilling books about it as the information is made public. The cover-ups were many.
Air Force loses $115 million gunship to a 'sideslip'
http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/20/politics/air-force-gunship-lost/index.html
In April of 2014, the crew of a Hurlburt Field AC-130J Ghostrider gunship somehow rolled the 4-engined aircraft inverted and over-stressed the airframe of the nearly-new $115 million aircraft. It will never be flown again and probably will be salvaged for spare parts.
Loose nut costs Air Force $62.4 million in accident
http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/27/politics/loose-nut-air-force-crash/index.html
In April of 2015, a USAF maintenance contractor (L-3 Communications) performed improper maintenance on a USAF RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft. L-3 maintenance techs failed to properly tighten a nut on an oxygen line in the aircraft's galley. This resulted in an oxygen-leak that caused a fire in the galley. Luckily, the mishap occurred while the jet was still on the ground, and it and the crew were saved. But, the fire caused $62.4 million in damage to the RC-135. Does L-3 still have the contract? Likely.... The MIC rules the services.
