WASHINGTON (CNN) — Six nuclear warheads on cruise missiles were mistakenly carried on a flight from North Dakota to Louisiana last week, prompting a major investigation, military officials have confirmed.
The plane took the cruise missiles from Minot Air Force Base to Barksdale Air Force Base for decommissioning Thursday, the Air Force said.
“This is a major gaffe, and it’s going to cause some heads to roll down the line,” said Don Shepperd, a retired Air Force major general and military analyst for CNN.
The warheads should have been removed from the missiles before they were attached to the B-52 bomber, according to military officials.
Being an Air Force brat myself (my dad was a B-52 crew member) I find this rather amusing when something like this reaches the public eye. There are probably countless rednecks no where near the flight path of the plane, in mass panic and gossip that a nuke “flew over them”. Eh this isn’t the first time, and it won’t be the last. One of those missiles could fall into their backyard and be nothing more than a lawn dart. woo Made in America!
Either way, someone got paid to fail bigtime.
