Oops! Air Force Flies Nuclear Bombs Over U.S.
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It was a mistake, the Air Force says -- and the public was never in danger. But nevertheless, a B-52 armed with six nuclear warheads flew for more than three hours last week across several states. They meant to take the warheads off the missiles before they mounted them under the wings, but somebody goofed. A commander is fired over the incident.
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KADENA AIR BASE, Japan  - The arrival of 12 U.S. F-22 fighter planes at a U.S. air base on Japan's southern island of Okinawa was delayed on Sunday without word on a new date for their first deployment outside the United States.
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Russia expressed surprise on Tuesday that the United States had scrambled fighter jets at the weekend to intercept strategic Russian bombers, one of which flew over a U.S. aircraft carrier in the Pacific.
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A US aircraft dropped a quarter-tonne bomb on the northern Iraqi city of Mosul resulting in an &quot;unknown number of enemy casualties&quot; and injuring eight American soldiers.
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&quot;Gotcha pal! Be careful next time,&quot; the radio crackled in the cockpit of a Russian-made Indian war jet as a US F-16 scored a &quot;kill&quot; during a multi-nation naval drill in the Bay of Bengal.
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And don't waste my time with your roadside bombs One of the US air force's most senior pilots has cast doubt on the usefulness of unmanned aircraft.â¦
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U.S. warplanes dropped 40,000 pounds of bombs on Thursday in a sudden and massive strike on more than 40 al Qaeda targets clustered in date palm groves on Baghdad's southern outskirts, the military said.
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Although some suspect missing WWII bomb may be the cause, Air Force officials say the warhead does not carry the plutonium needed for a nuclear blast but that it does carry 400 pounds of explosives.
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The Air Force has decided to relieve at least five of its officers of command and is considering filing criminal charges in connection with the Aug. 29 "Bent Spear" incident in which nuclear-armed cruise missiles were mistakenly flown from North Dakota to Louisiana, two senior Air Force officials...
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An interceptor missile destroyed a mock warhead over the Pacific Ocean on Friday in a key test of the nation's missile defense system, U.S. military officials said.
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U.S. forces in central Afghanistan called in the airstrike after coming under rocket fire Sunday.
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Four Air Force colonels have been relieved of their commands and more than 65 lower-ranking officers and airmen have been disciplined over a series of errors that led to a B-52 flight in August from North Dakota to Louisiana with six nuclear-armed cruise missiles that no one realized were under the...
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US Navy books vast Pacific firing area five days running The American military has issued further warning notices to aircraft and shipping in the Pacific, offering further opportunities for US warships to destroy a malfunctioning secret spy satellite before it descends to Earth. Meanwhile, NASA has cleared the space shuttle Atlantis to land as scheduled in Florida this afternoon, allowing the first satellite shot to be attempted above the Pacific in the early hours of tomorrow morning (UK time).â¦
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Airspace bar from surface to 'unlimited' altitude The US military has issued a warning notice barring flights above a large area of the northern Pacific for two and a half hours early on Thursday morning. The stricken spy satellite marked for destruction by US warships will pass over the taped-off area just at this time, indicating that the first shot will take place then.â¦
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The Air Force plans to fly planes over Wake Island after Typhoon Ioke passes, to see how much damage the storm inflicted on the mid-Pacific U.S. military refueling outpost.
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The dreaded BANG! came from deep within the F-16's lone engine, shaking the warplane as it made passes over an Arizona bombing range last December. Then came the alarming loss of thrust.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - U.S. aircraft, apparently AC-130  gunships, pounded positions held by Shi'ite militiamen in the  Iraqi holy city of Najaf Thursday and large orange multiple  flashes lit the night sky.