Tag: minot
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why not minot? north dakota towns unfazed by icbm rocket
from ap: There’s plenty to talk about at the weekly women’s coffee klatch in the small town of Parshall, and no one bothered to mention the unarmed booster rocket for an intercontinental ballistic missile lying in a ditch where an Air Force truck overturned. “We talked about the oil boom, weddings — everything under the…
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air force: nuclear missile crew fell asleep on duty
from raw replay: CNN’s Barbara Starr reported that the Air Force said that a crew in charge of outdated nuclear missile launch codes fell asleep while on duty. Air Force Times reported: “Three missile officers with the 91st Space Wing at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., fell asleep July 12 while holding a classified launch…
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70 punished in ‘accidental’ nuke flight
from ap: The Air Force said Friday it has punished 70 airmen involved in the accidental, cross-country flight of a nuclear-armed B-52 bomber following an investigation that found widespread disregard for the rules on handling such munitions. “There has been an erosion of adherence to weapons-handling standards at Minot Air Force Base and Barksdale Air…