Keynotes for Nov. 12 Nov 13, 2009
It revolves around a U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber which exploded in 1966 while refueling over Palomares, Spain, killing seven crew members and scattering four unarmed thermonuclear bombs on the Spanish coastline. Moran is a daughter of Hudson resident Martin Moran and the late Frances Moran. (Hudson Sun, MA)
First airshow held at Homestead's Air Reserve Base in 18 years Nov 8, 2009
The show featured several military aircraft's including the F-16 fighting Falcon and B-52 bomber. It was the first show to be held at the Air Reserve Base in 18 years. (WSVN-TV Miami, FL)
Berlin Wall now in pieces across USA Nov 5, 2009
Now, with 64 B-52 bomber bases scattered around the country and Minuteman missile silos buried across the Plains, no one was far from a target. Berlin, which like Germany had been split by the Allies after the war, was at the center of this struggle. (Pensacola News Journal)
Still practicing ego worship Oct 28, 2009
The gates of Heaven are here today but getting there for most persons is like getting through the needle's eye (in Jerusalem) with one at the helm of a B-52 bomber. It's not that getting to Heaven is impossible, it's that getting there requires the shedding of all egoic burdens, leaving the past behind inside the Great Pyramid, never to be seen again by passers by. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Frank Jackson, Monument Valley guide. Oct 17, 2009
MONUMENT VALLEY - Twenty-five years ago - Oct. 16, 1984 - an Air Force B-52 bomber crashed and exploded on Hunts Mesa, sending a fireball thousands of feet into the air and turning night into day across Monument Valley. I was the night police reporter for The Arizona Republic, and after I covered the crash by phone and filed a story at midnight for the next day's front page, my editor, Bill Waldrop, agreed to let me drive all night to pick up the story from the scene. (AZCentral -- Travel)
1991 Tragedy of Iraq Oct 14, 2009
In his startling book, The Fire This Time, former Attorney General Ramsey Clark comments on the Persian Gulf War, "There has been no recognition by the media that Iraq was defenseless [...] Not a single [U.S.] Abrams tank nor B-52 bomber was hit by [Iraqi] fire, not a single military engagement took place.". During the first massive 1991 raids on Baghdad, it appeared unusual that Iraq showed no resistance to the attack at all. (Suite101.com)
Large insect sparked missile trucks crash Oct 11, 2009
The Minot base, home to about 4,800 active-duty military personnel, is the command center for about 150 Minuteman III missiles sunk in hardened silos in north central and northwestern North Dakota and is one of the nation's two B-52 bomber bases. More on. (MSNBC -- Terrorism)
A wing up: MS Air National Guard's Spouse Flight Oct 5, 2009
Friday's flight rendezvoused over Oklahoma with a B-52 bomber from the 93rd Bomb Group of the Eighth Air Force based in Shreveport, La. B-52s dwarf the tankers, which are converted Boeing 707s. (KSLA.com, LA)
Dr. Strangelove Aug 21, 2009
There seems to be nothing the president or his council can do about it, try as they may, since all communications are disrupted and the B-52 bombers are well on their way ... As the clock ticks by, a B-52 bomber gets closer to its target and the zany politicians in the are left scrambling for some sort of diplomatic solution to the impending apocalypse. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
US steadies the hand on its nuclear trigger Aug 10, 2009
First came the inadvertent transfer from one US base to another of nuclear-armed cruise missiles under the wing of a B-52 bomber in September 2007. Then the Pentagon discovered nuclear weapons components had been inadvertently shipped to Taiwan in 2006. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Air Force Sets Up New Command for Nuclear Forces Aug 8, 2009
First came the inadvertent transfer from one US base to another of nuclear-armed cruise missiles under the wing of a B-52 bomber in September 2007. Then the Pentagon discovered that nuclear weapons components had been inadvertently shipped to Taiwan in 2006. (Newsmax)
Feds: Air Force chief of staff acted improperly Jul 17, 2009
Moseley was ousted by the secretary of Defense in 2008 after two embarrassing incidents involving nuclear weapons: In one case, electrical fuses for ballistic-missile warheads were shipped to Taiwan; in the second, a B-52 bomber was mistakenly armed with six nuclear-tipped cruise missiles before a cross-country flight. But despite his retirement, Moseley is not immune from military discipline or even a tribunal if the case rises to allegations of criminal misconduct, other military officials... (AZCentral -- News)
Boeing wins $750M B-52 bomber contract Jul 1, 2009
Boeing announced that it has received a $750 million, 10-year contract from the to provide engineering support for the B-52 bomber. About 150 Boeing employees in Wichita, Kan. (St. Louis Business Journal, MO)
Boeing Gets $750M Air Force Deal for B-52 Bomber Jun 30, 2009
Boeing gets $750 million Air Force deal for engineering services on B-52 bomber ... Aerospace company Boeing Co. received a $750 million contract from the Air Force to provide additional services for the B-52 bomber, the Pentagon said late Monday. (ABC News -- Wire)
Kevin McClintock: Reading books to help predict the future Jun 18, 2009
Dale Brown is another successful techno writer, made famous by his writing about a reconfigured B-52 bomber dubbed the Old Dog. But in his 1993 novel, Storming Heaven, Brown chillingly speculated about attacks on U.S. soil by Islamic terrorists using American airliners as bombs. (Belmont Citizen Herald, MA)
More of this story Jun 6, 2009
Taking to the skies from Edwards Air Force Base on Dec. 14, 1986 Rutan and co-pilot Jeana Yeager began what would be a 26,358 statute mile equatorial circumnavigation the distance being more than twice that of a flight distance record of 12,532 miles set by a B-52 bomber in 1962. Rutan said the same mental character that made him fly the most dangerous missions he could fly with MISTY was the same one that made him migrate to taking on the most dangerous world flight ever years later. (Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise, OK)
Hundreds Attend Memorial Park Ceremony May 26, 2009
He served from 1952 to 1979 and flew more than 200 missions in a B-52 bomber in the Vietnam War. He said he comes to the Memorial Park service every year. (7 KETV Omaha)
Torture causes split among Christians May 25, 2009
Certain was captured by the Vietnamese in 1972 after his B-52 bomber was shot down. He wrote about his experiences in the book, "Unchained Eagle.". (CNN -- US)
Hypersonic WaveRider poised for test flight Apr 30, 2009
It will be carried into the air by a B-52 bomber, then released at an altitude of about 50,000 feet. A solid-rocket booster will ignite and speed it up to about Mach 4. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Inking her own story, one tattoo at a time Mar 24, 2009
Not one for understatement in clothing, hairstyle or words, Mr. Sixx describes her as wall-to-wall heavy metal, a B-52 bomber dropping nuclear F-bombs on full-tilt boogie. Her exposure increased when she launched a Kat von D line of cosmetics with retail chain Sephora last year, marketing it as old-Hollywood glamour with an L.A. vibe. (Globe and Mail)
Veteran's Day Mar 12, 2009
I was hooked up to a B-52 bomber and was towing it into a hangar at Limestone Air Force Base in Maine. We rounded the corner of the taxiway and. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
1 dead, 16 injured as severe storms pelt Ga., Ala. Feb 20, 2009
"It looks like a B-52 bomber went over," Putnam County Sheriff Howard Sills said. "The buildings are completely disintegrated.". (WSVN-TV Miami, FL)
Improperly set portion of tail assembly blamed in B-52 crash off Guam Feb 14, 2009
HONOLULU A U.S. Air Force investigation has concluded a B-52 bomber crashed in the Pacific Ocean off Guam last year because a part of its tail assembly was set in the wrong position. A report released today by the Air Combat Command in Langley, Va. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Crisis looms at the Pentagon Feb 7, 2009
Then, in August 2007, a B-52 bomber carrying six armed nuclear cruise missiles flew across much of the country from Minot air force base in North Dakota to Barksdale air force base in Louisiana ... (For example, the B-52 bomber, which went into service in 1955, is still on active duty. (Asia Times Online)
