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1961 Goldsboro B-52 crash
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The 1961 Goldsboro B-52 crash was an aviation accident that occurred near Goldsboro, North Carolina, United States, on 24 January 1961. A Boeing B-52 Stratofortress carrying two 3.8-megaton Mark 39 nu
One of the Mk 39 nuclear weapons at Goldsboro, largely intact, with its parachute still attached
One of the Mk 39 nuclear weapons at Goldsboro, largely intact, with its parachute still attached
A Boeing B-52 Stratofortress similar to the one involved
A Boeing B-52 Stratofortress similar to the one involved
Diagram of the external features of a Mark 39 nuclear bomb, with the warhead compartment labeled as "A" and the parachute pack labeled as "B". The loc
Diagram of the external features of a Mark 39 nuclear bomb, with the warhead compartment labeled as "A" and the parachute pack labeled as "B". The location of the access panel for the Arm/Safe Switch is indicated at the rear of the bomb, before the parachute pack. On the top of the parachute pack is the compartment from which the arming rods would be withdrawn. On the nose would be written: "REJECT IF DENTED OR DEFORMED".
The "normal trajectory sequence" for the use of a Mark 39 Mod 2 nuclear bomb, indicating the arming sequence under normal (non-accident) nuclear weapo
The "normal trajectory sequence" for the use of a Mark 39 Mod 2 nuclear bomb, indicating the arming sequence under normal (non-accident) nuclear weapons use conditions.
Operation Chrome Dome
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Operation Chrome Dome was a United States Air Force Cold War-era mission from 1961 to 1968 in which B-52 strategic bomber aircraft armed with thermonuclear weapons remained on continuous airborne aler
1961 Goldsboro B-52 crash
…at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in Goldsboro, and part of the Strategic Air Command's airborne alert mission known as "Cover All" (a predecessor to Operation Chrome Dome), which involved a continuous flow of staggered, nuclear-armed bombers on a "ladder" route into the Canadian Arctic and back. Around midnight on 23–24…
Operation Chrome Dome flight routes proposed in October 1961; this image comes from Royal Canadian Air Force files and so is focused on the aspects of
Operation Chrome Dome flight routes proposed in October 1961; this image comes from Royal Canadian Air Force files and so is focused on the aspects of the flight that overlapped with Canadian airspace, but part of the Mediterranean route is also visible, as is the observation of the Thule early warning site.
B-52 Airborne Nuclear Alert route from Homestead AFB, FL to Italy
B-52 Airborne Nuclear Alert route from Homestead AFB, FL to Italy