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1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash
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On 21 January 1968, an aircraft accident, sometimes known as the Thule affair or Thule accident, involving a United States Air Force B-52 bomber occurred near Thule Air Base in the Danish territory of
A B-52G, similar to the one that crashed at Thule Air Base
A B-52G, similar to the one that crashed at Thule Air Base
BMEWS antennas at Thule, with a modern Satellite Control Network radome on the right, 1984
BMEWS antennas at Thule, with a modern Satellite Control Network radome on the right, 1984
Thule Air Base in the foreground with North Star Bay, which was covered in sea ice at the time of the accident, in the background
Thule Air Base in the foreground with North Star Bay, which was covered in sea ice at the time of the accident, in the background
Inuit around the base worked with the U.S. Air Force to get to the B-52 crash. The sleds were the only way to get to the crash site
Inuit around the base worked with the U.S. Air Force to get to the B-52 crash. The sleds were the only way to get to the crash site
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
1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash
…B-52 bomber occurred near Thule Air Base in the Danish territory of Greenland. The aircraft was carrying four B28FI thermonuclear bombs on a Cold War "Chrome Dome" alert mission over Baffin Bay when a cabin fire forced the crew to abandon the aircraft before they could carry out an emergency landing at Thule Air…
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