70 Punished in Accidental B-52 Flight (armed, yet!)

Al G wrote:

"SHIVER ME TIMBERS" wrote in message
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I spent my 11 years in the USAF as a weapons loader and technician.

Well I'm just an armchair pilot like many in this group so what do I know
about nuclear bombs and what they look like.

BUT.... CURIOUS QUESTION.

Wouldn't it be a smart move to paint these little buggers in a special
vibrant day glo colour that someone looking at them from a hundred yards
would be able to recognize them for what they are.

I mean how could so many people handle such a thing and not realize that
they were nukes.

ARN'T THEY LABELED..?????????????

Now if they were day glo yellow with nuclear bomb imprinted down the
length in a font size that could not be missed......

Does that sound too logical.


Training weapons are blue, real weapons are not. There is a small window
that the crew is required to look through to confirm what kind of weapon the
are carrying. No one did this. Well, at least until the error was
discovered. You don't want the ability to confirm a weapons status from a
distance, that would constitute confirming the presence of a real weapon
publicly, which we do not do. I've seen people court marshaled for a minor
violation of the two man rule. Heads should roll, and that should start at
the top. No one was watching, and no one was watching the watchers. As
someone said earlier, the only guy that should get a "get out of jail free"
card is the airman that caught it.



The person the "caught" it probably will be the one to get persecuted...

JT

(If experience means anything)