Category: Heritage
USAF crews in Okinawa nearly launched nuclear cruise missiles during Cuban Missile Crisis
A former U.S. Air Force airman has come forward with new revelations on how eight launch control centers in Okinawa were given orders to launch their nuclear-armed MGM-13 cruise missiles on Oct. 28, 1962.
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New info reveals USAF general’s role in deescalating the 1983 War Scare
The U.S. government has declassified the Soviet “War Scare” report on the 1983 War Scare. New information revealed that retired Lt. Gen. Leonard Perroots, then assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence, U.S. Air Forces Europe, had acted out of his own instincts to stop the escalation of the crisis.
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U.S., Spain reach deal on clean-up of Palomares B-52 crash site
The U.S. government has finally agreed to do the final clean-up of the Palomares B-52 crash site in southern Spain, nearly fifty years since the bomber collided with a refueling tanker.
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U.S. veterans who defended Taiwan hold reunion
Sixteen veterans from the 2nd Missile Battalion, 71st Artillery Regiment, U.S. Army gathered at the Air Defense Artillery (ADA) Museum, Fort Sill to see the exhibit of their deployment to Taiwan in 1958-59.
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