Posted on 02/12/2010 8:51:56 PM PST by ErnstStavroBlofeld
The Air Force on Thursday blamed administrative problems for the decision to remove an Air Force squadron overseeing an underground nuclear weapons cache, detailing another instance of questionable oversight even after the military took steps to correct similar issues.
Ron Fry, spokesman for the Air Force Materiel Command, said the problems were related to a failed inspection. But a nuclear expert suggested it appears the problems ran deeper, based on the Air Force's decision to reassign five non-commissioned officers.
The Air Force on Jan. 27 decertified the 898th Munitions Squadron at Kirtland Air Force Base, which maintains an estimated 2,000 nuclear warheads inside a bunkered storage facility.
Fry said the 898th Munitions Squadron was included in a regularly scheduled nuclear surety inspection in November involving its parent unit, the 498th Nuclear Systems Wing, as well as the 377th Air Base Wing — all based at Kirtland
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administrative
That’s the ticket.
The “re-assigned” 5 NCO’s to other duties.
The CC of the squadron should have been sh!t canned. The SNCO’s should be re-assigned to dorm managers.
Get some leadership in there that can read and understand AFI’s.
one two four.. no one two five.. no one two seven.. divide by 2
no one two threeeeee.. yeah thats it.. come on .. give me a break..
you can't trust the 'wing wipers'!!
Further, alot of gang types join the Air Farce, they like the uniform.
I agree.
go to youtube and search for 'Monty Python and the Holy hand grenade'
it will amuse you!
When I first arrived at Nellis AFB in 1995, I was assigned as the Deputy Maintenance Supervisor of the 898th’s former sister unit, the now-inactivated 896th Munitions Squadron.
At the time, half of the leadership of the 896th had just returned from Kirtland AFB, after spending a rather-prolonged temporary assignment there, due to the 898th having recently failed a Nuclear Surety Inspection.
The issues at Kirtland back then were bad enough that the entire leadership of the 898th had been summarily fired by the Air Force Materiel Command halfway through the inspection, which necessitated an interim leadership team to be flown in from Nellis.
The 898th has always had a bad reputation throughout the Air Force nuclear munitions community, and this is just the latest episode...
Does the 898th know that they are dealing with nuclear weapons and not candy machines?
If there is a problem here just imagine the problems in nations like Russia or China.
What is the airspeed of a swallow?
Why in the hell would we keep 2000 nuclear weapons in one place? That represents a major portion of our nuclear arsenal. One nuclear bomb could take them all out. This does not make sense.
The residents of Four Hills understand your pain.
This place is in the desert and its underground. Not too many people like nuclear weapons in their backyard.
French Soldier: You don’t frighten us, English pig-dog! Go and boil your bottoms, son of a silly person. I blow my nose on you, so-called Arthur-king, you and your silly English kiniggets
Now don’t we all feel safer since the whole world has now been advised exactly where our 2000 nuclear warheads are stored and that the guards are negligent?
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