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.