Based on the novel "Viper Three."
Posted on 05/22/2014 6:16:06 PM PDT by windcliff
A blistering internal review has revealed that an Air Force security team botched a training exercise last summer that simulated an attack on a nuclear missile silo, prompting expanded training to prepare for the possibility of a real attack.
A senior U.S. defense official confirmed the details of the report to Fox News. The report was first obtained by the Associated Press through a Freedom of Information Act request.
The review said the security forces were unable to speedily regain control of the captured silo during the exercise at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana, calling the failure a "critical deficiency."
Air Force spokeswoman Ann Stefanek told Fox News that this misstep was the reason the 341st Missile Wing failed a safety and security inspection, which was widely reported last year.
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I was SAC in the 80’s. I worked in the silos.
Bring back SAC discipline.
Anybody remember the logo modification that went with:
“To Error is Human, To Forgive is not SAC Policy”
What are you talking about?
The ADC was an Anti-Missile Command.
ICBMs were under SAC
Former 46350
51st MMS, VAFB, CA
There was a rah-rah movie in 1982 called The Soldier, about covert elite soldiers who fought terrorists and Russian communists. Parts of it were quite good. It starred Ken Wahl. Part of it involved the good guys taking over a missile silo and threatening a launch against the Soviet Union to force them to back down. It’s a fun popcorn movie.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084704/
It was the saucers.
I worked Air Force Security at a SAC base in the late 70’s. If we’d screwed up a drill this bad, they would have made our lives hell.
Try Army combat soldiers instead.
Oops! “Twilights Last Gleaming”. I knew it was part of that song somehow!
That’s what age does to you I guess.
Except for a very short period, I spent all of my time in the blue suit with TAC. One of my main memories of being part of SAC was the great chow. I chose to forget the chicken s__t stuff.
Yup... just make your discovered weakness isnt one of your buddies that died....
Other than that you should be a general of someones army....*G*
Well it IS Air Farce personnel; they’ve always been a bunch of Nancy boys.
Nukes were held at the Nike-Hercules and Nike-Ajax air defense launch sites. Many hundreds.
Hangings - The Wing Commander, the Security Sq Commander, the Flight Chief, the FSCs, the SATs and any unfortunate passers-by.
ICBMs and their security were a SAC operation or I wore the wrong command badge for 9 years.
I did Minuteman ICBM Maintenance for 9 years, 4 of those at Malmstrom. Penetration of a closed LF would be nearly impossible, even for people who know the system.
If the LF were penetrated for maintenance, your scenario mostly pans out.
Yes!! And there was a graphic to go with it, the SAC Gauntlet holding the family jewels instead of the lighning bolts and olive branch.
Exactly. I suspect training was lax. Anyplace training is lax, it isn’t a surprise when someone comes in and runs a drill that is failed.
You figure it would be better at a missile site, but I simply wouldn’t be surprised it it wasn’t. That kind of stuff you have to drill at, I would think.
From a money and equipment perspective, the military had a tough time of it in the 1970’s.
But I will say, I thought I got good training, and we did drill. I enjoyed watching the damage control parties drill. Lot of responsibility, and they handled it well.
Serious business.
Based on the novel "Viper Three."
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