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A heavy bomber that had been unintentionally loaded with nuclear missiles flew them from North Dakota to Louisiana before they were recognized.
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Bomber aircraft of the largest size and load carrying capacity
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2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident
Accidental loading of warheads onto an aircraft
On 29 August 2007, six AGM-129 ACM cruise missiles, each loaded with a W80-1 variable yield nuclear warhead, were mistakenly loaded onto a United States Air Force (USAF) B-52H heavy bomber at Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota and transported to Barksdale Air Force Base in…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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Louisiana
U.S. state
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