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mahatmakanejeeves

(61,045 posts)
Wed Jan 17, 2024, 10:09 AM Jan 2024

On this day, January 17, 1966, a B-52 bomber collided with a KC-135 Stratotanker over Palomares, Spain.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_17

• 1966 – Palomares incident: A B-52 bomber collides with a KC-135 Stratotanker over Spain, killing seven airmen, and dropping three 70-kiloton nuclear bombs near the town of Palomares and another one into the sea.
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On this day, January 17, 1966, a B-52 bomber collided with a KC-135 Stratotanker over Palomares, Spain. (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 OP
Interesting story sorcrow Jan 2024 #1
Letting you know the posts are worth it. LiberalFighter Jan 2024 #2
Thank you. I was under the impression that most people avoided them. mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 #3

sorcrow

(513 posts)
1. Interesting story
Wed Jan 17, 2024, 05:12 PM
Jan 2024

I remember reading The Bombs of Palomares when I was 12 or 13, circa 1970. It was one of those titles that jumped out as I perused the shelves at my local library.

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Sorghum Crow

mahatmakanejeeves

(61,045 posts)
3. Thank you. I was under the impression that most people avoided them.
Sat Jan 20, 2024, 08:59 AM
Jan 2024

I use a boilerplate format for the titles precisely to make it easy for people who don't want to read them to trash them.

They're mostly a vanity project. I just pick things I think should be remembered, sometimes for their quirkiness. I favor the offbeat.

And good morning.

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