according to a statement from minot air force base, airmen from the 91st missile wing security forces team were traveling on gravel roads may 1 in north dakota when the back hatch of their vehicle opened and a container filled with explosive ammunition fell out. the air force sent more than 100 airmen to walk the entire six-mile route where the grenades were probably lost. but two weeks after it was lost the box of explosives still has not been found. the missing ordinance is a belt of linked grenades for the mk-19 automatic grenade launcher. according to the sheriff, quote, this ammunition will not operate in any other launching device without catastrophic failure. so if you re watching tonight from north dakota and you have recently found a 42-pound green metal crate on a dirt road somewhere near minot, do not open it. the air force apparently didn t tell the local sheriff until
unsettling problem the air force has gotten itself into. look at the headline on this. force that protected u.s. nuclear weapons. i can t see it on my monitor. there we go. i couldn t tell that you could see it. force that protects u.s. nuclear weapons loses explosives on north dakota road and offers $5,000 to get them back. this is how the news gods welcome me home from vacation. the air force is offering $5,000 for leads on the whereabouts on a box of explosive grenade rounds its personnel accidentally dropped on a road in north dakota while traveling between two intercontinental ballistic missile sites. airmen from the security force team were traveling on gravel roads may 1, in north dakota when the back hatch of the vehicle opened and container