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The 1966 mid-air collision of a US bomber carrying H-bombs over Spain sparked a race against time to recover and contain radioactive fallout.

PALOMARES, Spain (WHTM) — It was called Operation Chrome Dome. On January 17, 1966, a USAF B-52G bomber, which flew from Seymour Air Force Base in North Carolina to somewhere near the Soviet Union’s border with Europe, was preparing to perform its second mid-air refueling of the mission with a KC-135 tanker over the Mediterranean […]

After decades of war in the Middle East, the joint force is retooling to pierce the bubble of China’s formidable anti-access, area-denial defenses. The

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The Spanish Foreign Ministry has submitted a formal request to the United States for the removal of soil that was contaminated with radiation 57 years ago in the province of Almeria, a Spanish newspaper reported on Monday, citing sources.

I know what you’re thinking, “Is this really happening? How has World War III already started within our lifetime?”    People across the globe have the idea that wars must be fought with missiles, which is inaccurate. Across all human history, governments, states and small civilizations have fought in many subtle ways. However, now we are...

NORTH Yorkshire Police is taking a zero tolerance approach to tackling the antisocial driving of high-powered vehicles in Harrogate town centre this…

Date Time Police warn drivers after increase in drink driving – Hume Police are warning drivers to think before getting behind the wheel, following an increase in drink-driving in The Hume region. Police have noticed an increase in dangerous driver behaviour following Operation Chrome – which ran between Friday 30 April 2021 and Sunday 3 May 2021 – where 30 motorists were charged with drink-driving offences. Following the operation, officers attached to The Hume Traffic and Highway Patrol...

Print this page MADRID - After 55 years, a group of U.S. veterans may be closer to securing disability benefits denied to them following a Cold War-era accident they say has now left them with serious medical conditions.  The accident involved the collision of two U.S. aircraft over Palomares in southern Spain and the ensuing discharge of radioactive materials from hydrogen bombs.  On January 17, 1966, a B-52 left a U.S. base in North Carolina on an airborne alert mission called Operat...