Today marks 70th year since crash of bomber into side of Franklin Mountains
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Seventy years ago on Dec. 11, 1953, a U.S. Air Force B-36D, a long-range strategic bomber, slammed into the Franklin Mountains, killing everyone onboard. The plane was being transferred from Carswell Air Force Base in Fort Worth, Texas, to what was then called Biggs Air Force Base at Fort Bliss. […]