Four classic The History Guy episodes about nuclear accidents.
00:00 – B-36 Bomber Nuclear Accident, Albuquerque, 1957
12:00 – 1958 Mars Bluff Nuclear Bomb Incident
24:40 – Operation Chrome Dome and the Palomares Incident
38:03 – 1980 Damascus Titan II Explosion, Arkansas
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The area where it impacted is still undeveloped. Possibly because of residual radiation hazards and also because it is still part of the AFB reservation area.
You forgot 2. Princess island Canada in 1949 and Travis afb in 1950
I was in the USAF in the mid 70s at Westover AFB in Radio Maintenance and our crew was doing a PMI on the ILM next to the runway when a "Broken Arrow" exercise was declared.
We were stuck there for 3 hours. Could not leave the site until "All Clear" was declared. So we just stood around outside the facility building watching all the commotion on the runway.
IIRC, it was a simulated crash landing of a nuclear armed B-52 Long Range Bomber.
Dude, please add some metric measurements on those videos, at least as annotations.
You have amazing hair.
15 MegaTons is the actual "almost " yield of the Castle Bravo test conducted in the Pacific. It was suppose to be approx 6 M tons. OPPPPS. Doncha jus hate murphy
I saw a B-36 over U of Mich in Spring of 1964. You said the last was 59
Interesting fact. The titan 2 rocket that blew up in 1980 was the same one in the silo fire in 1965 that killed 53.
Those Titan missile crews had two Launch Control Officers and 3 enlisted technicians, many of whom were female. They were stuck with each other in the silo for extended periods. A former Launch Officer told me some stories of what went on with those crews. Let's just say it would have made the Roman Emperor Caligula jealous.
did anyone like the movie BROKEN ARROW ?
He had to of shit his pants . I would of
I don't wanna go to Chelsea or NEW MEXICO 😕
Great compilation!
I noticed all of these accidents were Air force; ¿Were there no Navy accidents? (I also noticed there were no British, Spanish, or Russian accidents; after double checking I realized it’s not explicitly said, but it is intrinsically implied at very least that this was about American accident, other nations would be other videos…)
I knew a B52 pilot who said his shortest flight was 8 hours and his longest flight was 5 days.
I think that Operation Chrome Dome is what the movies FAILSAFE are based on. I highly recommend the first version with Henry Fonda, Larry Hagman and Dom Deluise.
From what I have read the B-36 was a problematic design through out its short life
I love this video at large❤❤,. you remind me of what someone once said.."If your salary is your only source of income, you are one step away from poverty". I once attended seminar and ever since then i been waxing strong financially, and i most tell you the truth….
I worked on the B28, B43, B53, B57, and B61 in the USAF, at Castle AFB in Merced, CA from 1981-1983 and RAF Bentwaters, UK from 1983-1986. Our motto was "a pretty bomb, is a happy bomb".
There were 3 terms regarding incidents: Dull Sword, Bent Spear, and Broken Arrow, going from mild to extreme.
Yup, heard about this at the maintenance course I attended about the time the initial release was made.
The US Navy kept strike aircraft loaded with one nuclear bomb on the hanger deck for a period of time. These were smaller than those SAC flew around with.
Unrelated, the late 40's to the early 60's period had the most interesting aircraft in history.
"it might have been me" 🤣
This episode gave me the chills.
What I noticed was how the wall changed for the History guy.
I am old enough to remember the B-36 in flight. Even though they were at a high altitude, they were notably larger than any other airplane that flew over our house. They also were much louder, and when the jet engines were on, they had an odd mix of sounds.
NOV 9, 1979. I was in a Minuteman II silo when we were ordered to do an EWO (Emergency War Order) BACKOUT. Worldwide, SAC came within a few minutes of Armageddon. Launch keys were inserted, B-52 engines were running. It's history that deserves to be remembered. I was there. It happened during daylight hours, in the mid-morning, NOT at 0300 as Zbignew Brzinski remembers it. We KNEW we were going to die … until we didn't. I still have nightmares. TANGO-6, 341st OMMS/CTT, Malmstrom AFB, MT. OUT.
The one picture missing the vertical stabilizer is a H model which landed safely at Blytheville AFB ARKANSAS
The one picture missing the vertical stabilizer is a H model which landed safely at Blytheville AFB ARKANSAS
At .51 seconds is this the one that fell free from the plane and didn’t detonate? Let’s listen and see :)! I might know this one lol
Yep @ 2 minutes this is the one lol. Listen up guys. The military has to keep a certain percentage of secrecy about things so not to upset the US population. Just saying that if everything was reported to us daily there would be mass chaos everywhere!
Can you imagine all the crazy sh*t that is happening right now that won't get released to the public for another 40 years?
I remember watching a B-47 landing at McClellan AFB near Sacramento as a child. My grand mother had taken me out to visit my grandfather who was a heavy equipment operator working for a contractor on a project at the base. B-36's also flew over our house, rattling everything.
Oopsie 🤫🤭🤔🤨🤷♂️🤯✌️🙏🏻🤦♂️🤓😷😊
As a curious side noted about hydrazine – specifically monomethylhydrazine – is a toxin found in several species of mushrooms. Could we genetically engineer solid stage rockets from mushrooms.
Thank You for the great video. I was about 3 years old at the time this happened. And I never heard of this until watching your video. Another great job.
What is sad is government did not replace THIER house which I am sure the bomb cost way more and I am sure no tax payers would have had no issue. Probably money spent on a politician.
So how did it drop from the aircraft.
Fortunately, we now have much safer nuclear bombs.
42:59
What happens when you just drop a tool working on a nuclear missile:
This.
Is.
NOT.
GOOD.
Yeah great! The American Governement is nukeing its own citizens. What a bunch of …Grrr! 💀
Thanks for the story. So if an Atomic bomb explodes in the USA. The government would cover it up, Say it aint so, lol. Who would be Lucky enough to get Blamed . Take care.
6 turning 4 burning awesome 👍
Time 3:55 look on left side
U see the usaf built golf course, a usaf requirement for a base.
Operation Chrome dome, and not one mention of Doctor Strangelove?