Background The Nuclear Weapon Characteristics Handbook, dated September 1990, was first requested in June of 2009, and it was not until February of 2017 that it was finally released. Nearly EIGHT years passed from the point of requesting, to ...
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B-47B/F-86L Aircraft Mishap Report, 5 February 1958
Background The Tybee Island B-47 crash was an incident on February 5, 1958, in which the United States Air Force lost a 7,600-pound (3,400 kg) Mark 15 nuclear bomb in the waters off Tybee Island near Savannah, Georgia, United States. During a ...
U.S.S. Liberty Attack
Introduction The USS Liberty incident was an attack on a United States Navy technical research ship, USS Liberty, by Israeli Air Force jet fighter aircraft and Israeli Navy motor torpedo boats, on June 8, 1967, during the Six-Day War. The ...
Dissent Within the Armed Forces, December 1970
Background Remarks on dissent in the Armed Forces in relation to dissent in American Society. In Armed Forces, dissent takes on a different garb because of the code of conduct expected of personnel. Dissent has primarily manifested itself in ...
Report of the Coast Artillery Board on Project No. 1153, Heavy Antiaircraft Gun, March 9, 1939
Background This document had been classified since 1939, and has never seen the light of day. In fact, at the time of requesting, even the title was classified, and was unknown. In essence, when I filed the Mandatory Declassification Review ...
