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I fought for a fee waiver, and was GRANTED that fee waiver, which means &#8211; I convinced them to waive all fees and declassify this document to me. \u00a0It took until March of 2015, for them to tell me AFTER they GRANTED my fee waiver, and they would review the document for declassification; they shredded it. \u00a0It&#8217;s gone from history, for good.<\/p>\n<p><strong>B-58 Accident, 1964<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documents\/ADA387061.pdf\">Remedial Action and Final Radiological Status, 1964 B-58 Accident Site [92 Pages]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>General Reports<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/documents.theblackvault.com\/documents\/nuclear\/brokenarrowminiexcer.pdf\">ARGX-87 Accident Response Group Exercise, 1987: A Broken Arrow mini exercise<\/a> [20 Pages, 2.27mb]<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/documents.theblackvault.com\/documents\/nuclear\/ADA103282.pdf\">Safety Study &#8211; Prime Nuclear Airlift Force (PNAF) Missions Involving the Use of C-130 and C-141 Aircraft<\/a> [36 Pages, 1.9mb]<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documents\/nuclear\/summary.pdf\">Wartime Missile Strike Intelligence: An Indirect Bomb Damage Assessment System, July 1965<\/a> [75 Pages, 5MB]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Background A &#8220;broken arrow&#8221; is an accidental event that involves nuclear weapons or nuclear components but which does not create the risk of nuclear war, known as a Broken Arrow in United States military terminology. 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