The Air Force Lost a Nuclear Bomb in Georgia. 68 Years Later, They Still Can't Find It.
It happens to all of us. Just when you least expect it—or precisely because you weren’t expecting it—you lose track of something valuable. Sometimes it’s your keys, other times it’s a favorite hat. Usually, it’s not a nuclear bomb.
Unless you’re the United States Air Force, that is.
On February 5, 1958, Colonel Howard Richardson took off from Homestead Air Force Base at the controls of a B-47 bomber and headed north until he reached the coast of Savannah, Georgia. Richardson’s mission was to play the role of a nuclear-armed Soviet bomber in a training exercise intended to prepare U.S. fighter pilots for the kinds of interception missions they would fly if the Cold War suddenly turned hot.
Unfortunately, Lieutenant Clarence Stewart, the pilot of an F-86 fighter jet playing the role of an interceptor, made an aggressive maneuver during his attack run that got a little too close to Richardson’s bomber for comfort. The fighter struck the bomber’s right wing, destroying a fuel tank and nearly tearing off an engine, which dangled uselessly as Richardson struggled to regain control.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/air-force-lost-nuclear-bomb-180000671.html
It's in Bubba's garage.
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