Nuclear Weapons Loading Procedures (1976)
Вставка
- Опубліковано 19 бер 2024
- As longtime viewers of this channel know, on occasion we have departed from our transportation-safety focus... to cover nuclear weapons.
This 1976 instructional film, published by the United States Marine Corps, describes the structure of the Nuclear Weapon Loading Team, and the correct procedures for completing their tasks. - Розваги
It’s surreal watching these once classified nuclear weapons handling videos like a normal UA-cam video.
You're telling me. I was involved in this in the RAF in the eighties and signed the official secrets act four times, which means I can never discuss it in detail and must take this information to the grave. Here I am watching it on UA-cam!
@@user-se7es6uc8v Not so sure this has been declassified as it doesn't have a Declassified bumper anywhere in the video or the description.
Anyone who's ever had a Security Clearance knows that until it has been declassified, it's still classified.
I saw one comment that they didn't know this was declassified, but then they went on to comment about drogue chute tourqe.
I'm playing Devil's Advocate here of course, its a curse.
its surreal watching kids that can barely grow a mustache, fresh out of high school handling such serious equipment.
All the juicy bits edited out though.
How did it feel carrying weapons of complete annihilation? Knowing WW3 could start anytime ? @@user-se7es6uc8v
My crew load crew on the F-16 used to complete this load in 30 minutes to include power on ops check of the aircraft, safety wire and sealing of the nuclear consent, impulse carts installed and transferred to the aircrew custody. Then again, we were evaluated every month on our proficiency in load training. Real B-61's used for alert were delivered in impeccable condition, like jewelry. If they weren't, was a huge problem with funny names like bent this, broken that and dull. If you know you know. This video shows the Marines but pretty much the same for USAF fighters. Even 20 years after I retired, I can almost read from memory the steps from the checklist. Cool video.
All 710 pounds of the Mark 61?
B-61. About 700 lbs. later mod 12’s were more because they were designed as penetrators.
I'm curious, when the B-61 is/was dropped how does the electrical cable linking the plane and weapon detach? It seems like the weapon is dropped with the cable attached?
@@spacewolfjr There is a wire rope attached to the connector that is secured inside the pylon. When the bomb drops, the wire rope pulls in the connector which has movable locking tabs that allow it to easily be disconnected from the bomb receptacle. The other wire rope assembly goes to the parachute extractor which depots the chute as the bomb falls away.
Did you stand behind the nuke and act like the nuke was your unit?
CAUTION: If the weapon ready/safe switch is in the READY position, set the switch to SAFE and notify proper authorities. And report to the PX for new underpants.
Why ? Isn't the weapon supposed to be "Ready" when loaded onto the aircraft?
@@rael5469 nope. Safe when loading onto the aircraft. The pilot makes it ready in the process of weapon release. Ready means it is ready to detonate.
@@JinKee I see what you are saying. On Air Force bombers they had the "Coded Switch" to arm the weapons. The code to enter was one of the Secrets in the flight crew's "Secrets package." I'm not sure but I would imagine those codes were classified as "Top Secret." They could only be carried by officers carrying side arms. That was a long time ago. I don't know what their procedures are now days.
@@rael5469that's the boom setting
Yes, and don't be tempted to press the launch button. At least wait until you're airborne before sending the nuke!
I was a member of the A-4M Nuclear Weapons Loading Team in the mid 1980s. Why they picked me ? I don’t know . I was not an Ordinance guy, but the next thing you know I was in the Personnel Reliability Program . We loaded this weapon and a couple others too. The cannon plug attachment to the pylon could be a pain , putting the lead slug on the brass break away wire on the DCU was tricky , it had to be crimped on ,if you dropped anything in the cockpit and could not be certain you removed all FOD you could cause a lot of work for others. Thankfully it never happened to me . The steps in the video seem to be identical to my memory of it . We had a perimeter around the weapon and aircraft with armed sentries though. Based on the training we got and how we were told we could never ever discuss anything we learned or did I’m surprised this video is available . Thankfully we never had to use these weapons, and thank you for sharing it .
Thank you for your service.
Yet here you are discussing it.....
Where in the world were Marine Corps A-4s gonna drop B-61s? Oh, nevermind, lol
pretty sure this weapon and its aircraft are no longer in service
I might have misunderstood what "never ever" means.
I did the same thing in the USAF in 1974 while stationed at Bitburg Germany with F-4E's (the ones with the 20mm nose gun) we loaded with either the B-57's which were white with red trim or the B-61's that were unpainted metallic color. I was a "four man" who readied the weapons and drove the "jammer" for loading while the others readied the aircraft on a four man load crew. Both were 2000 pound classed weapons. In Germany we had about 90 aircraft so we figured maybe 50 weapons or fewer as not all aircraft would be battle ready so they wouldn't be loaded either. These aircraft once loaded were in what they called the Victor Area, while the aircraft on hot alert and loaded with AIM 7 Sparrows and AIM 9 Sidewinder missiles was called the Zulu Area. The nuclear loaded planes NEVER flew once loaded, they were the ones parked behind that 16 foot tall double cyclone fencing with locked gates and guards with dogs were a common sight. Although the hot alert aircraft were scrambled daily sometimes more then once!! That was a great job in the USAF although things were winding down in southeast Asia and there got to be fewer and fewer of us weapons troops around. My enlistment was up in 1976 and even though I enjoyed (most of) my time, I never once regretted my decision either...
I used to do this in 1976. It’s amazing how much I remember! We had armed Marine guards around us when loading.
In the USAF we used to call the B-61 the "Dr. Pepper Bomb," because of the selectable yield (referred to an old Dr. Pepper TV commercial saying you should "refresh at 10, 2, and 4").
We called the B-61 the "dial a blast" on our team in the Navy.
Now I got an image of it going off and doctor pepper spraying everything and everyone❤😂
That was the B-57.
I was a 463 and never recall hearing about the Dr Pepper Bomb. It's interesting how different areas of the world have their own colloquialisms. We called it a Silver Dildo, though.....
Sat on alert with B-52s many a time with mark 28s and B-61 and occasionally B-53s. A whole lot of instant sunshine in that one.
"A whole lot of instant sunshine in that one"
Thats a vast understatement with the B-53. Thankfully today, we no longer have any need for multi-megaton monsters like that anymore.
@@Republic9323 the wikipedia page mentiones that parts of those warheads might have been preserved, for possible use for planetary defense applications, shoud a urgent need arise
Wouldn't be shocked to find that the equivalent in megatonage may still be deployed as an SLBM in Soviet-era Boomers
On the carrier where I was assigned they would cart the B-61’s thru the chow hall when they were taking them from the magazine. One time and place where the sailors let the grunts be. They had their game faces on…
I love vintage instructionals
Handling nukes on the flightline became somewhat routine, if you could ever call handling nuclear weapons routine. Whether it was uploading a bomber or downloading one when it came off of alert....or loading them up for an Operational Readiness Inspection exercise. On one ORI my supervisor asked me if my aircraft was ready for weapons. I said all we need is the final security check and we were ready. Apparently all he heard me say was "we were ready." Because the final security check of the aircraft means from that point on the aircraft has a red rope put up around it and from then on it's two-man policy inside the red rope and therefore ready for weapons to enter next to the aircraft. Well I had my aircraft log book laying on the fire extinguisher in front of the aircraft doing sign-offs and I get a tap on the shoulder.......it's a nuke weapons package and its heavily armed convoy. I said to the security guard (wait for it) "Are you sure that is for this aircraft?" And all hell broke loose. The entire base went on alert. They considered it a bent spear. Something went wrong with a nuke convoy and Bird Colonels were suddenly on all sides of me. "Airman what do you mean holding up this convoy??? ....and so forth and so on. It was a cluster fluke. I couldn't get a word in edgewise.....and before I could even say anything...they rolled the convoy into my area without it's final security check. I looked at my supervisor and shrugged. He said, "Put up your red ropes airman." The security guards weren't even in position. They were standing behind me when there was supposed to be one in back of the aircraft.
That's one story anyway. There are others.
All I can say is during an ORI or an NSI (even worse) two distinct things happen, you either shine or screw the pooch. Never "You all did OK" 😂
@@heeder777 That's exactly right.....and I never agreed with that method of training. I felt like we should have drilled on doing things the correct way so we would at least know how things SHOULD look......instead of the cluster X we usually engaged in.
Sound like an interesting day on the base 😂
@@christopherleubner6633 Never a dull moment, as they say.
0:44 Just noticed that skyhawk is equipped with the Flash Hood to stop the pilot being blinded by his own weapon
So it was expected the pilot and aircraft would survive?
@@jamesterrynewton4794 you just need the pilot to think that
@@30K_ACTUAL if you look up an article by test pilot Lt Col Norvin C. “Bud” Evans (USAF b. 1924 - d.2020) titled “Nuke the Pilot”, part of the test schedule Operation Redwing was to find out how close you could fly airplanes to a megaton class nuclear atmospheric test. Eventually he suffered burns and broken aircraft but he got the data and landed his airplane every time.
After that the USAF developed a manoeuvre called “the goofy loop”. Since the aircraft releasing the weapon would be much closer than the Bud Norvin’s plane had come to ground zero, they asked the pilots to close the flash hood and do a dive toss to get the weapon lobbed towards the target and then keep pulling back on the stick until inverted and facing away from the target. Once facing away (according to your instruments because you can’t see outside to do pilotage with the hood closed) you rolled upright and did full afterburner out of there.
Does it work? I don’t know. Maybe they tried it a couple of times before atmospheric nuclear testing got banned.
@@jamesterrynewton4794 read the article “nuke the pilot” by Lt Col Bud Norvin.
@@jamesterrynewton4794 So, Wikipedia says that the B61 can be launched at speeds of up to Mach 2, which would give the pilot a fair distance before it detonates about 31 seconds later. The B61 is also variable yield, but not exceeding ~400kt (Wikipedia says so). It makes big boom, but not the biggest boom.
Alas, the Skyhawk is only capable of flying at up to 1,083km/h or around Mach 0.8. That's still about 300m/s if the pilot hauls ass. 31 seconds later that would put a distance of around 9.3 kilometers or 5.8 miles on the horizontal, plus the height at which the A-4 is flying... Yeah, I'd say there's a fair chance of surviving...
But in nuclear war, the lucky ones are the ones who die immediately.
Earl Heineman's Hotrod, the A-4 Skyhawk was built with long landing gear legs in order to fit earlier tactical nukes, like the Mk. 7 Thor. The B-61 was a gamechanger because of its small size in comparison.
If the Soviets ever invented a bomb that destroyed clipboards, America would have been defenseless
But it is, and always will be, beyond the Russian imagination
@@Ronilac - bigot
@@JohnnyWednesday Time to feed your bunny rabbits Skippy.
This is the war room. You guys can't fight here
Don't forget Brilcream...
Hey! It's great to see you post again. My grandfather flew F-100 super sabres for Strategic Air Command. If shit had hit the fan, he would have hit the airfield at Prague. The control tower was apparently real easy to spot. He paused to note it from the bridge he was going to fly over when he visited after the Cold War had ended.
Which airport in Prague? There’s a dozen of them…?
@@Gitbizy Dunno, wasn’t there at the time. He said they were reluctant to ever fully prime the weapon from the ground since it was one of only a few single crew aircraft armed with atomic weapons at the time, which was quite a bit earlier than this. Fifteen years earlier or so.
There are details and images, especially of the control panet that i've never seen before. And I've seen pretty much every picture and video that's in the public on the B-61.
glennsmuseum
@@bigdevil73 Yes. I saw that since my post too. There is also a UA-cam channel called John Strangelove with a lot of different DAY control panels. Very few views and all comments are off.
Wow great video. Fascinating and still relevant since the B-61 is still deployed
If only some aircraft manufacturers would have similar procedures and verification
Careful you'll be Arkancided
That's the sketchiest part of the whole Boeing debacle IMO. They do have similar procedures and verification. When someone in the Air Force lies on the paperwork they're almost certainly going to get caught depending on what it was and there's actual repercussions for it. When someone at Boeing lies and comes up with some contrived reason why they can skip the paperwork and inspections there's a tiny tiny chance that the CEO might have to make a public statement a few months later claiming to care about safety.
Now I know why my homemade nuke failed in the 60s... I didn't leave enough slack for the GWC-215 dongle through the service panel. Wish I had UA-cam back then! 😂
The Mark 43 was a really neat design.
Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda, Oughta....
Please call your local FBI field office. They’re apparently having trouble getting through to you.
@@jaycee30865Just ignore his abnormally large collection of smoke detectors, please.
Unbelievable. It is unreal how you get these. Amazing job man. I'd rather watch this than Mr Beast for sure.
Nice to see a new vid from you!
He's back baby
I was a Marine I went to school to do these LOADEXs on scooters. As an I level avionics tech I started as the red line security force. I was accidentally sent to the Nuke weapons handling school by admin. I got to the school and pointed this out. But was told to go anyway! So I did. Finished first in the AO course. Then after the course I went back to the security force as the SOG. That’s how the Corps rolls!
Remember this command? "Stop the load!" Lol...VA 145 Swordsmen ADAN then, 1984-86. (AD3 when i rotated to shore duty).
В это время я служил в Советской Армии.
How did they never do an episode of Gomer Pyle USMC to this? Could you imagine the fun Pyle and Sgt Carter would have getting this detail?
"Pyle!"
"Shazam!"
"Pyle!"
"Shazam!"
"Pyle!"
"Shazam!"
I swear I heard Vera Lynn singing "We'll meet again" the entire time.
“Don’t know where, don’t know when”. Dr. Strangelove. That’s a movie that has held up well over the years.
@@ssmt2 so glad there are some who still get it
Wow you're back! Now what about RWP?
No need to worry about RWP when the world will end in a big radiation cloud.
Glad to see your back!! 🍻 🇺🇸 😎
Had a co-worker back in the 90's he was retired AF pilot from the 70's through early 80's flew F-4s he said they would sit on alert with nuclear weapons attached to the F-4. I once asked him how the process was done he said they went though a checkout procedure for loading the weapon. In the cockpit there was yield selector could select how big wanted nuclear bomb to be. Sometimes they would sit on alert with the engines running ready to take off.
We called LABS bombing the "idiot loop" back in the day.
Awesome 🤙
I absolutely love the choice of words in that first line of dialog: _"... utmost precautions have been taken to assure the _*_reliability_*_ of the weapon."_
That's *_reliability,_* not safety, not security, but reliability!
Safety and security are a given, the military and the public want to be sure that the bomb will work if used! They know that millions of (American) lives are at risk if it doesn't.
Same is still true today, regardless whether people like to admit it or not.. 👍🇺🇸☢️
Reliability also includes the weapon not detonating at the wrong time.
Called Always and Never..
I unloaded attack ships off the shores of Orion. Had no idea how a kid like me ended up there. Ended up moving to a new place after one of the ships caught fire. New place has beautiful sunbeams at night though.
Seen any C-glitter yet?
It's hard to see with all the rain we've been getting. really makes me want to cry at my favourite rooftop hideout. i go there to collect my thoughts.@@30K_ACTUAL
This procedure was quite a bit different than the one we used on A7 loads on the Ranger in 68 in the Sea of Japan following our deployment in Yankee Station.
This is fascinating stuff.
I love the old school docs very relaxing
They show you that this country was at one time sane. I’m not sure anymore. I am tempted to find comfort like you do but goddamn I’m truly concerned for the way things are now.
Former Army MP here. I did a short stint as security in '76@ a nuclear warhead storage facility s. of Mainz, FRG. Mostly 155 artillery & Lance missle heads. BORING. ED drills. Air demo. drills by F4's 100' up. Their practice mission was to recon the site to see if ED (Emergency Destruct) was complete, if not, then BTSOOI (Bomb The **** Out Of It) Much movement of items via Shithooks/Huey's, always a fun time, there was always a false flag movement that faked the move of phony heads to distract the wonderful guys in the Red Army Faction & Baeder Meinhof terrorist gangs. We had authority over all who entered, all inside the Limited & Exclusion Zones, including an inspecting General who put his security badge on the wrong side, which was a duress signal. They were ordered to prone out, while we sorted the problem. Said General apparently moved the badge after going through Entry Control, mussing his uniform. He took full responsibility. After 10 months of this, I was off to a White Hat (patrol) unit, to get jumped & whacked by drunk engineers( excuse the redundancy) & dealt with serious drug (them, not me) problems. Another story.
I was at an Italian missile base which had some US nukes. We had the same thing - US and Italian jets flying super low over us during drills after an emergency destruct exercise.
I like how the guy screwing the connection by hand @0:20 gives the thumbs up, I envy his confidence
I'd love to see the nuclear loading procedures for the Mk-15, Mk-17/24, Mk-21 and Mk-36 thermonuclear bombs. Also for the Mk/B-28 bombs.
We received a B-61 that was a little oily/greasy and warm to the touch. It turns out it was a Bolognese-61 and it was filled with Momma Luigi's secret recipe!
With the F35 and B21 carrying the B61, the grandchildren of the guys in this video are completing more or less these same procedures to this day
Man I thought you’d disappeared for a second there don’t scare me like that
Back when I was in the Navy they were using computer punch cards to program the targeting information into the warhead package. This seems like this film is just before that time. Programming missiles to specific targets has been one of the major time consuming in readiness. The newest methods are so quick now that this film seems to be in slow motion.
Upgraded to Punch Tape now.
The real question is how did they load those bombs using only crayons and elmers glue?
They are Marines and adapted.
The Marines eating crayons must be a fairly recent, last 10-15 years thing. I've asked retired Marine friends, and they have no idea what it's about. Can you clue us older guys in?
@@heeder777Marines have got smarter over the years, the older ones didn't really "get" crayons. And you wouldn't let them within 200 feet of a pot of Elmer's back in the day.
I'm a civilian so take this for what it's worth, but I can't fathom it would be this orderly in a wartime scenario. The only time tactical nukes would be used is if NATO were up shit creek without a paddle, and Russia would almost certainly strike back, with nukes, at whatever airfield from which the strike aircraft took off so these guys would be doing this with the (virtual) certainty that they would be dead within hours.
So I worked on a nuclear QRA in Germany with ready to go aircraft armed with these types of weapon. The aircraft were sat in hardened aircraft shelters ready to launch and the only thing necessary to do with the weapon was to pull out a single pin. The alarm could sound and from that to being airborne was about twenty seconds, maximum thirty. Everything you see in the video is conducted beforehand, perhaps days beforehand. There were always a number of aircraft ready to launch. The scenario in the film has not included this, perhaps to keep the launch sequence classified. I know for a fact that the part where the armourer removes the pin that prevents release is fantasy. If an armourer or the pilot so much as touched that pin on quick reaction alert we were instructed to shoot them dead. There was a sequence of failsafe codes that had to be completed between us and the pilot (took five seconds) and we were then to pull the pin. If the pilot attempted to taxi the aircraft with the weapon on and the codes procedure wasn't complete we were to shoot through the canopy and kill the pilot. So a lot of checks and balances after the work in the video was done. That part was certainly never filmed or discussed and was secret (and still is; I have omitted much). We practiced this over and over and never knew if it was an exercise or the real thing. The sobering part was that if it was real and they got airborne, you had a few minutes before the incoming nukes would land right on top of you.
We still use paper TMs...although there is a slow movement toward tablets
Nice info. if I had a Vietnam War era nuke handy. Otherwise just more history trivia, which is always fun
I like how it looks to be a 12 gauge shell (or pair?) that kicks the nuclear bomb off the plane.
Was the soundtrack added afterwards?
I maintained W70's. Scary beasts. Pu core with Tritium assist. So yeah, a "neutron bomb". (Not classified.)
If I was one of those guys I'd bring that big thing home to keep it as a souvenir.
I like the groovy instrumentals
Are those gas generator cartridges used for the weapon ejector cylinder?
Yes
The B-61 can be released at speeds up to Mach 2 and altitudes as low as 50 feet.
Glad to see you're back! Nine months is a long time, were you pregnant? 😂 Hope to see more from you.
1:06. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems to have taken the jet a while to climb, and it looked like it sunk a little before the camera cut away.
I was thinking the exact same thing. I know most of those A4s were underpowered but that seemed like an extraordinarily long takeoff roll.
None of those was true. It’s not usual for a jet to sag after take off. It’s called “establishing a positive rate of climb”.
i think they should put a foam cutout cover thing thing on the fins incase someone bumps into it
Oh, now I know how to charge a nuclear bomb! All that remains is to get it, or... buy it. Thanks to UA-cam for the educational videos!
Just like the Big Mac and its sauce, the ingredients are out in the open for public scrutiny but the ratios are the trade secret.
Quick question 😅
When was this declassified?
Normally like ya see on Periscope’s video or any other prior classified info, a declassified bumper before the video.
Just don’t want anyone getting knocks at the door. 😂
No answer...
It's not a good look; there is no telling who is running this channel. Fishing for comments from prior service members seems to be pretty easy on UA-cam. Just because something is from the 50s, 60s, 70s, etc, and is old as dirt does not mean it's declassified, unless it specifically states so. The fact this video has none is worrying.
Anyone with a security clearance knows this; comments shouldn't be talking about drogue chute torque or what selectors do in a certain position.
We have an entire generation of people who do not know what life was like before the Internet. I'm sure I'm overreacting by playing Devil's Advocate here, but this is also how information is stolen.
The Grounding Cable? That's a 1/4 inch male guitar jack! I am assuming there's a Fender Twin Reverb Amp at the other end of that cable...
The spacing of the contact areas of the jack is different. So is the diameter. Otherwise . . . .
I hit the Translation button and I got the entire instructions done by Slim Pickens !!
Yup an audio plug. Bet it has some serious distortion when it gets dropped😂
The missle knows where it is becuase it knows where it isn't...
love the zippy muzak.
Anyone know if this is MCAS Yuma or El Toro? The aircraft is a A4M “Super Mike”, VMA-214, “Black Sheep”. I’m guessing El Toro.
El Toro. There are trees =)
@@orangelion03 And smog.
Also blimp hangers.
Doesn't look much like Yuma to me.
Does anyone know what the 6 position selector , and 3 position selector do?
They were set to A and H
Most likely it was "dial a yield" settings. As for the 3 position selector, that was probably for free-fall, toss-bombing, or retarded drop (with a parachute).
This could be a training film for Otis Elevator Company.
The rank of Sargent was not needed in the Air Force in the 1980s to sign for possession of nuclear weapons on an aircraft. Looking back that seems amazing but.....there it is.
First of all: who gave the Marines a nuclear weapon?
Did anyone else notice this but me but he says 2, 50 lb bottles of CO2 then the video shows a 50 lb CO2 fire extinguisher, then the second shot is of a 100 lb dry chemical or foam fire extinguisher. It is propelled by either CO2 or nitrogen.
I assume this isn't the rapid reaction force.
The only time you would load a live weapon would be for ready alert or an exercise. The aircraft coming off alert doesn’t get download until its replacement is loaded, cocked and locked. Time standard for fighters was an hour to do the load. No rushing allowed.
The fire fighting equipment looks ancient.
Everything was groovy until PFC Homer Simpson arrived on squadron.
Has anyone seen the 10 mm socket, also I can't find the three rolls of duct tape listed on the Manifest
Solid state cables and analog detents. Retro.
CHECK!
VERIFIED!
Dr Strangelove approved
They ALL had crayon particles in their teeth, I seent it!
Обязательно бахнем!
think we'd all be dead by the time they've finished the checklist
"Hands and feet clear."
I didn't realize a Scooter had that much room underneath. Try an F-18.
It was originally designed to carry the Mk 7, back in the early '50s. The Mk 7 was a big beast, so the Scooter got its long, spindly legs. If you can find a picture of an A-4 carrying a Mk 7 in flight, it looks like the plane is riding a Zeppelin - it's hard to say who's carrying who.
by the time they get airborne, we done lost...
Fascinating video, but FAR too many intrusive, annoying UA-cam commercials (basically one advertisement for every 5 minutes of video). All these commercials are ruining your content. Stop bombarding us with commercials!
as they say, you cannot complain the content of free service.
Kinda curious? Outside with NO covers? A prohibition?
Is it a 214 Blacksheep Bird ?
I wonder if the procedures have been updated to make it more idiotproof.
Now where I know how to do it, where can I get the A4 and the bomb?
On a more serious remark, however: Imagine doing this for real - it takes ages and people would be scared as hell. Good it never happened.
Have you tried Walmart online?
Wait, the title says 1976, but the jammer says it’s 1982?
Don't forget the white nuke curtains.
Does “Always and Never !” Ring a Bell ?
man you wouldn't be able to hear anything on a flightline, let alone while the generator is running at full chooch. Them joints is loud AF.
Ah yes! "The Silver Bullet ".
Having this vintage video material still available (unlike the moon landing telemetry) could go a long way in assisting Boeing to institute similar diligence in pre delivery safety protocols. Just say'n.
Ancient 6 pin 120VAC cables.
Prepare for the Future: Vault-Tec
Looks like a B61?
El Toro?
Two Man Rule = “ Two Persons qualified in the TASK being PERFORMED.. able to detect an UNAUTHORIZED ACT ..on on part of the other ..SIR !” ., first thing I/ we had to learn to be “ PRP “( Personal Reliability Program ) when assigned to “980th Military Police Company - Sierra Army Depot - Herlong CA ( ten miles..past “ Middle if Nowhere ! Haha) .. circa 1981 ( Mission “ To Guard Items.. Documents and War Reserve Material..Vital to National Security..SIR ) ( “ The Area” is no longer there..ie SALT II Agreement required same to be “ Dismantled “ ) .. it’s just an unknown miracle that the “ Cold War” ..never got/ went “ Hot” ..I / we were 18yrs old US Army MP Private /E1 MOS 95 BR3 ( Military Police - Physical Security) and doing the MOST important task/ Job.. of our lives !
War would have been over before they finished loading...
B-61 free-fall tac-nuke?