pEOPLE WONDER,WHO WOULD WANT TO JOIN THE MILITARY ...THESE GUYS WERE PART of our military in the 80s when this occurred Nine crewmen on a B-52G bomber died in a fiery crash in a muddy California pasture near a California airbase. The pilots of the fuel-laden Stratofortress bomber managed to steer it away from buildings, gasoline pumps and busy roads, witnesses said. The bomber and another one that had taken off 10 seconds earlier were practicing quick-takeoff maneuvers Thursday when it went down about 1 1/2 miles from Mather Air Force Base, officials say. The airplane, carrying 290,000 gallons of fuel, blew up like a napalm bomb and made a fireball about 250 feet in diameter, witnesses said. It left a 400-yard-long swath of burning debris, killed at least three horses and four people had to be treated for smoke inhalation.
Posted on: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 01:18:09 +0000
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