New leader named after missile error
From Times Wire Reports
Col. Joel S. Westa was named the new commander of the 5th Bomb Wing at Minot Air Force Base, where a B-52 bomber was mistakenly armed with six nuclear-tipped cruise missiles and flown to a Louisiana base, the Air Force said.
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