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- 1996 Aug 30 (Creation)
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Typescript transcript of interview with Ovidio Pugnale, co-pilot, Boeing B-52E Stratofortress, 34 Bomb Sqn, 17 Bomb Wing, Strategic Air Command (SAC), USAF, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, USA, 1960-1970, relating to the role of the US SAC B-52 squadrons in providing strategic deterrence in the Cold War, 1960-1970; details of Pugnale's operational tours of duty and alerts, 1960-1970; the necessity of keeping nuclear armed B-52s in the air at all times to deter a Soviet pre-emptive first strike against US SAC bases, 1960-1970; Pugnale's opinion of the USSR, 1960-1970; the retaliatory strike capability of the B-52 Stratofortress, 1960-1970; the Palomares incident, the collision of a Boeing B-52 Stratofortress and a Boeing KC-135 tanker aircraft over Spain resulting in the loss of the two aircraft and the crash landing of four thermonuclear weapons, Jan 1966; the Cuban Missile Crisis, Oct 1962. 25pp
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