- 1966 Palomares incident - Wikipedia
The Palomares accident occurred on 17 January 1966, when a United States Air Force B-52G bomber collided with a KC-135 tanker during mid-air refueling at 31,000 feet (9,450 m) over the Mediterranean Sea, near the Spanish village of Palomares in Almería province
- Aircraft Collision Cleanup at Palomares, Spain - Public Health
A United States Air Force B-52 bomber and a KC-135 tanker aircraft collided over Palomares, Spain, while attempting inflight refueling on January 17, 1966 The collision caused four thermonuclear weapons to be released
- Palomares Nuclear Accident | The Brink | Boston University
On January 17, 1966, at the height of the Cold War, a United States bomber and a tanker collided above the small farming village of Palomares, Spain, during a routine midair refueling
- Palomares gt; Air Force Medical Service gt; Fact Sheets
This page contains information about the Palomares, Spain, and Thule Air Base, Greenland, nuclear accidents in 1966 and 1968, respectively The information pertains to reports and documents about radiation exposure levels of those who responded to both accidents, along with assessment methodologies
- Spain asks U. S. to begin cleanup of nuclear accident site
Spain says it has asked the United States to start removing soil contaminated with radioactivity after a mid-air collision in 1966 dumped four U S hydrogen bombs near the southern Spanish village of Palomares
- Guide to Palomares a rural village on the coast of Almeria, Andalucia . . .
Palomares is a rural village on the coast of Almeria, Andalucia, Spain, blighted by the Palomares incident in 1966 that dropped 3 H bombs on Palomares
- Accident involving nuclear weapons
Palomares, Spain Accident involving nuclear weapons hed into another plane in mid-air The non-nuclear explosives of two of the bombs detonated, spread-ing radioa tive plutonium across a va
- U. S. accidentally drops hydrogen bombs in Spain - HISTORY
On January 17, 1966, a B-52 bomber collides with a KC-135 jet tanker over Spain’s Mediterranean coast, dropping three 70-kiloton hydrogen bombs near the town of Palomares and one in the sea
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