US Air Force caught napping again: If USAF is one big family, it is one mother of a dysfunctional nuclear family
I’ve always wondered why Bush and his cronies were so obsessed with this nonsensical, undefinable and, obviously, unwinnable War on Terror. Which looked a bit like Ghostbusters, with a much bigger budget but minus the jokes.
Well, maybe Bush et al weren’t that stupid after all. Perhaps they knew that their troops wouldn’t be ready, or even competent enough, to fight a real war.
I mean, if the rest of the US armed forces are as bad as the US Air Force is, God help all of us if we really would need them one day.
Having said that, I now realise I should take back that ‘minus the jokes’ remark of the first paragraph. While it’s highly dubious that the US Air Force is fit for any serious purpose, it is a fun organisation. The way a good slapstick movie can be fun.
So, first, they sold fusing devices for nuclear missiles to Taiwan – by mistake…
Then, you may remember, last summer, a B-52 bomber was loaded with six air-launched nuclear missiles (without its pilots or crew knowing about this) and flown across America.
Now, this:
A crew of three air force members decided to rest a little and within 15 minutes they were fast asleep. They awoke several hours later. The only problem was that the room in which they were snoozing was the missile alert facility at Minot air force base in North Dakota. Directly beneath them was the underground control centre containing the keys that can launch ballistic missiles, and in their care were metal boxes containing the secret codes that allow the nuclear button to be pressed.
Nice, don’t you think?
The old night watch motto was, ‘We guard, so you may sleep’. The US Air Force seems to sleep best while on guard. Bless.
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