| 词条 | 1968 Kadena Air Base B-52 crash |
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| name = 1968 Kadena Air Base B-52 crash | image = B-52 55-0103 Crash site, Kadena, AFB.jpg | image_upright = | image_size = | alt = | caption = The crash site of B-52 55-0103 at Kadena Air Base | occurrence_type = Accident | date = {{start date|1968|11|19|df=y}} | summary = Aborted take-off with runway overrun | site = Kadena Air Base, Okinawa | coordinates = {{coord|26|22|8.06|N |127|46|55.50|E|type:event|display=inline,title}} | passengers = | crew =7 | fatalities = 2 | injuries = | missing = | survivors = 5 | aircraft_type = Boeing B-52D Stratofortress | aircraft_name = call-sign: "Gold 2" (or "Cream 2"[1]) | operator = United States Air Force (USAF), 4252d Strategic Wing (4252d SW ) | tail_number = 55-0103 | origin = Kadena Air Base | stopover = Operation Arc Light | stopover0 = | stopover1 = | stopover2 = | stopover3 = | stopover4 = | stopover5 = | last_stopover = | destination = Kadena Air Base }} On November 19, 1968, a B-52 crashed at Kadena Air Base, on the island of Okinawa, Japan. Aborted takeoffThe United States Air Force (USAF) Strategic Air Command (SAC) B-52D Stratofortress (serial number 55-103) of the 4252d Strategic Wing had a full bomb load and broke up and caught fire after the aircraft aborted takeoff at Kadena Air Base while it was conducting an Operation Arc Light bombing mission to the Democratic Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam War.[2][1] The pilot was able to keep the aircraft on the ground and bring the aircraft to a stop while preventing a much larger catastrophe.[1] The aircraft came to rest near the edge of the Kadena's perimeter, some {{convert|250|m|abbr=on}} from the Chibana ammunition depot.[2][1] Resultant fire and explosionThe fire resulting from the aborted takeoff ignited the aircraft's fuel and detonated the {{convert|30000|lb|abbr=on}} bomb load of twenty-four {{convert|500|lb|abbr=on}} bombs, (twelve under each wing) and twenty-four {{convert|750|lb|abbr=on}} bombs inside the bomb bay and caused a blast so powerful that it created an immense crater under the burning aircraft some {{convert|30|ft|abbr=on}} deep and {{convert|60|ft|abbr=on}} across.[2] The blast blew out the windows in the dispensary at Naha Air Base (now Naha Airport), {{convert|23|mi|km}} away and damaged 139 houses.[3][4][5] Recovery and investigationThe aircraft was reduced "to a black spot on the runway"[1] The blast was so large that Air Force spokesman had to announce that there had only been conventional bombs on board.[4] Nothing remained of the aircraft except landing gear and engine assemblies, the tail turret, a few bombs, and some loose explosive that had not detonated.[2][3] Very small fragments of aircraft metal from the enormous blast were "spread like confetti," leaving the crew to use a double entendre to refer to the cleanup work, calling it, "'52 Pickup."[3] The remnants of the aircraft were sent to Wichita, Kansas for analysis.[3] The Electronic Warfare Officer and the Crew Chief later died from burn injuries after being evacuated from Okinawa.[2][3] Two Okinawan workers were also injured in the blasts.[1] Had the aircraft become airborne, it might have crashed about {{convert|1/4|-|1/2|mi|m|abbr=on}}{{verification needed|date=March 2017}} north of the runway and directly into the Chibana ammunition storage depot creating "monumental destruction".[3] The Chibana depot stored ammunition, bombs, high explosives, and tens of thousands artillery shells and is now known to have held warheads for 19 different atomic and thermonuclear weapons systems in the hardened weapon storage areas. The weapons included W28 warheads used in the MGM-13 Mace cruise missile and W31 warheads used in MGR-1 Honest John and MIM-14 Nike-Hercules (Nike-H) missiles.[6] The storage depot at Chibana also included 52 igloos in the Project Red Hat chemical weapons storage area and presumably Project 112's biological Agents.[7][8][9][10] The crash led to demands to remove the B-52s from Okinawa and strengthened a push for the reversion from U.S. rule in Okinawa.[1][5] Okinawans had correctly suspected that the Chibana depot held nuclear weapons.[3] The crash sparked fears that another potential disaster on the island could put the chemical and nuclear stockpile and the surrounding population in jeopardy and increased the urgency of moving them to a less populated and less active storage location.{{citation needed|date=March 2017}} References
1. ^1 2 3 {{cite news |author= |title=U.S. Plane Crashes in Okinawa |newspaper=Pacific Stars and Stripes |location=Japan |date=November 19, 1968 }} {{Aviation accidents and incidents in 1968|State=collapsed}}2. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite report|title=B-52 Crash at Kadena AFB|date=November 19, 1968|url=http://www.madracki.com/usarmyhawk/storyb52.html|accessdate=11 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171113074311/http://www.madracki.com/usarmyhawk/storyb52.html|archivedate=13 November 2017|deadurl=yes|df=dmy-all}}{{PD-notice}} 3. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 {{cite web|title=Thunder in the Night, B-52 Crash at Kadena AFB, November 19, 1968, Eyewitnesses Captain Gary Sible, SP5 Tom Madracki, John Logan, et al. |url=http://www.madracki.com/usarmyhawk/storyb52.html|accessdate=August 11, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110824075854/http://www.madracki.com/usarmyhawk/storyb52.html|archive-date=August 24, 2011}}{{self-published inline|date=April 2013}} 4. ^1 {{cite news |author= |title=Bomber Explodes at Kadena|newspaper=Pacific Stars and Stripes, Okinawa Bureau |location=Okinawa |date=November 20, 1968 }} 5. ^1 {{cite news |author= |title=Okinawa Asks B-52 Removal |newspaper=Pacific Stars and Stripes |location=Japan |date=November 21, 1968 }} 6. ^{{cite web|title=United States Secretly Deployed Nuclear Bombs In 27 Countries and Territories During Cold War |url=http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/news/19991020/index.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20020811024528/http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/news/19991020/index.html |archivedate=11 August 2002 |accessdate=2 February 2013 |deadurl=yes |df= }} 7. ^{{cite news|title='Were we Marines Used as Guinea Pigs on Okinawa?'|author=Mitchell, Jon|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fl20121204zg.html|newspaper=The Japan Times|date=December 4, 2012|accessdate=December 3, 2012}} 8. ^{{cite news |title=Okinawa’s Henoko was a "storage location" for nuclear weapons: |author=Steve Rabson |url=http://www.japanfocus.org/-Steve-Rabson/3884 |newspaper=The Asia-Pacific Journal |date=January 14, 2013 |accessdate=April 25, 2013}} 9. ^Organizational History- 267th Chemical Company, Letter of Capt. Charles H. Vogeler RIBCD-267CML (March 26, 1966) 10. ^{{cite book|author=Dale Van Atta|title=With Honor: Melvin Laird in War, Peace, and Politics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w7vUH72TB2IC&pg=PA570|accessdate=15 April 2013|date= April 29, 2008|publisher=Univ of Wisconsin Press|isbn=978-0-299-22683-1|pages=570–}} 7 : 20th-century military history of the United States|Aviation accidents and incidents in 1968|Accidents and incidents involving the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress|Accidents and incidents involving United States Air Force aircraft|Aviation accidents and incidents in Japan|November 1968 events|1968 in Japan |
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