SNIFFER SAVED, FOR NOW
High-level government intervention late last year spared a USAF TC-135 nuclear sampling aircraft that was headed for the boneyard. Based at Offut AFB, Neb., the transport is the last of a once-large fleet that located and retrieved atmospheric debris from nuclear weapons tests, providing undeniable...
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