I wasn’t alive in 1968 when this accident happened, but I do remember visiting the base during a summer open house when I was quite young (likely around 5-7). I remember seeing all the fighter and bomber planes – even waiting in line to take a ride on one of the planes (but the wait was so long we ended up not doing it).

If this broken arrow accident had resulted in a nuclear detonation, I likely wouldn’t be here today since my parents lived so close.

This accident is also talked about in the absolutely fabulous books Command and Control by Eric Schlosser and might be also mentioned in the book Atomic Accidents by James Mahaffey.