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On the morning of September 28, 1991, then-Colonel Frank Klotz witnessed an historic moment at Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota. As he and other senior officers from the base bomber and missile units watched, the crews for the B-1 strategic bombers that had been on alert that day climbed into their cockpits, started the planes, and taxied one after another away from the alert aircraft parking area. That scene was repeated at all 11 Strategic Air Command (SAC) bases in the United States. By the end of the day, there were no U.S. bombers on alert for the first time in over 30 years.
Publication Date
9-2012
Publisher
National Defense University Press
City
Washington, DC
Recommended Citation
Coch, Susan J., "The Presidential Nuclear Initiatives of 1991-1992" (2012). WMD Case Studies. 3.
https://digitalcommons.ndu.edu/wmd-case-studies/3