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Nuclear Strike
Training and Nuclear Certification at Kunsan Air Base in
1991
This excerpt from the 8th Tactical Fighter Wing history for the period January-June 1991 shows how U.S. pilots stationed at Kunsan Air Base underwent nuclear weapons and other fighter-bomber strike training.
The document also describes that the weapons division at the base passed special Air Force training and inspections to be certified to store and handle nuclear weapons on the base.
A total of 48 F-16C/D aircraft were stationed at Kunsan at the time, some of which were equipped to deliver B61 nuclear bombs stored at the base.
A PDF-version of excerpts from the 8th TFW history is provided in the right-hand bar.
FOIA
Documents
>> U.S. Seventh Air Force, History of the 8th Tactical Fighter Wing, 1 January - 30 June 1991 (excerpts only: pp. 22-23, 26-27, 49-50).