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Originally Posted by stevej37
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One of my fellow Air Force brats talked about his dad was a pilot of a B-52, loaded with nukes and the arming mechanisms and codes, with orders to take off. As he was at the end of the runway, about to power up the engines for takeoff he received the best orders he ever received, stand down, abort the mission. He exhaled and was happy to not take off. It was during the Cuban missile crisis.