There is a missing nuclear bomb in the much next to Savanah, Ga in the ocean. They can't find it for all of these years.
...in 'We Were Soldiers' with Mel Gibson ....made me cringe a bit when they used the term 'broken arrow'as a call-in to all support in the area.Spent a few years on the line workin nuke-armed birds..so it was a huge disconnect to hear the term so wrongly used.I am sure if he did the research there probably is a term used just for what he wanted.-Frank aka GE
As the battle along the southern line intensified, Lieutenant Charlie W. Hastings (USAF liaison: forward air controller), made the decision (based on criteria established by the USAF) to transmit the code phrase "Broken Arrow", which relayed that an American combat unit was in danger of being overrun. In so doing, Hastings was calling on all available support aircraft in the country to come to the battalion's defense, drawing on a significant arsenal of heavy ordnance support.
There is a missing nuclear bomb ... next to Savanah, Ga in the ocean. They can't find it for all of these years.
So 'broken arrow' is a code for two entirely different events... weird.I did not know that.typical FUBAR.-Frank aka GE