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November 4, 2014

2 More U.S. Nuclear Commanders Fired, 1 Disciplined in Latest Scandal 
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The U.S. Air Force has fired two more commanders in charge of its
nuclear arsenal. Col. Carl Jones was second in command of the 90th
Missile Wing at FE Warren Air Force Base in Wyoming, which operates a
third of the force's Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missiles.
According to the Associated Press, Jones was fired for four separate
transgressions, including one described as "shocking." In the most
recent case, he was accused of banging on the counter and shouting
profanity at a volunteer-run thrift shop. Meanwhile at the 91st Missile
Wing at Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota, which oversees another
third of the Force's Minuteman missiles, Lt. Col. Jimmy "Keith" Brown
was fired for discrimination after he "made statements to subordinates
that created a perception within his squadron that pregnancy would
negatively affect a woman's career." Another commander at Minot has been
disciplined. The news follows a cheating scandal at a base in Montana
earlier this year and last year's firing of the commander in charge of
the entire intercontinental ballistic missile force for drunken
misbehavior in Russia.

 

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