bailed

On January 17, 1966, a B-52G USAF bomber collided with a KC-135 tanker during a refuelling mission at 31,000 feet over the Mediterranean Sea. The KC-135 was completely destroyed when its fuel load ignited, killing all four members on board, while four of the B-52G crew managed to successfully bail and parachute to safety. However, of the four MK28-type hydrogen bombs the B-52G carried, three-headed for land in the …