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Supreme Court turns away veterans over 1966 hydrogen bomb accident

An Air Force veteran filed class-action claims seeking benefits for veterans who say they were exposed to radiation while responding to the crash in Spain.

By AP Staff

11 months ago

This Jan. 17, 1966, file photo, shows part of the wreckage of the U.S. Air Force B-52 that crashed in Palomares, Spain, after a mid-air collision with a KC-135 aerial tanker during refueling.

Bill would give US vets of 1966 Spain hydrogen bomb accident benefits

The VA denied them disability benefits based on radiation exposure estimates compiled by the Air Force.

3 years ago

Spain deploys men in deep V-necks and leather suspenders to stave off Covid-19

Caballeros, we wish you the best.

4 years ago

Best pics of the week: March 1, 2020

Drinking snake blood at Exercise Cobra Gold, freestyle drill routines, the agreement that may result in all foreign troops leaving Afghanistan, and more of this week's best military photos.

4 years ago

Marines run long-range insertion, urban attack with Portuguese in ‘Wild Crocodile II’

They’ll move from Moron Air Base, Spain, to Lisbon, Portugal ― a distance of about 320 miles.

4 years ago

Multinational MEUs? Why US and Spanish Marines are storming beaches in Ibiza

It's a building block to creating A mutlinational force designed similarly to an Amphibious Ready Group-Marine Expeditionary Unit.

By Philip Athey

4 years ago

Former Marine arrested in North Korea embassy attack in Madrid

Christopher Ahn, a former U.S. Marine, was arrested and charged Friday.

5 years ago

This is why the Corps is partnering with elite Air Force pararescue jumpers in Africa and Europe

The PJs provide the Corps with dedicated technical rescue personnel, as well as field and in-flight paramedic capabilities.

By Shawn Snow

5 years ago

Court forces VA to reveal extent of veterans' contamination in Spanish nuclear disaster

The move could lead to a class-action lawsuit against the department over the denial of veterans benefits.

By Leo Shane III

5 years ago

Lawmaker presses for quicker action to help military clean-up crews of 1966 nuclear accident

A new bill would grant presumptive status to hundreds of veterans who helped clean up nuclear contamination more than 50 years ago.

By Leo Shane III

6 years ago

Veterans seek class action lawsuit over 1966 H-bombs accident

Veterans who say they responded to a 1966 accident involving U.S. hydrogen bombs in Spain and then became ill from radiation exposure asked a federal appeals court on Monday to allow a class action lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

6 years ago

Vets sue Defense Department over 1966 Spain H-bomb mishap

Veterans groups sued the Defense Department on Tuesday in an effort to obtain disability benefits for airmen who say they were exposed to radiation while responding to a 1966 accident involving U.S. hydrogen bombs in Spain.

7 years ago

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