1968 Kadena Air Base Boeing B-52 crash

On 19 November 1968, a United States Air Force B-52 Stratofortress crashed at Kadena Air Base on the island of Okinawa, Japan. == Aborted takeoff == The United States Air Force (USAF) Strategic Air Command (SAC) B-52D Stratofortress (serial number 55-0103) of the 4252d Strategic Wing had a full bomb load and broke up and caught fire after the aircraft aborted takeoff at Kadena Air Base while it was conducting an Operation Arc Light bombing mission to South Vietnam during the Vietnam War.

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