The Air Force Lost a Nuclear Bomb in Georgia. 68 Years Later, They Still Can’t Find It.

A U.S. Air Force Bomber Crashed Into a Fighter Jet and Dropped a Nuclear Bomb Into the Atlantic Ocean

Summary and Key Points: Drawing on his extensive background as a former Pentagon expert, defense analyst Kris Osborn explores one of the most chilling and enduring mysteries of the Cold War: the 1958 Tybee Island “Broken Arrow” incident, or a missing nuclear bomb. Following a disastrous mid-air collision between a B-47 Stratojet and an F-86 Sabre, a crippled American bomber was forced to jettison a massive Mark 15 thermonuclear weapon into the A…

The Air Force Lost a Nuclear Bomb in Georgia. 68 Years Later, They Still Can’t Find It.

After a mid-air collision off Tybee Island in 1958, the military spent decades dredging the coast for a 7,600-pound nuke. It remains buried in the mud.