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of four (910th ARefS, Bergstro:r:i AFB, Tex.). :Mission: Air refueling and Chrome Dome. Tbe of Mishap: 0422 EST, lT January 1966. Location of ~·iishe..J>: Av~ximately twu tliles itland on souther!l 
coast of S:p::.in. (37° 141N -01° 49'W) 

·:re-~ :L-·.:..t1. :.itit~s: Sey:-;n (three, 13-52; foUI', KC-135). 
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·:;m;.•e .Jf :..rlsha:p as reported by interrogation of -survivors: At one mile 01.;.-t for refueling, the approach rra·s good v.tth a :L10r-....al closu:-e rate of sj_x kr:ot.s. Tb.e closure rate su~denly accelerated ra:M.d.ly and the J>ilot reduced i::o~-er; ho--;.;ever; the E-52 J=2.5sed. under the te.n.ke= ar:.d the copilot looked U}? a!J.d back to see the tanker boom. A srrall ex:pl.o­sion y;as hceTa e~ of the flight deck. Presurnably, the boom pmctured. the fuselage. This '..."Ss followed by a large ex:plosion am a Yiolent pitch CI.own of the 13-52. Severe G-forces hampered ejection by the crew reer-bers. Parts or both the :B-52 a:ld the KC-135 have been fcund in the in]aT'd c.rash area. 
Seci.:..rity and medical being y.rovided from 16th A:F and Spa.nizh resources. 
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200 Spanish constabulary. 
300 URi\F Air Police. 
U3AFE IDD team. 

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USAF (KL.-tland AFB) IDD team. 
USAF force? have :f'u.11. control of security of recovered 
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Three of the aboYe 1->ea:p::ms have been located e.nd J3ecured by USAF 
J>e1'soTI!!el . The first wea.:r::on is app:roxir:s.tely ~yards froD1 the shore-li.i-;.e; the second wea;on one ~e fU.rther 1~ land, the third . ,.'"E.........p:m e.n e.d.9.itio;nal mile further west from tbe second ..,,-e.a:p::>:n. They are located in the general area of the :S-52 dc~.:;rls, but indications are that they fell f'ree. The f'mu.-­.,..Ł...~.p:m :r;ackage nFJB.Tently broke u:p in the .air. Starting from the coast line; the -first weaJ;On in-land is bent but iiltact; the second and third ~eep:::>ns in-land are badly 
Pieces of RE are evident. The pilot chute on all three wea:r:ons deployed or p:>pped out, perh.sps on in:p.=.ct., but the m:!in chutes did not deploy. The fourth -,,.;ea:pon has not ·been located, "Which suggests t he stror:g JX)ssibUity it is in the water. The aboV"e is reported by the De:puty Co:;nr.and.er of 16AF based on in-fo:r;:;ation reported over Yer/ :marginal communic~tions and is, therefore~ subject to refinen:.ent and clarification. There is evidence of some IrE detol1St1on. "There ;1.s ooze 
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