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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

2 years 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.

4 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.

8 years ago

North Korea threat of above-ground bomb test serious, US says

"If he‘s telling us he’ll do it, he’s going to,” US officials say.

By Tara Copp, AP

8 years ago

In Pacific, rising tensions evoke troubling nuclear legacy

More than 70 years after the first nuclear tests, Bikini Atoll remains contaminated today. It’s part of a troubling nuclear legacy that continues to affect islands and people across the Pacific long after the U.S., Britain and France stopped their testing programs there.

8 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.

8 years ago