One family’s role in America’s nuclear program

August 4, 2015

Seven decades after the US dropped atomic bombs on Japan, one family continues to play a part in nuclear deployment

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One family’s role in America’s nuclear program

Paul Tibbets Jr. was the Enola Gay pilot who dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima 70 years ago. His grandson, Brig. Gen. Paul Tibbets IV is now in charge of the B-2 stealth bombers that carry nuclear weapons.


 

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