Five to be fired for Minot nuclear mistake

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The unit that was at the center of the nuclear weapons debacle in August gets its new commander Thursday.</p>

<p>Col. Joel Westa is taking the reins of the 5th Bomb Wing at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., two months after six nuclear warheads were mistakenly loaded onto a B-52 and flown from Minot to Barksdale Air Force Base, La. — the most embarrassing and alarming screw-up in recent Air Force history.</p>

<p>Westa, a B-52 pilot, most recently served as vice commander of the 36th Wing at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam…

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