USAF Nuclear Weapons Technicians Association (NWTA) Reunion, Albuquerque NM, May 8-10, 2009

Nuclear Weapons Technicians Associaiotn held its meeting on Saturday in the National Museum of Nuclear Sciecn and History in Albuquerque, NM in May 2009

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

Fat Man & Little Boy (Nagasaki & Hiroshima)

"Fat Man" & "Little Boy" These guys are probably the reason I was born. My dad was in the Army in WWII and after battling Germans from 44 to 45, his unit was training to invade Japan. The War Dept predicted over 100,000 casualties in the invasion of Japan.

Replica of Enola Gay and Little Boy

Fat Man being loaded onto Bockscar for its mission over Nagasaki

Little Boy Plaque

Mk28s lost over Spain 1966

Little Boy dropped by the B-29 Enola Gay on Hiroshima

Fat Man dropped by B-29 Bockscar on Nagasaki

B61 Thermonuclear Weapon (Shape)

Mk6

Davy Crockett W54

Genie Air to Air Nuclear Missile

B83 Thermonuclear Weapon

Titan Re entry Vehicle

NWTA ice cream cake

Ray McAllister, President of NWTA

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Mk41 photo

Bird Cage

Pal 1

Pal Systems; Nuclear Unlock Boxes

B83 Parachute

Leon Smith, Original member of 509th Composite Squadron

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Leon Smith and his wife

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