CHERNOBYL

I was a young Airman stationed at Carswell AFB at the time. Before the severity of the situation was fully publicized, we launched a B-52 with a “Giant Fish” pod in the bomb bay. They flew a high altitude mission (not sure were) and landed hot. After enough time elapsed, the data and crew were taken away and the aircraft was washed.
That’s when most of us realized that it was bad. The next few days is when the world found out.