Click image to resize. Air Force Flies Over USA With Nuclear Weapons Wednesday, September 5th, 2007; Posted: 17:30 p.m. CST We found ourselves asking if the Air Force is still capable of controlling the mass arsenal of Nuclear Weapons at their disposal.  According to this article, they no longer have safeguards  in place to keep members from doing unimaginable things like flying over the middle of the United States with armed advanced nuclear weapons. Update:  Air Force punishes 70 Airmen responsible for Nuclear mishap.  Update:  ... military's competence in handling the world's most dangerous arms has eroded (26 Oct 08)