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Enjoy A Safe Labor Day Weekend!

That is the headline, no kidding, on an August 30 press release on the Minot Air Force Base website:

8/30/2007 – MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. — Warbirds,
It’s hard to believe that Labor Day weekend is already here! Though cooler temperatures are right around the corner, the weather forecasters tell me that we should have a warm, summer-like weekend. Since Air Combat Command and Air Force Space Command have declared Friday a Family Day, many of you should be able to enjoy a nice, 4-day break as we transition from summer to fall. I wish all of you a relaxing and enjoyable time off, and urge you all once again to please keep safety in mind in all you do!

And remember, warbirds, don’t accidentally load any nuclear weapons onto aircraft!

Jeffrey Lewis

Writing on ACW 2004–2026

Dr. Jeffrey Lewis is the founding publisher of Arms Control Wonk.com. He is the Director of the East Asia Nonproliferation Program at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey. His also a non-resident affiliate at Stanford's Center for Security and International Cooperation and a Contributing Editor to Survival.

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