Araxos (LGRX)

There are 26 small Protective Aircraft Shelters (31.5x17 meters) on the base, six of which are equipped with WS3 Vaults for nuclear weapons storage with a maximum capacity of 44. The vaults were completed in 1997. Prior to that, nuclear weapons were stored in the Weapons Storage Area. The base stored 20 B61 nuclear bombs until the spring of 2001 for delivery by Greek A-7E/H Corsairs II of the 116th Wing’s 335 Tiger and 336 Olympus squadrons.
see: U.S. Nuclear, Weapons in Europe, A Review of Post-Cold War Policy, Force Levels, and War Planning. Prepared by Hans M. Kristensen
Natural Resources Defense Council, February 2005

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