To replace the B-47s , the Wing was assigned the B-52G " Stratofortress " bomber and received its first aircraft christened " Champlain Lady " on 19 June 1966 . After the arrival of the new type , another new unit was assigned to the Wing on 25 January 1967 , the 310th Air Refueling squadron . On 21 January 1968 , tragedy struck again the 380th Strategic Aerospace Wing when B-52G 58-0188 , crashed near Thule Air Base in Greenland while on a Chrome Dome mission . The aircraft was flown by a crew from the 528th BS and was carrying four hydrogen bombs when it crashed into an ice covered bay at the western tip of Greenland . The crew of seven was composed of Capt. John Baug ( commander ) , Capt. Leonard Svitenko ( co-pilot ) , Maj. Frank Hopkins ( radar navigator ) , Capt. Curtis Criss ( navigator ) , Capt. Richard Marx ( electronic warfare ) , SSgt . Calvin Snapp ( gunner ) and Maj. Alfred J. D'amario ( safety officer from Wing HQ ) . Sadly , Capt. Svitenko was killed during the crash
crashed near Thule Air Base
1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash
380th Air Expeditionary Wing