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2025 Convention - Albuquerque NM

The 2025 NWTA Convention is over.   

There was a tour of the Los Alamos' Bradbury Museum, Historical Museum, and a guided tour of the historical 'Bathtub Row'.   In Albuquerque. we visited The National Museum of Nuclear Science & History, and saw the new Artifacts Building, where the NWTA is listed as one of the main donors for the construction.   Unfortunately, the building is still being setup, but looking through the windows we can see many Type 3 trainers that will be part of the displays there.    We also viewed the B53 trainer and 7M trailer that Doug Chapman and a few others restored prior to Doug's passing.   It is a fitting testamony to Doug's professionalism as a 463/2W2.

At our General Meeting, voted to fund a plaque in honor of Doug Chapman at the Nuclear Science Museum outside the artifacts building.    We also honored Ray MacAllister with a special B28 weapon to honor his years of service as a 463, Munitions Officer, and at Sandia.

We also asked the assembled membership for suggestions for the next convention, and will be putting out a survey to the membership to select the top two for us to research availability and costs for the 2026 convention.   Final minutes will be available soon, as well as pictures under our Breakroom -> Conventions menu item.

Newsflash

Our Condolences

We just received information from John Kneale's daughter that John passed away peacefully in his sleep on September 11th.      John was a Lifetime member of the NWTA since August 2010, and attended most of our NWTA conventions. 

Services will be held in Tucson, and are being finalized.  When we get that information we will post it here.

 

To Absent Friends ....

The Fallen page has been updated for the notices we've received up to the September 10th.  

We often do not find out about fellow nuke pukes passing until months or years later.   Please let us know no matter when they passed on, as this information may assist those looking to get in touch with someone and not knowing they're no longer here.     An example of this is that we just found out that CMS Grady Hunt passed in May 2025.

The NWTA wishes to honor all Nuclear Weapons Technicians who have passed by adding their names to The Fallen page.   They do not need to be members of the NWTA to be so honored.   Please pass any notifications on to the This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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