Editing CFB Goose Bay (section)

====1950 – The Rivière-du-Loup Incident====
{{Main|1950 Rivière-du-Loup B-50 nuclear weapon loss incident}}
Goose Air Base was the site of the first US nuclear weapons in Canada, when in 1950 the [[United States Air Force]] [[Strategic Air Command]] (SAC) stationed 11 [[Fat Man|model 1561 Fat Man]] and [[Mark 4 nuclear bomb|Mark 4]] atomic bombs at the base in the summer, and flew them out in December.<ref>{{cite book|last=Clearwater|first=John|title=Canadian Nuclear Weapons: The Untold Story|year=1998|publisher=Dundurn Press Ltd.|pages=18}}</ref> While returning to [[Davis–Monthan Air Force Base]] with one of the bombs on board, a USAF [[Boeing B-50 Superfortress|B-50]] heavy bomber encountered engine trouble, had to drop, and conventionally (non-nuclear) detonate, the bomb over the St. Lawrence, contaminating the river with [[uranium-238]].