Hill's nuke mix-up
The military contractor at Hill Air Force Base that nearly set off an international incident between the U.S. and China by sending nuclear bomb fuses (oops!) instead of batteries to Taiwan has had a history of problems at other defense facilities, according to a story in the today's Tribune.Unfortunately, no one was paying attention to a military inspector general who reported as early as 2002 that military contractor EG&G was getting poor performance ratings and generally mucking things up at a Georgia logistics center.
EG&G Inc. got a $64 million deal to handle the distribution of missile and aircraft parts at Hill Air Force Base. The nuke fuses-to-Taiwan fiasco has Congress questioning how the military oversees of private contractors.
That's also a bit late: The inspector general had already warned that "the Defense Logistics Agency did not provide adequate contractor oversight."
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