The Airman Who Faced Down a Nuclear Warhead: Bob Hicks’s Journey from Somerset to the OSI Hall of Fame
For the great majority of the population, being a few meters from a heavily damaged nuclear bomb, making life-and-death choices, and then tracking fraudulent aircraft parts dealers around the world would not be part of their lives. Bob Hicks did both. In his memoir, Failure Not an Option: A Cold War Memoir from Nuclear Crisis to […]
Failure Not an Option: How a 129-Pound Airman Saved Thousands During Cold War Nuclear Emergency
Some heroes wear stars on their shoulders. Others wear two stripes and weigh barely enough to qualify for basic training. Bob Hicks’s memoir, “Failure Not an Option: A Cold War Memoir from Nuclear Crisis to Senior Federal Law Enforcement Officer,” reveals a story most Americans never knew existed. Written by a man who started with […]
What I Learned About Crisis Management from a Nuclear Emergency
When a nuclear warhead went missing from a missile at Ellsworth Air Force Base in 1964, nobody knew what would happen next. That day taught me more about crisis management than any textbook ever could. Let me take you back to December 5th, 1964, Robert Hicks was a young airman, 20 years old, working as […]
From Texas Farm Boy to Nuclear Crisis Hero: The Untold Story of Bob Hicks
Ever wonder how a skinny farm kid from small town Texas ends up face to face with a heavily damaged nuclear warhead in the middle of a Cold War crisis? That is the journey at the heart of Failure Not an Option: A Cold War Memoir from Nuclear Crisis to Senior Federal Law Enforcement Officer by Bob Hicks. […]