United States Air Force Boeing WC-135B 61-2666
United States Air Force Boeing WC-135B 61-2666 (msn 18342) at McCleelan Air Force Base. Boeing C-135B-BN Stratolifter (Boeing 717-185) 61- 2666 was rolled out on 15 February 1962 ; flown on21 March 1962 ; delivered to the USAF on 30 March 1962... Read more
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United States Air Force Boeing WC-135B 61-2666
United States Air Force Boeing WC-135B 61-2666 (msn 18342) at McCleelan Air Force Base. Boeing C-135B-BN Stratolifter (Boeing 717-185) 61- 2666 was rolled out on 15 February 1962 ; flown on21 March 1962 ; delivered to the USAF on 30 March 1962.. Assigned to Military Air Transport Service in April 1962: Set several world-class cargo lift and speed records. In august 1965 converted to WC-135B and assigned to the 55th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, 9th Weather Reconnaissance Wing, Air Force Weather Service, McClellan AFB, CA. Also designated Constant Phoenix to collect atmospheric samples for the purpose of detecting and identifying nuclear explosions. Informally referred to as sniffer or weather bird. Rotated with 56th WRS, 9th WRW at Yokota Air Base, Japan. 4-86: Provided atmospheric sampling support following the Chernobyl nuclear reactor accident. After4-89: Det 2, 645th Materiel Squadron, 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, Majors Field, TX. supported flight testing of RC-135 fleet, as well as serving as crew trainer for pilots assigned to Det.2. 5-95: Converted to WC-135W; Conversion included small fairings and attachments for equipment under evaluation, check fairings, hog nose and SIGINT antennae. Identical in appearance to RC-135W but lacked full reconnaissance suite of RC-135W. After 2003: Converted to NC-135W. Assigned to Det 2 with L3 Comm to support flight testing for RC-135 fleet. 2007: Test flying the Northrop-Grumman LN-120G stellar-inertia tracking navigation system. By 5-18: with 645th Aeronautical Systems Group, 303rd Aeronautical Systems Wing, Greenville, Txl Date: 1967
© The Peter Butt Aviation Collection / Mary Evans
Media ID 28681931
1962 1965 1967 2003 2007 303rd 55th 56th Accident Antennae Appearance Assigned Atmospheric Base Boeing Cargo Check Collect Constant Conversion Converted Crew Delivered Designated Detecting Evaluation Explosions February Fleet Flown Identical Identifying Included Informally Lift Materiel Mcclellan Navigation Nose Nuclear Phoenix Pilots Provided Purpose Reconnaissance Records Referred Rolled Rotated Samples Sampling Serving Sniffer Speed Squadron Strategic Suite Support Supported System Systems Test Testing Tracking Trainer Usaf Wing
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