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Description
| Notes: Improved C-135B with different engines and electronics for airborne command post and communication relay capability. Formerly KC-135B. | ||
| Manufacturer: | Boeing | |
| Base model: | C-135 | |
| Designation: | EC-135 | |
| Version: | C | |
| Nickname: | Stratolifter | |
| Designation System: | U.S. Air Force | |
| Designation Period: | 1925-1962 | |
| Basic role: | Transport | |
| Modified Mission: | Special electronic installation | |
Specifications
| Not Yet Available |
Examples of this type may be found at
| Museum | City | State |
| Strategic Air Command Museum | Ashland | Nebraska |
Recent comments by our visitors
| Tim Smith NAS Patuxent River, MD | Good to see there is some communication still going on with the PACCS guys. I guess I couldn't stay away from the mission. Working with the E-6B program now, for at least the next few years. Hope all is well with everyone. Take care, Tim 09/15/2008 @ 04:31 [ref: 22684] |
| J. R. , KY | Hey Slater, put it into perspective! We haven't had to use fallout shelters for 40 years or more! It's because of the job we all did that all of us are here today. Look at the big picture. Because we were there doing what we were trained to do no one got hurt or died. A threat not carried out is always better than one that is. The world knows we are the best equipped and the best trained. Now get a grip! If you don't we're going to be hearing about you on the news and not in a good way. I really hope you get a handle on this. If anyone else reads this please put your 2 cents in and help one of our own. Because that's what we do, too. 08/07/2008 @ 06:01 [ref: 22370] |
| PJ Wentzler CLINTON, MS | Jimmy- Excellent story! I suppose I could muster one more. I was working mids at GUS. Thursday morning the PRI came up at OFF and all we had to do was fly home. When they lit #1 a long orange flame came out of it. Rusty Holland came on the PA and told us this was not an exercise, "Evacuate the aircraft". So we were not going anywhere. I went back to Stalag 13 and went to sleep. Around 4PM Tommy Burrell came sneaking into my room whispering something about beer. Tommy has a much better memory than I do so we'll have to ask him. Bottom line was we were dead in the water and Team 1 said drink! That was the night Bud Pridemore and I put all those empty cans of Sardines above the drop ceiling on the first floor hallway. The next day we woke up and everyone was hungover and empty cases of beer were all over. It looked like an alley in Harlem. Then we found out the PRI broke and we had to go gen up our plane. I remember being Tech 2 and the 55 SRW CC was in Tech Control. I asked him if he could tell I was acknowledging Interphone tests with operators. He said how could i tell? I said, "they only count to 3". We all laughed. 07/10/2008 @ 17:02 [ref: 21818] |
| leroy f slater cebu city PHILIPPINES, AL | was i the only person that worked hard and put myself into the job of fixing the communication package that was used to train the batle staff? most of theother people in the shop didn\'t want to know how to fix the air plane, and certainly didn\'t want to work on the benches in the shop. MY PEOPLE AT HICKCOM, started to learn and do very well.
All I needed to do was to start them in the morning, skip lunch and we got FINISHED and closed up for the day before 2 in the afternoon. They became good, I\'m certain that they got to be the leadrers where ever they where re-assigned. I am happy that I love Jesus, I am happy that I was ashamed of what my skills where used for. I still hate the ones that might have been the 10,000 rich-politicals that would be able to survive in the few fallout shelters. While the rest of the northern hemisphere would expire. It was a continuing night mare for me. leroy_slater@yahoo.com 06/13/2008 @ 14:34 [ref: 21418] |
| J.R. , KY | I worked with Dan Todd and Dave Mayoleth. Don't remember who crewed what, tho. The last I heard Dave and Sherry were in Germany. 05/22/2008 @ 08:03 [ref: 20974] |
| Jim Miller , NE | OK, PJ. going to make me tell one huh?? Funny Jack appeares in this one too. We were flying the 3, about half way thru the flight we noticed the Boom Op looking out the windows and going to the boompod. We had a bad hydraulic leak. We were going to have to land with no flaps so faster than normal, minimal brakes so we diverted to Ellsworth. We landed on the first brick. Good landing. The crew chief opened the door to the TWA and a flood of hydraulic fluid flooded out. We, the comm crew, went to the ACCS and waited. SAC wanted us to fly the 3 out. At noon we figured out we were not going to fly the 3, we raided the fridge in the boom ops office. Finally the commo came and got us,told us we were flying the 1 and we went to billeting and got our rooms. 45 min later we were all at the NCO club. Quick meal and head for the bar. After a while the commo noticed that there were 9 of us and 6 full pitchers of beer. He made a command decision and grabbed the nearest pitcher, quaffed as much as he could and passed it on. He later wondered why we were a little tipsy. We explained about the ACCS. I went to bed about 12 Jack rolled in about 2. That morning we reported 1 hr early for preflight. I did the APM, Jack did the walkaround and some of the interior sat down and went to sleep, I covered the rest. 05/14/2008 @ 09:24 [ref: 20872] |
| diana fender frederick, MD | hey guys,
wow it's been awhile hope all is well with all of youdon't know which was worse 582 or 046 03/25/2008 @ 18:46 [ref: 20241] |
| Nolan P. Lasovich Sr. Quinlan, TX | Was stationed at Offutt in 1973 - 79 assigned to the 55th OMS and was the primary crew chief on 62-3584 but of course we all crewed what was on the ramp from time to time. I always remember 582 as being a problem child for some reason or another. I don't remember who was the primary crew chief at the time but i seem to remember it was either Dan Todd or Dave Maylife (I know that last name isn't right, ..sorry Dave).
I now work for L-3 communications in Greenville Texas, (the old E-Systems) and couldn't believe my eyes when I seen 62-3582 roll in to be made into a trainer for the Air Force! The old girl was still flyin' after all these years. Still had the old J-57's on her too. She is suppose to get the the new engines and wing beef up too! 02/14/2008 @ 06:01 [ref: 19672] |
| ted schwind Vienna, VA | Pulling alerts and flying doubles with you turkeys. Those were the days. I got airsick more times than I can remember. 01/23/2008 @ 19:48 [ref: 19414] |
| Daryl Cottrell Florissant, MO | I was assigned to the 55th AMS Paccs shop in 1977-Oct.1978 and from Oct. 1981 till my retirement in July 1985. I remember a lot of the names in the cooments here. Larry Springer, Pete Wentzler, Pete Bussum, Jack Burnsworth, Lynn Hughes and so many more. I hated being in Nebraska, but loved working on the Glass. 12/06/2007 @ 20:17 [ref: 18824] |
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