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Description
| Notes: Formerly RC-135 modified to classified reconnaissance capability. | ||
| Manufacturer: | Boeing | |
| Base model: | C-135 | |
| Designation: | RC-135 | |
| Version: | S | |
| Nickname: | Stratolifter | |
| Designation System: | U.S. Air Force | |
| Designation Period: | 1925-1962 | |
| Basic role: | Transport | |
| Modified Mission: | Reconnaissance | |
Specifications
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Recent comments by our visitors
| MSgt (Ret) William \"Cobrabill\" We Summerville, SC | GO WILDCATS!!! The 45th RS was the best squadron on the planet, I miss working with all of the best maintainers in the Air Force. I crewed 663 from 1995-2005 08/10/2008 @ 17:59 [ref: 22422] |
| David Schuster Hawthorne, NJ | Worked 6th Cams om assist crew chief 663 1977-1978. spent many a TDY to the Rock. Sure miss all the good time we had at Eielson. Tommy Boyle, Smitty,Taco, Little Pete, Biggy Rat, Danny Vock, Paul Vause and all those crazy SOB's. Hope the past 30 years have been good to everybody.
Would do anything to get back together for one more barbeque. 05/06/2008 @ 06:59 [ref: 20808] |
| MSgt Douglas \"Cookie\" Cook O\'Fallon, MO | I had the honor and pleasure to start my career as a SAC Electro- Environmental Systems specialist. I maintained the Cobra family from 1988-1991 at Eielson AFB and then from 1992-2000 at Offutt AFB. It is an awesome program, and the best maintainers I have ever worked with. 02/06/2008 @ 05:38 [ref: 19576] |
| James R. McBrayer Sulphur Spgs, TX | I was the Wing Boom Operator for the 6th Strat Wing, from May 1973 until Aug 1977. Retired and Moved back to Texas. Miss those days. 10/05/2007 @ 17:34 [ref: 18113] |
| Bill Thomson Glasgow, MT | Assigned to the 6th CAMS Radar shop from 1977 to 1980. Worked in Job Control for 22 months of that tour. Went TDY to Shemya 3 times. Brings back vivid, fond memories of helping out with an engine change while at Shemya, but can't remember which one of the two aircraft it was! I left the Air Force in 1980, so didn't find out about the crash at Shemya till several years after the fact. To say it was a shock would be a gross understatement. Even though I never met any of the souls lost that day, I felt a connection. The news was sobering indeed.
I read King Hawes' account of Rivet Amber, and felt a distant connection with those folks too. 09/06/2007 @ 19:14 [ref: 17859] |
| Tony Norton Johnson City, TN | I was assigned to 6th CAMS from 1985 through 1989 in Jets. Harold Shultz was Shop Chief and for most of the period we only had 2662 while 2663 was at E-Systems for upgrades and mods. Also worked engines on the various V/W models as well as the Tanker Task Force. 08/26/2007 @ 17:34 [ref: 17769] |
| Darrell Coulter , VA | I was an aircraft electrician assigned to the 6th CAMS at Eielson, 1976-1978. I worked on 2663,2664, and the V models 845, etc. I spent my time out on the "Rock" also. I remember being on the launch truck with all the other AFSC's in the early morning hours. That was an exciting time and a big part of the "Cold War". 03/02/2007 @ 06:46 [ref: 15721] |
| M/Sgt. Richard (Rick) Taylor Ret. Houghton Lake, MI | I served two tours of duty with the 6th Strat. Wing. '71-'75, and '78-'83.
On my first tour I was assigned to RC-135D 60-357 as the Assistant Crew Chief, and later as the Crew Chief. Went to LTV in the spring of '72 to sign for 61-2664, along with Sgt. Tony Alcala. Sometime that fall I got my first TDY tour at the "Rock" with 664. I loved the "D" models, but I loved that airplane a lot, too. In July of '80, I was assigned as Shop Chief to the R&R Shop, 6th CAMS. We had just worked 61-2664, and her landing gear before she departed for Shemya again. To say that I was in shock when I got the call, at home, to gather the paperwork we'd accomplished, and report to the DCM would be a freakin' understatement. I just knew she'd gone down. Four of my friends were at Shemya when 664 slammed into the ground. Two were from the M/A shop, one with less than two years service and on his first TDY, one from Jets, and one from Radar. I met Steve Hiott at Eielson just once before the crash. Seems like a hundred years ago, and yet sometimes it's more like yesterday. 09/24/2006 @ 17:21 [ref: 14280] |
| Ed Lajes Field, ME | I was the Crew Chief for 662 from 1994 to 1997 at Offutt AFB, Ne. But, we took care of all the Ball family aircraft. Great program to have been a part of. 08/25/2006 @ 04:19 [ref: 13988] |
| Ed Lajes Field, ME | I was the Crew Chief for 662 from 1994 to 1997 at Offutt AFB, Ne. But, we took care of all the Ball family aircraft. Great program to be part of. 08/25/2006 @ 04:18 [ref: 13987] |
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