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Description
| Manufacturer: | Boeing | |
| Base model: | C-135 | |
| Designation: | RC-135 | |
| Version: | T | |
| 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
| John Dalton Kansas City, MO | I crewed 121 and recall the shock and disappointment and sadness when it went down.
John Dalton USAF 84-88 Mechanical Engineer 09/10/2008 @ 18:08 [ref: 22661] |
| Ventura Franco Santa Maria, CA | I remember 121 when I was stationed at Kadena AB Japan,from 1976 to 1979 and during that time I worked as a Crew Chief on KC-135A 8012 the Bi-Centinial Aircraft for the Wing..and later as a Master Recovery Team Chief Doing BPO's
Primary used for Air-Refueling training there..as a reciever.. used as a Wood Bird and cargo during Typhoon Evacs.. I was very saddened to hear of it crashing in Alaska in My heart goes out for all the Crew and the one they left behind..May God Bless them all. Franco-- ffione@gmail.com 12/05/2007 @ 09:21 [ref: 18806] |
| MSgt David Stern Grand Forks, ND | I Fat fingered the dates i crewed it. I crewed it from late 1983. I will upload some pictures of 3121 in the near future 06/01/2007 @ 00:00 [ref: 16692] |
| MSgt David Stern Grand Forks, ND | I still remember 121, It was my first aircraft when I came in the service. I crewed it from late 1982 to until the day it went down in 1985. I still remember all the trips to Hickam, Fairchild, and Offutt for washes. 121 was a great flying aircraft. 05/31/2007 @ 23:36 [ref: 16691] |
| Bob Gallagher Tucson, AZ | I flew on 121 quite a few times when I was a young senior airman.
I took it to Hickam, Offutt and Shemya a few times. I remember that the engine wrap around panels were always loosing airlocks. I remember being told that was because the Pilots overstressed the airframe by overspeeding it. I was at Eielson the day it went down, it was a sad day in the 6th Strat Wing. I am uploading a Photo I took of it at Shemya. 07/08/2006 @ 10:30 [ref: 13681] |
| Don Roden, MSgt, Retired Osseo, MN | I was the Crew Chief of this aircraft from November 1980 until November 1981. It was a great aircraft to work on. We didn't have T.O.s for most of the configuration. I took here to Shemya on many trips, one of them was after the crash of 62-2664 in March 1981. The pilot that was at the controls of the "Ball" that day, qualified on his final requirments the Friday before the crash. That is a day that I have always remembered. It was the one and only time that we were allowed to launch from the North end of the Big Hanger.
I requested to crew it and everyone in Msgt Rick Taylor and Tsgt Tom Belfior thought I was nuts to want it. Her official name was Tundra Toad, but my crew always refered to her as Miss Piggy. She was a great flying aircraft after we worked the bugs out. Don Roden 03/24/2005 @ 20:24 [ref: 9792] |
| Rick Taylor, M/Sgt. Ret.North Pole North Pole, AK | 55-3121 crashed just after my retirement from active duty. She was just a empty hulk then and used for transporting cargo and crews to and from Shemya. The pilot and I coached T-Ball together the summer before I retired, '83. God rest the souls on board that sweet bird. 02/16/2002 @ 01:32 [ref: 4328] |
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