Serial | 018144 | |||||||||||||||
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First Flight | 23.6.1961 | |||||||||||||||
Model | NC-135A Stratotanker | |||||||||||||||
Status | Scrapped | |||||||||||||||
Comments | cvtd to NC-135A 1964 with AFSC as airborne diagnostic a/c to collect data following nuclear blasts ('River Digger' programme); also supports solar eclipse research, comet photography and cosmic ray studies; GIA at Chanute AFB, IL, 09.6.1976 as GNC-135A; rear fus and tail removed 10.1991 & remainder sold for scrap; | |||||||||||||||
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