C3002

Serial	018145
Line Number
First Flight	20.7.1961
Model	NC-135A Stratotanker
Status	Scrapped
Comments	cvtd to NC-135A 1964 with AFSC as airborne diagnostic airplane to collect data following nuclear blasts ('River Digger' programme); also supports solar eclipse research, comet photography and cosmic ray studies; monitored first eclipse 10.7.1972; tracked one for more than 12 minutes over North Africa 30.6.1973; wfu MASDC 30.6.1978 as CA005 (ex 4949 TW/AFSC-ASD); sold to Tucson Iron & Metal for scrap 29.5.1996;
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