C3002
| Serial | 018145 | |||||||||||||||
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| 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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