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The OC-135B Open Skies is a United States Air Force observation aircraft that supports the Treaty on Open Skies. [1] The aircraft, a modified WC-135B , flies unarmed observation flights over participating parties of the treaty.
OC-135B Open Skies The WC-135 Constant Phoenix is a special-purpose aircraft derived from the Boeing C-135 Stratolifter and used by the United States Air Force . Its mission is to collect samples from the atmosphere for the purpose of detecting and identifying nuclear explosions .
Thirty C-135Bs (Boeing model number 717-158 [8]) were built new with the TF33 turbofan and improved wide-span horizontal stabilizers. Ten were modified for a weather reconnaissance (flying through radioactive clouds from nuclear tests or other agents) role and designated WC-135B Stratolifter ( Constant Phoenix in later versions).
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Supports EC-135, OC-135 Open Skies, and Boeing E-4B missions when theater deployed. Although it is a component of the 55th Operations Group , main flying operations are conducted from RAF Mildenhall , United Kingdom and Souda Bay , Crete .
A number of KC-135A and KC-135B aircraft have been modified to EC-135, RC-135 and OC-135 configurations for use in several different roles (although these could also be considered variants of the C-135 Stratolifter family).
Boeing OC-135B Open Skies; Boeing–Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche; BQM-145 Peregrine; G. General Atomics MQ-1 Predator; I. ... This page was last edited on 13 May 2019, ...
Data from Encyclopedia of world military aircraft Volume 1 General characteristics Crew: 3: pilot, copilot, boom operator (4th crew member is a navigator for aircraft without the PACER CRAG update) Capacity: mission crew members Length: 136 ft 3 in (41.53 m) Wingspan: 130 ft 10 in (39.88 m) Height: 41 ft 8 in (12.70 m) Wing area: 2,433 sq ft (226.0 m 2) Aspect ratio: 7.04 Airfoil: root: BAC ...