Registration / Serial:59-1491
Alternate Serial:91491
Aircraft Original Type:Boeing C-135 Stratotanker
Aircraft Generic Type:Boeing C-135 Stratotanker/Stratolifter
Aircraft Version:Boeing RC-135S
C/n (msn):17979
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Eareckson - Air Station (PASY / SYA)
Region / Country:Alaska, United States
Photo Date:1967 to 1968
Photo by:James WalterContact
Photo ID:844361Submit Correction
View count: 247
The sole Rivet Ball surveillance aircraft. Operated from what was then known as Shemya Air Force Base in the Aleutians. Slid off runway at Shemya and went over a cliff on January 13, 1969. No fatalities but the aircraft was a write-off. Photo by Staff Sergeant James Walter (Snr)
Registration / Serial:59-1491
Alternate Serial:91491
Aircraft Version:Boeing RC-135S
C/n (msn):17979
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Eareckson - Air Station (PASY / SYA)
Region / Country:Alaska, United States
Photo Date:1967 to 1968
Photo by:James WalterContact
Registration / Serial:59-1491
Alternate Serial:91491
Aircraft Original Type:Boeing C-135 Stratotanker
Aircraft Generic Type:Boeing C-135 Stratotanker/Stratolifter
Aircraft Version:Boeing RC-135S
C/n (msn):17979
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Eareckson - Air Station (PASY / SYA)
Region / Country:Alaska, United States
Photo Date:1967 to 1968
Photo by:James WalterContact
Photo ID:844361Submit Correction
View count: 247
The sole Rivet Ball surveillance aircraft. Operated from what was then known as Shemya Air Force Base in the Aleutians. Slid off runway at Shemya and went over a cliff on January 13, 1969. No fatalities but the aircraft was a write-off. Photo by Staff Sergeant James Walter (Snr)
Registration / Serial:59-1491
Alternate Serial:91491
Aircraft Version:Boeing RC-135S
C/n (msn):17979
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Eareckson - Air Station (PASY / SYA)
Region / Country:Alaska, United States
Photo Date:1967 to 1968
Photo by:James WalterContact