Posted on 09/23/2020 6:03:13 PM PDT by McGruff
***RC-135 **
Just curious but did they ever find the RC-135 that disappeared over Alaska back in 1968? We were Maint crews for the KC-135Q tankers and were at Fairbanks when this happened.
I hauled dirt into Minot AFB and the Buffs were practicing take offs and landings...except for one that took off flying east and never came back.
I prayed it would go deliver ablow that would bring us peace
The RC-135 guys told of some “interesting” stuff seen while tickling the radars. Like circular polarizations switching sense, unknown frequencies momentarily popping up, etc. It seemed the Soviets had another set of operating freqs and transmission modes to switch on during war.
make all that collection data instantly obsolete if used to set up ECM pods.
Try this, you will like it!
The vanity of Americans needing to validate themselves by telling the enemy how good we are never ceases to amaze me. This never should have never been made public.
“I love Strategic Warfare games.”
Are you talking 1-1 are board and computer games. I have one called FAIL SAFE which is strategic attack and defense before ICBMs so BUFFs, B-58s, SAM’s, Genie AAM.
Purity of essence and peace on earth. Which is why I only drink grain alcohol and rain water.
Then there is flight of the old dog for your reading pleasure.
FOTOD was a great read for me many years ago! Would like to find a copy now, along with several other books by Brown.
I wouldn’t worry too much about it. There’s always an element of deception in every we release publicly and when we openly admit what we’re really capable of, it’s probably only half the story. Gotta keep the bad guys on their toes you know...
I believe that was the one that disintegrated because of flight dynamics on a large window they put on the 135 platform. Don’t know much about it.
The best one I heard was a low approach to a Russian aircraft carrier by the RC-135U. It sounds like this mission was to see the cooperation between Russia and Iran in case our bombers want to take a shortcut to Iran. Good stuff.
If you didnt love the Buff before you sure as hell did after the read.Check amazon as they may have it.I know I have it “somewhere” but I havent laid eyes on it in quite sometime.
My favorite movie. Guess why?
The cast? Peter Sellers?
Kubrik?
Thanks for the ping. Sounds like it was both a good training mission and a better intel collection event.
Thanks for that. Excellent book.
I worked 8 years for the author (RIP).
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