[2Dreamin]

I’m a proud member of the RC-135 airborne maintenance technician veterans. Outstanding work by the entir air team to light up thing that normally would not be lit. Great work.

[ocrp1982]

I’m retired Navy. 26 years in. NavAir specifically. I love it when my brothers in the Air Force pull off a great bit of strategic deception getting the enemy to reveal themselves. Brings a smile to my face. That old bird still getting things done after all these decades just makes it all the more sweet.

[Steely Tom]

I've read the whole of King Hawes' website several times. The stories of Rivet Ball and Rivet Amber, of Shemya and the times there, moved me to something close to tears. I knew someone who worked on AN-FPS17 and other radars at Shemya; he told me some stories too.

You are a part of history Sir.

Here is the website: A Tale of Two Airplanes.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***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.

[doorgunner69]

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.