STEVE DOKTOR PHOTO
No. 7224. Boeing 717-157 EC-135N (60-0374 c/n 18149) US Air Force "Bird of Prey"
Photographed at the USAF Museum at Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio, USA, August 21, 2007
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12/31/2007. Original built as a C-135A-BN Stratolifter this aircraft
was converted to an EC-135E, later it was converted to an EC-135N
airborne Command Post. As an Advanced Range Instrumented Aircraft
(ARIA) it was also used for gathering telemetry and voice relay
activities in the Apollo Program. |
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Created December 31, 2007