Remarks: National Museum of the US Air Force. In the 1960s, NASA and the DoD needed a mobile tracking platform to support the Apollo space program and other space operations. Eight Boeing C-135 Stratolifters were modified into the Apollo/Range Instrumentation Aircraft (A/RIA) standard. They were equipped with a steerable seven-foot antenna dish in its distinctive 'Droop Snoot' or 'Snoopy Nose'. Shot at 10mm.
Remarks: The "Snoopy nose" on "The Bird of Prey" as displayed in the Air Park at the National Museum of the United States Air Force. This version of the C-135 was designed and mainly used as an Apollo Range Instrumentation Aircraft.
Remarks: "The Bird of Prey" on display in the Air Park at the National Museum of the United States Air Force. This "Snoopy nosed" version of the C-135 was designed and mainly used as an Apollo Range Instrumentation Aircraft.
Remarks: (18149) A nice shot showing both Boeings on display outside the USAF Museum and the Snoopy style nose on the EC-135N. The nose art on it is pretty neat also.
