What (who) is Boeing EC-135 - definition
Boeing EC-135
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, USA - Air Force AN0823212.jpg?width=200 "EC-135G at Ellsworth AFB, SD")
![[[Strategic Air Command]] Personnel on-board the EC-135 Looking Glass](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/EC-135 7.png?width=200 "[[Strategic Air Command]] Personnel on-board the EC-135 Looking Glass")
![CINCSAC]], in battle staff compartment](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gen. Richard A. Ellis, Strategic Air Command, commander in chief, Boeing EC-135, Exercise Global Shield '79.jpg?width=200 "CINCSAC]], in battle staff compartment")
AIRBORNE COMMAND POST AIRCRAFT FAMILY BY BOEING
Advanced Range Instrumentation Aircraft; EC-135E; Boeing EC-135E; EC-18B Advanced Range Instrumentation Aircraft; EC-18B; Boeing EC-135C; Boeing EC-135H Airborne Command Post
The Boeing EC-135 is a retired family of command and control aircraft derived from the Boeing C-135 Stratolifter. During the Cold War, the EC-135 was best known for being modified to perform the Looking Glass mission where one EC-135 was always airborne 24 hours a day to serve as flying command post for the Strategic Air Command in the event of nuclear war.
Boeing C-135 Stratolifter
![C-135B Stratolifter for VIP transport parked on the flight line at [[Andrews AFB]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Boeing C-135B 62-4126 VIP.JPEG?width=200 "C-135B Stratolifter for VIP transport parked on the flight line at [[Andrews AFB]]")
![The C-135C ''Speckled Trout'' at [[Edwards Air Force Base]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/C-135C Speckled Trout at Edwards AFB 2006.jpg?width=200 "The C-135C ''Speckled Trout'' at [[Edwards Air Force Base]]")
AIRLIFTER FAMILY BY BOEING
Boeing C-135; C-135; C-135C Stratolifter; Boeing Model 717; C-135 Stratolifter; WC-135 Stratolifter; VC-135; Boeing C-135A-BN Stratolifter; Boeing C-135B-BN Stratolifter; Boeing RC-135E; Boeing EC-135N; VC-135 Stratolifter; Boeing VC-135; NKC-135E; US Air Force C-135 (60-0373); C-135B Stratolifter; Boeing VC-135 Stratolifter; Boeing C-135B; TROUT99; Boeing C-135FR Stratolifter
The Boeing C-135 Stratolifter is a transport aircraft derived from the prototype Boeing 367-80 jet airliner (also the basis for the 707) in the early 1950s. It has a narrower fuselage and is shorter than the 707.
Boeing NC-135
![USAF NKC-135 "Big Crow" ECM aircraft takes off from a forward operating base<ref>In the foreground a KC-135R tops off its fuel tanks.</ref>](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Boeing NKC-135 "Big Crow" and KC-135R.JPEG?width=200 "USAF NKC-135 \"Big Crow\" ECM aircraft takes off from a forward operating base<ref>In the foreground a KC-135R tops off its fuel tanks.</ref>")
![A USAF NKC-135 "Big Crow" with oversized nose at a forward deployed operating base](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Boeing NKC-135 "Big Crow" nose.JPEG?width=200 "A USAF NKC-135 \"Big Crow\" with oversized nose at a forward deployed operating base")
EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT SERIES BY BOEING
NC-135; NKC-135; Boeing NKC-135A Stratotanker; Boeing NKC-135
The Boeing NC-135 and NKC-135 are special versions of the Boeing C-135 Stratolifter and Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker modified to operate on several different programs.
