Rivet Ball Landing, Rivet Amber Takeoff

Rivet Ball (RC-135S, #59-1491) landing on Shemya, 13 January 1969. Rivet Amber (RC-135E, #62-4137) departing Shemya about two weeks before she vanished over the Bering sea on 5 June 1969 with 19 souls aboard. The Rivet Ball clip is taken from a home movie titled "The Iron Pumpkin" (Produced in 1969) by Capt. Robert L. "Viper" Brown. The Rivet Amber clip is taken from a home movie titled "A Place Called Shemya" (Produced in 1969) by Capt. Larry Wendfelt, Maj. Alan Hansen and Capt. Robert L. "Viper" Brown. Go to "A Tale of Two Airplanes" by Kingdon R. "King" Hawes @ www.RC135.com for the whole story.

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[jdestremps]

I flew 15 missions out of Okinawa in 1983 on RC-135s.

[davido53]

I was on Shemya in 73-74 and there was a 135 cockpit near an old runway...wonder if it was the remains of this bird.

[mgtan0307]

Long live Big Safari!!!!