Aircraft
U.S. Air Force Retires Last Open Skies Aircraft
Boeing OC-135Bs performed the Open Skies surveillance mission from 1993 until the U.S. withdrew from the treaty in 2020.
OC-135B 61-2670 gets airborne from its base at Offutt AFB for a 2018 mission. (Photo: U.S. Air Force)
OC-135B 61-2670 gets airborne from its base at Offutt AFB for a 2018 mission. (Photo: U.S. Air Force)

On June 4 the 45th Reconnaissance Squadron of the 55th Wing at Offutt Air Force Base, near Lincoln in Nebraska, held a ceremony to officially retire the last of its Boeing OC-135Bs. Aircraft 61-2670 was due to fly into storage in the “boneyard” at Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona, a few days later.


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