Boeing WC-135B Constant Phoenix 61-2666
United States Air Force - Boeing WC-135B Constant Phoenix 61-2666 (msn 18342) at McCleelan Air Force Base. Designated Constant Phoenix to collect atmospheric samples for the purpose of detecting and identifying nuclear explosions. Informally referred to as sniffer or weather bird. Provided atmospheric sampling support following the Chernobyl nuclear reactor accident
Picture No
13747041
Media ID
48363565
Size
5433px x 3569px
(3.2MB)
Credit
© The Tony Lovelock Collection / Peter Butt / Mary Evans
Source
scan of original print by Tony Lovelock
Date
1967
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Chernobyl Collect Constant Designated Detecting Explosions Identifying Informally Provided Purpose Reactor Referred Samples Sampling Sniffer Wc-135b
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