Boeing EC-135E AriaBoeing EC 135E Aria Snoopy airplane model. During the early 1960s, NASA and the Department of Defense needed a mobile tracking and telemetry platform to support the Apollo space program and other unmanned space flight operations. In a joint project, NASA and the DoD contracted with the McDonnell Douglas and the Bendix Corporations to modify eight Boeing C 135 Stratolifter cargo aircraft into Apollo Range Instrumentation Aircraft (A RIA). Equipped with

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like the He 274 built in France and He 277 in Austria

The -G model was capable of carrying two AGM-28 "Hound Dog" missiles like the -F model

RAAF AP-3C airplane model

Delivery of the Gates C-21A fleet began in April 1984 and was completed in October 1985

The Lysander also saw service with France

Boeing 777F FedEx cargo model

Ravens engaged in direct support often use the extensive night terrain-following capability built into the basic F-111 design

" "Hobo" (radio call sign of the USAF 1st Air Commando/Special operations Squadron)

The PB-1G carried no armament and the B-17 chin turret was replaced by a search radar

This airplane also had the distinction of remaining in production throughout World War II and was operational postwar