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Quick thinking saved a USAF RC-135 and its 27 crew members after fire erupted during takeoff roll

August 26, 2015 David Cenciotti

Disaster averted at Offut Air Force Base last April. On Apr. 30 2015, RC-135V Rivet Joint, 64-14848, belonging to the 343rd Reconnaissance Squadron, 55th Wing, suffered a major incident at Offutt AFB, Nebraska. As the […]