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The OC-135B spent the last 20 years flying aerial photography missions — primarily over Russia — in carrying out the international Open Skies Treaty.

Airmen say goodbye to troubled but beloved jets STEVE LIEWER, Omaha World-Herald FacebookTwitterEmail OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Farewell, hangar queen. Offutt Air Force Base’s 45th Reconnaissance Squadron said goodbye last week to one of its most trouble-prone jets, an OC-135B that logged 36,064 flight hours and 6,135 takeoffs and landings in nearly 60 years of military use. “Jets get old, people get old,” said Lt. Col. Andrew “Tripper” Maus, the squadron’s commander. “Bittersweet’s...

OMAHA, Neb. — Farewell, hangar queen. Offutt Air Force Base’s 45th Reconnaissance Squadron said goodbye last week to one of its most trouble-prone jets, an OC-135B that logged 36,064 flight hours and 6,135 takeoffs and landings in nearly 60 years of military use. “Jets get old, people get old,” said Lt. Col. Andrew “Tripper” Maus, the squadron’s commander. “Bittersweet’s probably the best word for it.” The Omaha World-Herald reports the aircraft, tail number 61-2672, spe...