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An RC-135V reconnaissance jet, seen here landing at Offutt Air Force Base on Sept. 30, made an unplanned landing at Lincoln Airport on Tuesday after declaring an emergency during a training flight.
A 55th Wing RC-135V Rivet Joint reconnaissance jet declared an emergency during a training flight Tuesday and landed at Lincoln Airport because of strong crosswinds at Offutt Air Force Base. The final part of its flight is illustrated here in a screenshot from the air traffic control-monitoring website ADSBexchange.com.
Planes landed at Offutt Air Force Base for the first time following an 18-month runway reconstruction that cost more than $200 million.
An RC-135V Rivet Joint reconnaissance jet from Offutt Air Force Base landed safely at Lincoln Airport on Tuesday afternoon after declaring an emergency during a training flight.
The plane, flying with the call sign SHADW01, left Offutt at 11:55 a.m. The crew spent several hours flying a “racetrack” route over southeast Wyoming, southwest South Dakota and the extreme northwest corner of Nebraska.
The pilot declared an emergency at 3:15 p.m., reportedly after a caution light warned of a possible problem with the right outboard engine.
The plane circled over Omaha and Bellevue for a while but diverted to Lincoln Airport because of strong crosswinds at Offutt, said Ryan Hansen, a 55th Wing spokesman.
The jet landed at 4:21 p.m. without incident and taxied to the apron near the Air National Guard hangar. Hansen said a 55th Wing maintenance crew was en route to assess the problem.
The incident occurred less than two weeks after the 55th Wing reconnaissance fleet returned to Offutt after spending 18 months at Lincoln while the Offutt runway was rebuilt.
The aircraft involved in the emergency, tail number 64-14843, was one of the last C-135 models manufactured by Boeing in 1964.
It returned to the 55th Wing from an extended overhaul in May 2021 and was deployed to Kadena Air Base in Japan twice this year, from January through April and from June through August.
The area now known as Offutt Air Force Base was first commissioned as Fort Crook, an Army post to house cavalry soldiers and their horses. This photo, circa 1905, shows mounted officers and infantry troops assembling on the parade ground. The officers' quarters in the background still stand today, but the closing of Offutt's stables in 2010 ended the base's equine tradition.
Painter Frank Anania places the final bolt in the SAC emblem, newly placed on the command building at Strategic Air Command headquarters. After the command was created in 1946, SAC headquarters were moved from Andrews Field, Maryland, to Offutt Air Force Base. SAC's high-flying reconnaissance planes and bombers would go on to play a global role from the onset of the Cold War through the last bomb of the Persian Gulf War.
The Strategic Air Command "nerve center" gets a new headquarters building at Offutt Air Force Base.
Even since the late 1950s, Strategic Air Command has been holding open house events at Offutt Air Force Base to display and demonstrate aircraft for civilian visitors. Each year, the open house and air show at Offutt features aerial acts or reenactments, static displays, and booths showcasing military history and capabilities.
The first SAC museum consisted of a section of abandoned runway near the north edge of Offutt Air Force Base outside of Bellevue. However, the outdoor display left the aircraft vulnerable to the elements.
A Royal Air Force bomber crashes at Offutt Air Force Base. Beginning in the late 1950s, the RAF maintained small detachment and service facility for Vulcan bomber planes at Offutt, often participating in defense exercises and demonstrations at the base until their retirement and deactivation in 1982. This plane crashed at take-off at the northwest end of the main runway and then slid across Highway 73-75. All seven passengers survived.
Just weeks after the Cuban missile crisis, President John F. Kennedy visits Offutt Air Force Base, accompanied by Gen. Thomas Power of Strategic Air Command, right.
Actor Rock Hudson receives a B-52 bomber briefing during a visit to Omaha and Offutt Air Force Base. He began filming "A Gathering of Eagles" in May of that year.
An early photograph of the Ehrling Bergquist military medical clinic in Bellevue. The clinic has served Offutt Air Force Base since 1966 and was remodeled in 2013, including a grand staircase, larger physical therapy and mental health areas, and a more private mammography waiting area.
The world's largest aircraft at that time, the C5 Galaxy was displayed as part of the open house for civilian visitors at Offutt Air Force Base.
A conference room in the SAC underground command post at Offutt Air Force Base. Strategic Air Command would be formally disestablished in 1992, but Offutt would remain the headquarters for the new United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM).
The Strategic Air Command Memorial Chapel holds a Sunday morning service as a reminder of those who have given their service and those who have died during the Command's 46-year history. Founded in in 1946, the command was dissolved in a ceremony at Offutt Air Force Base.
OPPD worker Craig Azure of Ashland holds a power line up across Platteview Road near Highway 50 so that an Albatross airplane can fit under it. After SAC was dissolved, the museum moved into a new indoor facility in 1998. Airplanes were moved from their old location at Offutt Air Force Base to their new and current home near Mahoney State Park off I-80.
The parade grounds gazebo at Offutt is dedicated in honor of Airman 1st Class Warren T. Willis, who was killed in an aircraft accident the previous December.
President Bill Clinton speaks at a rally at Offutt Air Force Base.
More than 300 anti-nuclear protesters gather outside Kinney Gate at Offutt Air Force Base. The rally was part of a weekend of protest against nuclear weapons, and was organized in response to an extensive nuclear arsenal review being held at the base.
Vice President Dick Cheney greets service men and women following a speech at Offutt Air Force Base's Minuteman missile in Bellevue.
Dignitaries clap along to an armed forces medley as ground is broken for the new U. S. Strategic Command Headquarters at Offutt Air Force Base. From left: Neb. Rep. Adrian Smith, Rep. Lee Terry, Neb. Governor Dave Heineman, General C. Robert Kehler, Commander USStratcom, Sen. Ben Nelson, Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, and Mayor of Bellevue, Rita Sanders.
Chris Shotton created this thank you message to the airmen and troops flying in and out of Offutt Air Force Base. Employees of area Walmart stores have been writing giant messages in fields near Highway 370 for years.
Senior Airman Kevin Chapman works the desk at the new Public Health Clinic located in the Ehrling Bergquist military medical clinic.
The new MERLIN SS200m Aircraft Birdstrike Avoidance Radar System, with the control tower in the background, photographed at Offutt Air Force Base. The system was moved here from Afghanistan in order to help detect large flocks and prevent damages to aircraft from bids, which cost the Air Force millions of dollars each year.
An aerial photo from late February of the construction site for StratCom's new $1.2 billion headquarters at Offutt Air Force Base. Despite numerous delays and setbacks, the building would be completed in 2018, six years after construction began. StratCom would then spend the next year outfitting the structure with more than $600 million worth of high-tech communications and security gear.
President Barack Obama arrives in Omaha after landing at Offutt Air Force Base. While in Omaha, Obama met with the family of Kerrie Orozco, visited a local teacher, and addressed a crowd of about 8,000 at Baxter Arena.
This year, U.S. Strategic Command unveiled a new Command and Control Facility located at Offutt Air Force Base. The "battle deck," shown here, features computer workstations, soundproofing, and the ability to connect instantly to the White House and Pentagon.
Luke Thomas and Air Force Tech Sgt. Vanessa Vidaurre look at a flooded portion of Offutt Air Force Base. In March 2019, historic flooding included breaches of two levees protecting the base from the Missouri River.
An OC-135B taxies after it lands at the Lincoln Airport on Feb. 1. The Air Force's 55th Wing is relocating to Lincoln while Offutt's runway is reconstructed.
A temporary hangar was erected to help house the Air Force's 55th Wing from Offutt at the Lincoln Airport.
Crew members work around an OC-135B, the first plane from Offutt's fleet to land at the Lincoln Airport on Feb. 1. The Air Force's 55th Wing is relocating to Lincoln while Offutt's runway is reconstructed.
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An RC-135V reconnaissance jet, seen here landing at Offutt Air Force Base on Sept. 30, made an unplanned landing at Lincoln Airport on Tuesday after declaring an emergency during a training flight.
A 55th Wing RC-135V Rivet Joint reconnaissance jet declared an emergency during a training flight Tuesday and landed at Lincoln Airport because of strong crosswinds at Offutt Air Force Base. The final part of its flight is illustrated here in a screenshot from the air traffic control-monitoring website ADSBexchange.com.
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