Four Pratt & Whitney TF33-P-5 turbofans with thrust reversers The WC-135 Constant Phoenix is a militarized version of the Boeing 707 commercial airliner which is used to verify compliance of the ...

Generations later, America's unique WC-135R Constant Phoenix "nuke sniffer" aircraft ... During Prupas' AFTAC tenure, a WC-135 and 40 airmen deployed to Japan to monitor the radioactive aftermath ...

In fact, the U.S. Air Force rarely acknowledges the deployment of the Constant Phoenix. The post U.S. Air Force Releases Photos Of WC-135 ‘Nuke Sniffer’ Deployment to Middle East appeared ...

Among the more specialized planes is the WC-135W “Constant Phoenix” atmospheric collection aircraft, which serves as an ...

The United States converted 10 C-135 variant jets into WC-135 weather-reconnaissance ... and the 55th Wing has had no more than two Constant Phoenix aircraft since the 1990s.