Date:	Sunday 15 March 1981
Time:	22:45
Type:	Boeing RC-135S Cobra Ball II
Owner/operator:	United States Air Force - USAF
Registration:	61-2664
MSN:	18340/C20
Year of manufacture:	1962
Total airframe hrs:	18638 hours
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney TF33-P-5
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 24
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Shemya AFB, AK (SYA) -   United States of America
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Fairbanks-Eielson AFB, AK (EIL/PAEI)
Destination airport:	Shemya AFB, AK (SYA/PASY)

Narrative:
Struck the ground at night while on final approach in marginal conditions (turbulence fog, blowing snow, and sleet).

Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker: More Than Just a Tanker (Aerofax Series) / Robert S Hopkins, III

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