Random pictures thread

Nice picture. Back in the 60's I was a crew member on an RC135 aircraft out of Eielsen AFB, near Fairbanks, Alaska. Our missions averaged 15 hours, wheels up to wheels down. The plane was so heavy with electronic equipment that we had to take off with very little fuel to safely get in the air. Then we met a KC135 for some gas so we had enough fuel for the long missions. I was bulletproof back then. Russian fighters often intercepted us but their ground control never told the fighter pilot to shoot us down.

Don't know how anyone would choose to live up there. Wintertime sucks. Long-*** days. June & July was best and it was always daylight and well-lit sky for a couple hours at night.