Photo of Boeing VC-137B, 58-6972, US Air Force

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Photo of Boeing VC-137B, 58-6972, US Air Force
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Aircraft

Location & Date

Type: Boeing VC-137B
Aircraft Reg: 58-6972
MSN / CN: 17927

Operator: US Air Force
Unit / Wing: 89 MAW

Picture Category: Government Transport Aircraft

Picture ID: 1034711

Location: Shannon (SNN / EINN)
Country: Ireland
Date: 14th May 1988

Photographer

Fergal Goodman

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Comments: Rotating on runway 24 after one of its regular refuelling stops at the airport. This aircraft was scrapped in the mid-1990s after it was found to be suffering from airframe corrosion which would have involved very costly repairs.