An EC-18B Advanced Range Instrumentation Aircraft (ARIA) takes off on its first flight at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, following its conversion from a Boeing 707-320. The C-18 is the US …

The EC-18B, which is larger than the EC-135N, carries a bigger payload and operates on shorter runways, flew its first mission in January 1986 out of Kenya. In 1994, the ARIA fleet was …

The Advanced Range Instrumentation Aircraft are EC-135Bs, modified C-135B cargo aircraft and EC-18B (former American Airlines 707-320) passenger aircraft that provided tracking and …

The Advanced Range Instrumentation Aircraft (ARIA - pronounced Ah-RYE-ah) were EC-135E and EC-18B aircraft used as flexible airborne telemetry data recording and relay stations.

Once these systems are added, the EC-18B airborne mobile instrumentation platform telemetry data from various space and impact point of reentry vehicles at any reentry vehicles as they …

The 4950th Test Wing, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is converting four Boeing 707-320C aircraft into EC-18B Advanced Range Instrumentation Aircraft (ARIA).

www.flyARIA.com has the mission, history and images of ARIA (Advanced Range Instrumentation Aircraft, known as the Apollo Range Instumentation Aircraft during the Apollo years). EC-18 …

From the sign in the cockpit window, seems the aircrew knew the writing was on the wall for these aircraft that were based at Edwards. The final EC-18B was flown out on August 24 2001 to …

ec-18b In 1981 the United States Air Force bought eight American Airlines Boeing 707-320C aircraft at a cost of around 1.5 million dollars each with the initial intent to modify four of these …

An EC-18B Advanced Range Instrumentation Aircraft (ARIA) takes off on its first flight at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, following its conversion from a Boeing 707-320. The C-18 is the US …