Special equipment operators from the Air Force Technical Applications Center’s Detachment 1 visited Oct. 25, 2012 and invited base personnel to tour the detachment’s flying workhorse, the WC-135 Constant Phoenix, pictured here. The detachment, which is located at Offutt AFB, Neb., is responsible for operating and maintaining the advanced atmospheric research equipment aboard the specially-configured WC-135 aircraft in support of the U.S. Atomic Energy Detection System. (U.S. Air Force photo by Susan A. Romano)