U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez.
On 03MAR2021, a mummified civilian airliner was hauled off to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, drafted for use as an emergency response trainer for the U.S. military.
USAF photo by R.J. Oriez.
USAF photo by R.J. Oriez.
The 40 miles trip from Wilmington Air Park took three days. Its new home is the U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine.
USAF photo by R.J. Oriez.
N798AX was a 767-200 series, last used by Germany’s DHL, first used by Japan’s All Nippon Airways, then Hokaido International Airlines, then by ABX Air in the United States before being leased to DHL. DHL used the 767 for just under a year before its retirement, N789AX was just over 34 years old when ‘retired’. In November 2020, N789AX was broken-up at Wilmington Air Park, Ohio.
USAF photo by R.J. Oriez.
It is not a Boeing 707, or a KC-135 (which itself is not a 707). It is a Boeing 767, and will be used to mimic the military version of the 767; the KC-46.
USAF photo by R.J. Oriez.
The zombie 767 will join a zombie KC-135, which was delivered to School of Aerospace Medicine at the end of March 2020, to train flight nurses, medevac technicians and critical care air-transport team members in the movement and treatment of patients onboard aircraft.
USAF photo by R.J. Oriez.
The School of Aerospace Medicine also uses a zombie C-130, and five other aircraft, for the same training.
USAF photo by R.J. Oriez.
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