Open Skies is one of the most wide-ranging international efforts to date to promote openness and transparency of military forces and activities. More than 20 years after its first Open Skies machine (Tu-154M) was destroyed in a tragic accident over the Atlantic, Germany is currently expecting the certification of its new Open Skies aircraft – a converted Airbus 319 CJ. After 24 monitoring missions, it was lost in a mid-air collision in 1997. The original concept of mutual aerial observation was proposed by President Eisenhower in 1955; the Treaty itself was an initiative of then-President George H.W. The United States of America Open Skies OC-135B Observation Aircraft supports the Open Skies Treaty.

This aircraft was involved with the Open Skies inspection flights. The aircraft and its sensors must undergo a certification procedure before being allowed to be used for Open Skies in order to confirm that they do not exceed the allowed resolutions. The Air Force's 55th Wing at Offut Air Force Base in Nebraska still "maintains one Treaty certified wet-film aircraft to conduct Open Skies missions," she added. Aircraft: The treaty lays out standards for aircraft used for observation flights. Flights are expected for 2021. The Open Skies treaty has been in effect since 2002.

It was converted at the Elbe Aircraft Plant (Elbe Flugzeugwerke) in Dresden, and flew in 1996.

The aircraft flies unarmed observation flights over participating parties of the treaty. Bush in 1989. The idea of allowing other countries' surveillance aircraft to conduct flyovers was first … The Russians also converted a …