I am delighted to hear that the old girl made it from Anchorage to Travis without incident. It must have been a whole lot of fun (and relief) for the crew.
The C-133 did not have the happiest of careers. More than one disappeared without trace and I seem to remember that the one that ditched somewhere in the vicinity of Japan and from which some survivors emerged, were able to tell that it was an electrical fault which had caused all four propellers to feather.
Certainly, that would be an event that would be guaranteed to get your attention.
One of the instructors on my conversion to the Short Belfast had done an exchange tour with the USAF on the C-133 and I can well remember his response to ATC going into one USAF base;
ATC: "Jeez, what's a Short Belfast?"
Andy: "Well, it's a bit like your C-133 only our one works!"
P.S. At the risk of being boring the other American classic was:
ATC: "What did you say that was?"
Aircraft: "A Short Belfast".
ATC: "Jeez, if that's a Short Belfast then I would hate to see the long one".