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    Airframe Family: Boeing B707 / C-135 / C-137 / C-18 / E-3 / E-6 / E-8
    Latest Model:KC-135R Stratotanker
    Last Military Serial:57-1459 USAF
    Construction Number:17530
    Compressed ID:Boeing KC-135R sn 57-1459 USAF cn 1...
    Latest Owner or Location:336th Air Refueling Squadron/452nd Air Mobility Wing, March AFB, CA

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    Dates

    Event

    31 July 1958

    Constructed as a KC-135A-BN.

    21 August 1958

    First flight.

    12 September 1958

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 57-1459.

    By February 1986

    Transferred to 93rd Bombardment Wing, Castle AFB, CA.

    15 August 1991

    Converted to a KC-135E.

    1 October 1993

    To 196th Air Refueling Squadron (ANG), March AFB, CA.

    November 1995

    Converted to a KC-135R.

    By February 2016

    Transferred to 336th Air Refueling Squadron/452nd Air Mobility Wing, March AFB, CA.

    22 April 2023


    Photographer: CaDo G.
    Notes: At the SoCal Airshow on static display. March ARB

    16 April 2025


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Southern California Air Show at March ARB, Riverside, CA.

    16 April 2025


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Southern California Air Show at March ARB, Riverside, CA.
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     Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker by Robert S. Hopkins III
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