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    Airframe Family: Boeing B707 / C-135 / C-137 / C-18 / E-3 / E-6 / E-8
    Latest Model:KC-135E Stratotanker
    Last Military Serial:61-0268 USAF
    Construction Number:18175
    Compressed ID:Boeing KC-135E sn 61-0268 USAF cn 1...
    Latest Owner or Location:AMARG, Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, Arizona

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a KC-135A-BN.

    14 September 1961

    First flight.

    30 November 1961

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 61-0268.

    By 1963

    To 905th ARS, 319th Bombardment Wing, SAC, Grand Forks AFB, ND.

    Circa May 1963


    Photographer: Beckman Family via Fargo Photoworks
    Notes: Photo taken at Grand Forks AFB open house in Spring 1963.

    By September 1985

    Transferred to 379 BW, Wurtsmith AFB, MI.
    Noted at RAF Fairford on Saturday 14 September 1985.

    By September 1985

    Markings Applied: 0268, 10268
    Red and yellow striped tail-fin band.

    4 September 1990

    Converted to a KC-135E.

    By July 1999

    Transferred to 314 ARS, 940 ARW, AFRC, McClellan AFB, CA.
    Noted at RAF Fairford on Wednesday, 21 July 1999.

    Base of operations changed.
    To Beale AFB, Ca.

    Markings Applied: Petro Pony, 940 ARW
    Orange tail-fin band containing 940 ARW.

    Circa 2003


    Photographer: Ken Videan
    Notes: At Reno.

    18 March 2008

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number CA0183.

    18 March 2008

    In the inventory of AMARG, Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, AZ.
    Row 7.
    View the Location Dossier

    13 March 2017


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: taken through tour bus window
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    Max Sabin
    Ken Videan
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