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    This page documents a history of a specific aircraft. The details provided vary from aircraft to aircraft and are dependent on the research and amount of data uploaded to the Aerial Visuals database.

    Airframe Family: Boeing B707 / C-135 / C-137 / C-18 / E-3 / E-6 / E-8
    Latest Model:KC-135R Stratotanker
    Last Military Serial:62-3537 USAF
    Construction Number:18520
    Compressed ID:Boeing KC-135R sn 62-3537 USAF cn 1...
    Latest Owner or Location:97th ARS, 92nd ARW, Fairchild AFB, WA

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    Dates

    Event

    25 January 1963

    Constructed as a KC-135A-BN.
    Factory roll out date

    26 February 1963

    First flight.

    6 March 1963

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 62-3537.

    27 March 1988

    Converted to a KC-135R.

    By June 1988

    Transferred to 905th ARS, 319th BW, Grand Forks AFB, ND.

    26 June 1988


    Photographer: C.L. Baldwin

    By October 2019

    Transferred to 77th ARS, 916th ARW, Seymour-Johnson AFB, NC.
    Was the first KC-135 to depart from the 916th ARW as they transition from the KC-135 to the KC-46.

    After October 2019

    Transferred to 97th ARS, 92nd ARW, Fairchild AFB, WA.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker by Robert S. Hopkins III
    Internet Sources
     Air Force Historial Studies Office
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Lawson
    Max Sabin
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