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    Airframe Family: Boeing B707 / C-135 / C-137 / C-18 / E-3 / E-6 / E-8
    Latest Model:RC-135V Rivet Joint
    Last Military Serial:64-14848 USAF
    Construction Number:18788
    Compressed ID:Boeing RC-135V sn 64-14848 USAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:38th Reconnaissance Squadron, 55th Wing, Offutt AFB, NE

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    Dates

    Event

    22 December 1964

    Constructed as a RC-135B-BN by Boeing at Renton, WA, USA.
    Factory roll-out date

    21 January 1965

    First flight.

    26 January 1965

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 64-14848.

    3 February 1965

    USAF factory fly away.

    Circa 1966

    Converted to a RC-135C.

    Circa 1967

    Transferred to 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, Offutt AFB, NE.

    Circa 1975

    Converted to a RC-135V.

    Circa 1976


    Photographer: Carl Ford
    Notes: At Mildenhall Base in the UK

    By 1981

    Transferred to 38th Reconnaissance Squadron, 55th Wing, Offutt AFB, NE.

    25 April 2010


    Photographer: John Winter via Fargo Air Museum
    Notes: Photographed at Grand Forks AFB, ND, during a severe weather evacuation from Offutt.

    30 April 2015

    Crashed.
    The damage to the airframe was substantial. It was a local military flight from Bellevue-Offutt AFB, NE (OFF/KOFF), United States of America. The accident occurred at Bellevue-Offutt AFB, NE (OFF) (United States of America) while taking off. The Boeing RC-135V Rivet Joint, assigned to the 343rd Reconnaissance Squadron, 55th Wing, experienced a fire in the rear cabin during initial takeoff from runway 12 at Offutt AFB. The aircraft and its crew were conducting a routine training mission in support of an Air Force Special Operations Command exercise...
    For a complete description of the event read the Aviation Safety Network Report.
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    unreviewed imported data.
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     Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker by Robert S. Hopkins III
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     Glenn Chatfield
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