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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:58-0017 USAF
    Construction Number:17762
    Compressed ID:Boeing KC-135E sn 58-0017 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.

    25 February 1959

    First flight.

    16 March 1959

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 58-0017.

    By June 1977

    Transferred to 145 ARS, Ohio ANG, Rickenbacker ANGB, OH.
    Noted at RAF Fairford.

    June 1977


    Photographer: J.E. Michaels

    15 June 1983


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: on TDY at RAF Fairford

    6 November 1987


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: KC-135E Stratotanker of 145th Air Refuelling Squadron Ohio Air National Guard at MacDill AFB in November 1987.

    20 July 1991


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: KC-135E Stratotanker, callsign Pearl 79, of 145th Air Refuelling Squadron Ohio ANG at the 1991 International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire.

    Converted to a KC-135E.

    Transferred to 171 ARW, PA ANG, Greater Pittsburgh IAP, PA.

    Markings Applied: Pittsburgh Simply the Best,

    Transferred to 132 ARS, 101 ARW, ME ANG, Bangor ANGB, ME.

    Markings Applied: MAINE
    MAINE within white tail fin band.

    26 March 2009

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number CA0228.

    26 March 2009

    In the inventory of AMARG, Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, AZ.
    Row 25.
    View the Location Dossier

    13 March 2017


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: sorry about bus window reflections
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