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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:62-3542 USAF
    Construction Number:18525
    Compressed ID:Boeing KC-135R sn 62-3542 USAF cn 1...
    Latest Owner or Location:314th ARS, 940th ARW, Beale AFB, CA

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a KC-135A.

    16 March 1963

    First flight.

    20 March 1963

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 62-3542.

    By 1986

    Transferred to 407th Air Refueling Squadron, 42nd Bomb Wing, Loring Air Force Base, ME.

    26 May 1988

    Converted to a KC-135R.

    By 1989

    Transferred to 93rd Bomb Wing, Castle Air Force Base, CA.
    Operated with markings: Iron Eagle

    By June 1990

    Transferred to 301st ARW, Malmstrom AFB, MT.

    15 June 1990


    Photographer: Ken Buchanan Collection
    Notes: Photo taken at Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, New York

    By 2012

    Transferred to 911th ARS, 916th Aerial Refueling Group, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, NC.
    Operated with markings: The Gentleman Pirate

    By 2021

    Transferred to 314th ARS, 940th ARW, Beale AFB, CA.
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