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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:58-0009 USAF
    Construction Number:17754
    Compressed ID:Boeing KC-135R sn 58-0009 USAF cn 1...
    Latest Owner or Location:126th Air Refueling Squadron, 128th Air Refueling Wing, Wisconsin ANG, General Mitchell ANGB, WI

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    Dates

    Event

    22 January 1959

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

    11 February 1959

    First flight.

    5 March 1959

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 58-0009.

    9 March 1959

    USAF Fly-away.

    14 May 1978

    Transferred to 5th BW, Castle AFB, CA.

    Circa 26 May 1982


    Photographer: Unknown
    Notes: Photographed at Mildenhall.

    By September 1986

    Transferred to 7th Air Refueling Squadron, 5th Bomb Wing, Minot AFB, ND.

    6 April 1990

    Converted to a KC-135R.

    By April 1991

    Transferred to 407 ARS, 42 BW, Loring AFB, ME.
    Operated with markings: LORING, 80009

    By August 1996

    Transferred to 126th Air Refueling Squadron, 128th Air Refueling Wing, Wisconsin ANG, General Mitchell ANGB, WI.

    August 1996


    Photographer: Jerry Geer

    5 August 2014


    Photographer: John Winter via Fargo Air Museum

    15 June 2015


    Photographer: Owen ORourke
    Notes: At Charlotte Douglas Airport (KCLT)
    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 History.org
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Terry Fletcher
    Max Sabin
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