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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:60-0324 USAF
    Construction Number:18099
    Compressed ID:Boeing KC-135R sn 60-0324 USAF cn 1...
    Latest Owner or Location:100th Air Refueling Wing, RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk

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    Dates

    Event

    13 December 1960

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

    6 January 1961

    First flight.

    12 January 1961

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 60-0324.

    By August 1978

    Transferred to 5th Bomb Wing, Castle AFB, CA.

    By April 1987

    Transferred to 7th Air Refueling Squadron, 7th Bomb Wing, Carswell AFB, TX.

    15 March 1991

    Converted to a KC-135R.

    By July 1995

    Transferred to 319th Air Refuelling Wing, Grand Forks AFB, ND.

    Circa August 1996


    Photographer: Jerry Geer
    Notes: Taken at Grand Forks AFB. 319th ARW.

    21 June 2001


    Photographer: Unknown
    Notes: Taken above Western North Dakota. Seen refueling F-16B 81-0820

    By May 2008

    Transferred to 91st Air Refueling Squadron, 6th Air Mobility Wing MacDill AFB, FL.

    By February 2018

    Transferred to 100th Air Refueling Wing, RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk.
    Operated with markings: Sly Fox

    Markings Applied: Name Sly Fox was originally carried by B-17F 42-30278 with 100th BG during World War II.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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     Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker by Robert S. Hopkins III
    Internet Sources
     United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Max Sabin
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