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    Airframe Family: Boeing B707 / C-135 / C-137 / C-18 / E-3 / E-6 / E-8
    Latest Model:KC-135A-BN Stratotanker
    Last Military Serial:55-3130 USAF
    Construction Number:17246
    Compressed ID:Boeing KC-135A-BN sn 55-3130 USAF c...
    Latest Owner or Location:March Field Air Museum, March ARB, Riverside, California

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    Dates

    Event

    7 May 1957

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

    28 June 1957

    First flight.

    30 July 1957

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 55-3130.

    August 1957

    Transferred to 93rd Air Refueling Squadron/93rd Bomb Wing, Castle AFB, CA.

    From September 1972 to May 1979

    To 7th Bombardment Wing, Carswell AFB, TX.
    Markings added: Ole Grandad

    Circa 1978


    Photographer: Joe Ciliberti
    Notes: At RAF Mildenhall

    14 February 1987


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Reese AFB, TX.

    December 1992

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Loaned to March Field Air Museum, March Arb, CA.

    Placed on display with March Field Air Museum, March ARB, Riverside, CA.
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    Circa 1996


    Photographer: Ken Videan
    Notes: At March AFB.

    29 March 2009


    Photographer: Todd Royer
    Notes: Shot at March field Air Museum

    27 May 2013


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: At March Field Air Museum, Riverside, California
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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
     National Museum of the United States Air Force
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
    Peter Nicholson
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