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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:59-1498 USAF
    Construction Number:17986
    Compressed ID:Boeing KC-135R sn 59-1498 USAF cn 1...
    Latest Owner or Location:132nd Air Refueling Squadron, 101st Air Refueling Wing (ANG), Bangor ANGB, ME

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    Dates

    Event

    6 July 1960

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

    22 July 1960

    First flight.

    2 August 1960

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 59-1498.

    By October 1978

    Transferred to 93rd Bombardment Wing, Castle AFB, CA.

    5 October 1978


    Photographer: Phillip Dawe
    Notes: 59-1498 - KC-135A Stratotanker - UASF / 93BW - Castle AFB - Modified to KC-135R standard

    2 August 1989

    Converted to a KC-135R.

    By November 1994

    Transferred to 22nd Air Refuelling Squadron/366th Wing, Mountain Home AFB, ID.

    Transferred to 132nd Air Refueling Squadron, 101st Air Refueling Wing (ANG), Bangor ANGB, ME.
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     Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker by Robert S. Hopkins III
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     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Lawson
    Peter Nicholson
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