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    Airframe Family: Boeing B707 / C-135 / C-137 / C-18 / E-3 / E-6 / E-8
    Latest Model:KC-135E Stratotanker
    Last Military Serial:55-3145 USAF
    Construction Number:17261
    Compressed ID:Boeing KC-135E sn 55-3145 USAF cn 1...
    Latest Owner or Location:AMARG, Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, Arizona

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    Dates

    Event

    18 September 1957

    Constructed as a KC-135A-BN.

    25 October 1957

    First flight.

    16 December 1957

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 55-3145.

    August 1967

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

    By October 1976

    Transferred to 320th Bomb Wing, Mather AFB, CA.

    By September 1977

    Transferred to 314th Air Refueling Squadron/940th Air Refueling Group (AFRES), Mather AFB, CA.

    6 December 1983

    Transferred to 452nd Air Refuelling Wing (AFRES), March AFB, CA.

    9 June 1984


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RAF Mildenhall Air Fete 84

    26 September 1986

    Converted to a KC-135E.

    By May 1989

    Transferred to 314th Air Refueling Squadron/940th Air Refueling Group (AFRES), Mather AFB, CA.
    Operated with markings: Foxy Lady

    Transferred to 154 ARS (ANG), Rickenbacker AFB, OH.
    Operated with markings: City of Columbus

    Markings Applied: City of Columbus

    July 1997

    Transferred to 940th Air Refueling Wing (AFRC), McClellan AFB, CA.
    Operated with markings: Mallard 1

    16 July 1997


    Photographer: Lewis Grant
    Notes: 55-3145 Boeing KC-135E USAF AFRC 940 ARW. Based at McLellan AFB, California. A very early production KC-135 taxying to its parking stand after arrival at Fairford for RIAT 1997.Retired to AMARC in 2008.

    Transferred to 117 ARS, 190 ARW (ANG) Forbes Field ANGB, KS.
    Oldest KC-135E still serving.

    29 May 2008

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number CA0197.

    29 May 2008

    In the inventory of AMARG, Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, AZ.
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    13 March 2017


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at AMARC - ex 117ARS, 190ARW, KsANG
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    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
     Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Robert Nichols
    Peter Nicholson
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