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    Airframe Family: Boeing B707 / C-135 / C-137 / C-18 / E-3 / E-6 / E-8
    Latest Model:OC-135W
    Last Military Serial:61-2672 USAF
    Construction Number:18348
    Latest Owner or Location:55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, Offutt AFB, NE

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    Dates

    Event

    20 March 1962

    Constructed as a C-135B-BN by Boeing at Renton, WA, USA.
    Factory roll out date

    27 April 1962

    First flight.

    30 April 1962

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 61-2672.

    Converted to an OC-135B.

    Transferred to 45th Reconnaissance Squadron, Misawa Air Base, Japan.

    1965

    Redesignated as WC-135B.

    10 October 1978


    Photographer: Phillip Dawe
    Notes: 61-2672 - WC-135B Stratotanker - USAF / 55WRS - McClellan AFB -

    1995

    Transferred to 2845th Reconnaissance Squadron,.
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    1 June 1998


    Photographer: unknown

    Redesignated as OC-135W.

    Transferred to 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, Offutt AFB, NE.
    Operated with markings: OF

    2012

    Spotted still operational with the original TF-33 engines.
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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
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     Glenn Chatfield
    francois olivier
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