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Event |
16 July 1964 |
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Constructed as a KC-135B.
Roll-out date |
28 August 1964 |
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First flight. |
5 October 1964 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 63-8049. |
24 October 1964 |
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Transferred to 99th Air Refueling Squadron, 499th Air Refueling Wing, Westover AFB, MA. |
January 1965 |
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Converted to an EC-135C.
Date returned to USAF after conversion. |
1 January 1965 |
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Transferred to 34th Air Refueling Squadron, 4321st Strategic Wing, Offutt AFB, NE. |
1 January 1966 |
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Transferred to 99th Air Refueling Squadron, 499th Air Refueling Wing, Westover AFB, MA. |
18 September 1966 |
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Transferred to 38th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron, 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, Offutt AFB, NE. |
23 May 1967 |
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Transferred to 2nd Bomb Wing (SAC), Barksdale, LA. |
1 October 1967 |
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Transferred to 99th Air Refueling Squadron, 499th Air Refueling Wing, Westover AFB, MA. |
29 January 1970 |
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Transferred to 2nd Airborne Command and Control Squadron, 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, Offutt AFB, NE. |
8 June 1973 |
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Transferred to 4th ACCS, 28th Bomb Wing (SAC), Ellsworth AFB, SD. |
4 January 1974 |
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Transferred to 2nd ACCS, 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, Offutt AFB, NE. |
1 July 1981 |
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Transferred to 4th ACCS, 28th Bomb Wing (SAC), Ellsworth AFB, SD. |
25 November 1981 |
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Transferred to 2nd ACCS, 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, Offutt AFB, NE. |
By August 1989 |
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Named Midnight Express. |
24 July 1990 |
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Flew the last Looking Glass mission. |
2 March 1993 |
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To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
 View the Location Dossier |
2 March 1993 |
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Loaned to Strategic Air Command Museum, Offutt AFB, Omaha, NE.
View the Location Dossier |
22 August 1994 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
Notes: At the Strategic Air Command Museum, Offutt AFB |
1997 |
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Loaned to Strategic Air Command Museum, Ashland, NE.
Moved to new facility while under construction. |
16 May 1998 |
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Placed on display with Strategic Air Command Museum, Ashland, NE.
New Museum opened, this aircraft parked outdoors behind the museum. |
2001 |
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Loaned to Strategic Air and Space Museum, Ashland, NE.
Museum name changed.
View the Location Dossier |
28 April 2011 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
Notes: Awaiting restoration behind the Strategic Air and Space Museum |
28 April 2011 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
Notes: Awaiting restoration behind the Strategic Air and Space Museum |
22 June 2015 |
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To Strategic Air Command and Aerospace Museum, Ashland, NE.
Museum name changed.
View the Location Dossier |
Circa 25 April 2016 |
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Photographer: Chris Loomis
Notes: Currently in the restoration hanger at the Strategic Air and Space Museum |
28 March 2021 |
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Photographer: Max Sabin
Notes: EC-135C 63-8049 during painting. Her restoration was completed a few months after this photo was taken. |
28 March 2021 |
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Photographer: Max Sabin
Notes: EC-135C 63-8049 during painting. Her restoration was completed a few months after this photo was taken. |
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