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    Airframe Family: Boeing B707 / C-135 / C-137 / C-18 / E-3 / E-6 / E-8
    Latest Model:TC-135W
    Last Military Serial:62-4127 USAF
    Construction Number:18467
    Latest Owner or Location:38th Reconnaissance Squadron, 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, Offutt AFB, NE

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    Dates

    Event

    17 April 1962

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

    25 May 1962

    First flight.

    29 May 1962

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 62-4127.

    31 May 1962

    Redesignated as TC-135W.

    1962

    Transferred to 38th Reconnaissance Squadron, 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, Forbes AFB, KS.
    Used as Rivet Joint Trainer trainer.

    By September 1974

    Converted to a VC-135B.

    By September 1974

    Transferred to 89th Military Airlift Wing, Andrews AFB, DC.

    2 September 1974


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: VC-135B Stratolifter of the 89th Military Airlift Wing at Andrews AFB as seen at Heathrow in September 1974.

    December 1977

    Converted to a C-135B.

    September 1997

    Stored at Greenville, TX pending Rivet Joint conversion.

    1998

    Re-engined 1998.

    Circa 1999

    Due in early 1999 to be converted to RC-135W, but placed in service as a TC-135.

    Converted to a TC-135W.

    Transferred to 38th Reconnaissance Squadron, 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, Offutt AFB, NE.
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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
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     Glenn Chatfield
    francois olivier
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