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    Airframe Family: Boeing B707 / C-135 / C-137 / C-18 / E-3 / E-6 / E-8
    Latest Model:NKC-135A Airboure Laser Lab
    Last Military Serial:55-3119 USAF
    Construction Number:17235
    Compressed ID:Boeing NKC-135A sn 55-3119 USAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Boeing Aircraft, Seattle, WA

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    Dates

    Event

    5 November 1956

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

    18 December 1956

    First flight.

    27 February 1957

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 55-3119.

    Converted to a JKC-135A.

    1964

    Transferred to Rome Air Research Development Center, Rome, NY.

    Converted to a NKC-135A.

    Transferred to 4950th Test Wing, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.
    Operated with markings: AFSC/ASD

    By December 1985

    Transferred to 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, Offutt AFB, NE.

    1987


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Reese AFB, TX on transient ramp

    20 May 1988


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Reese AFB, TX.

    6 July 1993

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number CA0067.

    17 June 2020

    To Boeing Aircraft, Seattle, WA.
    Departed AMARC this date, bailed to Boeing.
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    unreviewed imported data.
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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
     Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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     Glenn Chatfield
    Peter Nicholson
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