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    Airframe Family: Boeing B707 / C-135 / C-137 / C-18 / E-3 / E-6 / E-8
    Latest Model:KC-135A-BN Stratotanker
    Last Military Serial:56-3639 USAF
    Construction Number:17388
    Compressed ID:Boeing KC-135A-BN sn 56-3639 USAF c...
    Latest Owner or Location:Dyess Memorial Museum and Dyess Linear Air Park, Dyess AFB, Abilene, Texas

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a KC-135A-BN.

    11 April 1958

    First flight.

    April 1958

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 56-3639.

    April 1977

    Reskinned.

    By July 1983

    Transferred to 96th Bomb Wing, Dyess AFB, TX.

    By September 1991

    Transferred to 96th Wing, Dyess AFB, TX.
    Operated with markings: Jokers Wild

    8 June 1992

    Withdrawn from use.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Loaned to 7 BW/CVM, Dyess AFB, TX.

    To Linear Air Park/Texas Museum of Military History, Dyess AFB, Abilene, TX.
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    By 1993

    Placed on display.

    October 2000


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Dyess AFB Linear Air Park, TX.

    To Dyess AFB Airpark, Dyess AFB, Abilene, TX.
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    To Dyess Memorial Museum and Dyess Linear Air Park, Dyess AFB, Abilene, TX.
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