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    Airframe Family: Boeing B707 / C-135 / C-137 / C-18 / E-3 / E-6 / E-8
    Latest Model:KC-135E Stratotanker
    Last Military Serial:57-1433 USAF
    Construction Number:17504
    Compressed ID:Boeing KC-135E sn 57-1433 USAF cn 1...
    Latest Owner or Location:309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC)

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    Dates

    Event

    6 June 1958

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

    1 July 1958

    First flight.

    15 July 1958

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 57-1433.

    By May 1977

    Transferred to 197th Air Refuelling Squadron/161st Air Refueling Wing (ANG), Phoenix-Skyharbor Internationall Airport.
    Operated with markings: 71433

    18 October 1978


    Photographer: Kerry Taylor
    Notes: 57-1433 Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker cn 17504 of US Air Force at Phoenix Sky Harbor - Seen on a ramp visit to the Air Guard facility. 197th ARS - 161st ARW Arizona Air National Guard.

    August 1982

    Converted to a KC-135E.

    10 June 2008

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number 57-1433 and stored with the markings: CA0210.
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     Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker by Robert S. Hopkins III
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     Glenn Chatfield
    Terry Fletcher
    Peter Nicholson
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