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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:57-1503 USAF
    Construction Number:17574
    Compressed ID:Boeing KC-135E sn 57-1503 USAF cn 1...
    Latest Owner or Location:Technical Training Center, Sheppard AFB, Wichita Falls, Texas

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a KC-135A-BN.

    19 November 1958

    First flight.

    4 December 1958

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 57-1503.

    Transferred to 151st Air Refueling Squadron, 134th Air Refueling Group (ANG), McGhee Tyson AFB, TN.

    November 1979

    Re-skinned.

    21 June 1981


    Photographer: Lewis Grant
    Notes: At Mildenhall, UK

    18 February 1983

    Converted to a KC-135E.

    1995

    Transferred to 151st Air Refueling Squadron, 134th Air Refueling Wing (ANG), McGhee Tyson AFB, TN.
    Unit renamed.

    2006

    Transferred to 185th Air Refueling Squadron, 137th Air Refueling Wing (ANG), Tinker AFB, OK.

    2 April 2009


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Oklahoma City, Will Rogers Airport

    28 September 2009

    Ferry flight. Delivered to Technical Training Center, Sheppard AFB, Wichita Falls, TX.
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     Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker by Robert S. Hopkins III
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
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