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    Airframe Family: Boeing B707 / C-135 / C-137 / C-18 / E-3 / E-6 / E-8
    Latest Model:C-135A Stratolifter
    Last Military Serial:60-0378 USAF
    Construction Number:18153
    Compressed ID:Boeing C-135A sn 60-0378 USAF cn 18...
    Latest Owner or Location:Tinker AFB (south side), Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

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    Dates

    Event

    28 September 1961

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

    17 October 1961

    First flight.

    1 November 1961

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 60-0378.

    From 1971 to 1972

    Transferred to Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, OH.
    Used as a zero gravity test bed.

    Loaned to National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
    Markings changed to: Weightless Wonder III

    Converted to a VC-135A.

    29 February 1984


    Photographer: Dan Stijovich
    Notes: Working the March AFB pattern back in March 1984

    Converted to a C-135A.

    To Tinker AFB (south side), Oklahoma City, OK.
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    23 July 1993

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Air Force.
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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
    Individual Contributors
     Bill Casey
    Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
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