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    Airframe Family: Boeing B707 / C-135 / C-137 / C-18 / E-3 / E-6 / E-8
    Latest Model:NKC-135R Stratotanker
    Last Military Serial:61-0320 USAF
    Construction Number:18227
    Compressed ID:Boeing NKC-135R sn 61-0320 USAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:445th Flight Test Squadron, 412nd Test Wing, Edwards AFB, CA

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    Dates

    Event

    13 August 1962

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

    12 September 1962

    First flight.

    18 September 1962

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 61-0320.

    By September 1983

    Transferred to 42nd Bombardment Wing, Loring AFB, ME.

    23 September 1983


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RAF Mildenhall

    By April 1991

    Transferred to 96th Bombardment Wing, Dyess AFB, TX.
    Operated with markings: Patches

    2 July 1991

    Converted to a KC-135R.
    New construction number, 18227/T0542, assigned to the airframe.

    By March 2008

    Transferred to 445th Flight Test Squadron, 412nd Test Wing, Edwards AFB, CA.
    Operated with markings: grey and white colour scheme

    12 March 2008

    Made first ever successful air-to-air refueling with an F-35. Contact was for handling and systems evaluation only, no fuel was transferred.

    2009

    Redesignated as NKC-135R.

    16 October 2009


    Photographer: KORIES Didier
    Notes: NKC-135A taken during my visit at Edwards AFB for the 2009 airshow
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker by Robert S. Hopkins III
    Internet Sources
     United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Robert Nichols
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