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    Airframe Family: Boeing B707 / C-135 / C-137 / C-18 / E-3 / E-6 / E-8
    Latest Model:RC-135V Rivet Joint
    Last Military Serial:64-14845 USAF
    Construction Number:18785
    Compressed ID:Boeing RC-135V sn 64-14845 USAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:38th Reconnaissance Squadron, 55th Wing, Offutt AFB, NE

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    Dates

    Event

    4 November 1964

    Constructed as a RC-135B-BN by Boeing at Renton, WA, USA.
    Roll out date

    2 December 1964

    First flight.

    11 December 1964

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 64-14845.

    15 December 1964

    USAF fly away from factory.

    From 15 December 1964 to 28 April 1967

    Converted to a RC-135C.
    Converted by Martin. Possibly some of this time was in storage.

    1967

    Transferred to 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, Offutt AFB, NE.

    From 1 October 1974 to 21 November 1975

    Converted to a RC-135V.
    Converted by E-Systems.

    1980


    Photographer: Carl Ford
    Notes: At Mildenhall base in the UK

    By 1981

    Transferred to 343rd Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron, 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, Offutt AFB, NE.
    Operated with markings: OF

    By December 1984

    Markings Applied: SMOKEY, OF

    By September 1985

    Markings Applied: Luna Landa, OF

    From Circa November 1990 to February 1991

    Flew missions in Operation Desert Storm.

    28 May 1994


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: Rivet Joint intelligence aircraft of 55th Wing based at Offutt AFB on display at the 1994 RAF Mildenhall Air Fete.

    By May 1997

    Transferred to 38th Reconnaissance Squadron, 55th Wing, Offutt AFB, NE.
    Operated with markings: OF

    24 May 1997


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: RC-135V Rivet Joint intelligence aircraft of 55th Wing at Offutt AFB on display at the 1997 RAF Mildenhall Air Fete.

    27 May 2000


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: RC-135V Rivet Joint electronic intelligence aircraft of the 55th Wing at Offutt AFB seen at the RAF Mildenhall Air Fete of 2000.

    28 April 2011


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: Departing Offutt AFB, NE

    From May 2017 to After June 2024

    Markings Applied: OF, Fightin 55th WG
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     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
     Desert Storm by Jakub Cikhart
    Jet Photos
    Plane Logger
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
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