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    Airframe Family: Boeing B707 / C-135 / C-137 / C-18 / E-3 / E-6 / E-8
    Latest Model:KC-135R Stratotanker
    Last Military Serial:58-0126 USAF
    Construction Number:17871
    Compressed ID:Boeing KC-135R sn 58-0126 USAF cn 1...
    Latest Owner or Location:Technical Training Center, Sheppard AFB, Wichita Falls, Texas

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    Dates

    Event

    22 October 1959

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

    10 November 1959

    First flight.

    7 December 1959

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 58-0126.
    USAF fly away was 12/8/59.

    From May 1971 to December 1972

    Converted to a RC-135T.
    Project Rivet Dandy.

    January 1989

    Converted to a KC-135R.

    By October 1996

    Transferred to 22nd Air Refuelling Wing, McConnell AFB, KS.

    By September 2022

    To Technical Training Center, Sheppard AFB, Wichita Falls, TX.
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    28 April 2024


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Shepperd AFB, TX, USA
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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
     Aerodata Quantum+
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     John Bennett
    Glenn Chatfield
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