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    Airframe Family: Boeing B707 / C-135 / C-137 / C-18 / E-3 / E-6 / E-8
    Latest Model:C-135A-BN Stratolifter
    Last Military Serial:60-0377 USAF
    Construction Number:18152
    Compressed ID:Boeing C-135A-BN sn 60-0377 USAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Edwards AFB, Palmdale, California

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    Dates

    Event

    22 September 1961

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

    12 October 1961

    First flight.

    31 October 1961

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 60-0377.

    By 1965

    Transferred to 4950th Test Wing (Aeronautical Systems Division, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.

    Circa 1965


    Photographer: Unknown

    15 December 1995

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    15 December 1995

    Loaned to 95 ABW/MU, Edwards AFB, CA.

    15 December 1995

    To Edwards AFB, Palmdale, CA.
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    September 1996


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Air Force Flight Test Museum, Edwards AFB, CA
    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
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     National Museum of the United States Air Force
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Max Sabin
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