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    Airframe Family: Boeing B707 / C-135 / C-137 / C-18 / E-3 / E-6 / E-8
    Latest Model:KC-135E Stratotanker
    Last Military Serial:56-3658 USAF
    Construction Number:17407
    Compressed ID:Boeing KC-135E sn 56-3658 USAF cn 1...
    Latest Owner or Location:Kansas Aviation Museum, Wichita McConnell Airport (West Side), Wichita, Kansas

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    Dates

    Event

    2 May 1958

    Constructed as a KC-135A-BN.
    Roll-out date

    26 May 1958

    First flight.

    5 June 1958

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 56-3658.

    From 1 April 1959 to After 12 November 1963

    Transferred to 96th ARS, Altus AFB, OK.

    By December 1981

    Transferred to 117th Air Refueling Squadron, 190th Air Refueling Wing, Kansas ANG, Topeka, KS.

    24 December 1981


    Photographer: Jim Young
    Notes: 117th ARS, Kansas ANG. Taken at Forbes ANGB

    23 October 1984

    Converted to a KC-135E.

    By 1999

    Transferred to Washington Air National Guard.

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC).

    By January 2001

    To Kansas Aviation Museum, Wichita McConnell Airport (West Side), Wichita, KS.
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    8 April 2009


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    26 March 2021


    Photographer: Max Sabin

    1 May 2024


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Wichita - McConnel AFB, KS, USA

    1 May 2024


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Wichita - McConnel AFB, KS, USA
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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
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    KC-135E Stratotanker Serial Numbers
    Individual Contributors
     Doug Chandler
    Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
    Peter Nicholson
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