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    Airframe Family: Boeing B377 / C-97 Stratofreighter
    Latest Model:KC-97L Stratofreighter
    Last Military Serial:53-0354 USAF
    Construction Number:17136
    Compressed ID:Boeing KC-97L sn 53-0354 USAF cn 17...
    Latest Owner or Location:Castle Air Museum, Castle Airport (formerly Castle AFB), Atwater, California

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a KC-97G by Boeing at Seattle, Washington, USA.

    20 July 1956

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 53-0354.

    20 July 1956

    Transferred to 9th BW Mountain Home AFB, ID.

    1956

    In that same year she was deployed twice once to Elmemdorf AFB, AK and then in 1957 she was deployed to Hickam AFB, HI before returning to Mountain Home.

    Transferred to 134th ARG in Knoxville, TN.

    11 June 1965

    To Hayes Aircaft Co, Birmingham, AL.
    On she is sent to the to be modeled to an L model.

    Converted to a KC-97L.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Ferry flight.
    Roy Simmons comments (20 May 2019): With the Help from Castle AFB personnel and Museum personnel she was flown back to Castle by Brigadier General Jack Brasher, him and his crew experienced no difficulty during the 3hr and 40 min flight.

    Loaned to Castle Air Museum, Castle Airport (formerly Castle AFB), Atwater, CA.
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    By October 1984


    Photographer: Wayne Gomes
    Notes: Photographed at the Castle AFB Museum at Atwater, CA.

    2 September 1991


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    27 November 2013


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Castle Air Museum, Atwater, CA.

    1 May 2017


    Photographer: Marcin Rogowski
    Notes: At the Castle Air Museum in Atwater, CA, USA.
    Credits
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    National Museum of the United States Air Force
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     Mike Henniger
    Robert Nichols
    Roy Simmons
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