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    Airframe Family: Boeing B707 / C-135 / C-137 / C-18 / E-3 / E-6 / E-8
    Latest Model:KC-135A-BN Stratotanker
    Last Military Serial:55-3139 USAF
    Construction Number:17255
    Compressed ID:Boeing KC-135A-BN sn 55-3139 USAF c...
    Latest Owner or Location:Castle Air Museum, Castle Airport (formerly Castle AFB), Atwater, California

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    Dates

    Event

    8 August 1957

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

    13 September 1957

    First flight.

    4 October 1957

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 55-3139.

    By May 1969

    Transferred to 17th Bombardment Wing, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.

    22 May 1971


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: This KC-135A Stratotanker was on display at the 1971 RAF Mildenhall Air Fete.

    By June 1975

    Transferred to 379th Bombardment Wing, Wurtsmith AFB, MI.

    By October 1975

    Transferred to 92nd Bombardment Wing, Fairchild AFB, WA.

    April 1993

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
    View the Location Dossier

    Loaned to Castle Air Museum, Castle Airport (formerly Castle AFB), Atwater, CA.
    Markings changed to: City of Atwater
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    12 September 2010


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    12 September 2010


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    1 May 2017


    Photographer: Marcin Rogowski
    Notes: At the Castle Air Museum in Atwater, CA, 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
    Internet Sources
     Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
    Peter Nicholson
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