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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:57-1429 USAF
    Construction Number:17500
    Latest Owner or Location:Kansas National Guard Museum, Forbes AFB, Topeka, Kansas

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    Dates

    Event

    28 May 1958

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

    20 June 1958

    First flight.

    14 July 1958

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 57-1429.

    24 February 1984

    Converted to a KC-135E.

    By December 1985

    Transferred to 117th Air Refueling Squadron/190th Air Refuelling Wing (ANG), Forbes AFB, KS.

    By May 1998

    Markings Applied: High Plains Predator

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    22 August 2012

    Loaned to KS Ang (Topeka), 190 ARW/MXM2, Topeka, KS.

    22 August 2012

    Placed on display with Kansas National Guard Museum, Forbes AFB, Topeka, KS.
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    June 2014


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla

    June 2014


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla

    25 March 2021


    Photographer: Max Sabin

    25 March 2021


    Photographer: Max Sabin
    Notes: Boom Operator Position


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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
    National Museum of the United States Air Force

    Individual Contributors
    Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
    Peter Nicholson

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