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    Airframe Family: Boeing B707 / C-135 / C-137 / C-18 / E-3 / E-6 / E-8
    Latest Model:KC-135R Stratotanker
    Last Military Serial:63-8883 USAF
    Construction Number:18731
    Compressed ID:Boeing KC-135R sn 63-8883 USAF cn 1...
    Latest Owner or Location:92nd Air Refuelling Wing, Fairchild AFB, WA

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    Dates

    Event

    27 July 1964

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

    21 August 1964

    First flight.

    28 August 1964

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 63-8883.

    15 September 1964

    USAF fly away.

    By January 1986

    Transferred to 305th Air Refuelling Wing, McGuire AFB, NJ.

    20 March 1989

    Converted to a KC-135R.
    Returned to 305th ARW after conversion.

    By January 1996

    Transferred to 912th Air Refuelling Squadron/319th Air Refuelling Wing, Grand Forks AFB, ND.

    October 2010

    Transferred to 97th Air Mobility Wing, Altus AFB, OK.

    By September 2019

    Transferred to 91st Air Refuelling Squadron/6th Air Mobility Wing, MacDill AFB, FL.

    Transferred to 203rd Air Refuelling Squadron/154th Wing, Joint Base Hickham-Pearl Harbor, HI.
    Operated with markings: HH, Maka 10-Lani 11

    16 May 2024

    Transferred to 92nd Air Refuelling Wing, Fairchild AFB, WA.
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     Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker by Robert S. Hopkins III
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     Glenn Chatfield
    Peter Nicholson
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