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    Airframe Family: Boeing B707 / C-135 / C-137 / C-18 / E-3 / E-6 / E-8
    Latest Model:RC-135W
    Last Military Serial:62-4135 USAF
    Construction Number:18475
    Compressed ID:Boeing RC-135W sn 62-4135 USAF cn 1...
    Latest Owner or Location:38th RS, 55th Wing, Offutt AFB, NE

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-135B-BN by Boeing at Renton, WA, USA.

    21 June 1962

    First flight.

    3 July 1962

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 62-4135.

    July 1962

    To Military Air Transport Service (MATS).
    Markings added: MATS, MILITARY AIR TRANSPORT SERVICE

    From Circa 1966 to April 1967

    Converted to a RC-135M.
    First RC-135M.

    By August 1966

    Transferred to 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, Offutt AFB, NE.

    April 1978

    Re-skinned.

    From 5 September 1978 to 15 November 1980

    Converted to a RC-135W.
    First RC-135W Rivet Joint.

    February 1993

    Transferred to 38th RS, 55th Wing, Offutt AFB, NE.

    25 April 2010


    Photographer: John Winter via Fargo Air Museum
    Notes: Taken at Grand Forks AFB, ND, during a severe weather evacuation from Offutt.
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