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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:62-3563 THK
    Construction Number:18546
    Compressed ID:Boeing KC-135R sn 62-3563 THK cn 18...
    Latest Owner or Location:Turk Hava Kuvvetleri

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    Dates

    Event

    26 April 1963

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

    27 May 1963

    First flight.

    7 June 1963

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 62-3563.

    By May 1980

    Transferred to 917th ARS, 96th BW, Dyess AFB, TX.
    Operated with markings: 96th BW
    Overall bare aluminium.

    Circa 1980


    Photographer: Ken Videan
    Notes: At Greenham Common.

    31 May 1980


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at Newbury Air Festival, RAF Greenham Common

    31 May 1980


    Photographer: C Peter Russell-Smith
    Notes: Photographed at Greenham Common.

    From 8 November 1996 to 22 April 1997

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number CA0110.

    Transferred to McConnell AFB, KS.
    Sent to McConnell for conversion.

    Converted to a KC-135R.

    From 19 August 1997 to 15 December 1997

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number CA0114.

    Transferred to OKALC, Tinker AFB, OK.
    Sent to Tinker to facilitate FMS to Turkey.

    19 December 1997

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Turk Hava Kuvvetleri with s/n 62-3563.

    3 June 2011


    Photographer: John Yates
    Notes: 2011 photo at Izmir Cigli celebrating 100 Years of the Turkish Air Force

    11 July 2016


    Photographer: Michael Ward
    Notes: 62-3563 taken at Fairford RIAT 2016
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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
     MASDC II, AMARC, Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona, 1982-1987 by Fryer and Swann
    MASDC III, AMARC, Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona by Bonny, Swann and Fryer
    The AMARC Experience
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Terry Fletcher
    Robert Nichols
    Ken Videan
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