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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:62-3541 USAF
    Construction Number:18524
    Compressed ID:Boeing KC-135R sn 62-3541 USAF cn 1...
    Latest Owner or Location:22ARW, McConnell AFB, KS

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    Dates

    Event

    8 February 1963

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

    11 March 1963

    First flight.

    13 March 1963

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 62-3541.

    7 September 1989

    Converted to a KC-135R.

    26 January 1990


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: KC-135R Stratotanker of 305th Air Refuelling Wing based at Grissom AFB seen at MacDill AFB, Florida in January 1990.

    By May 1995

    Transferred to 97ARS, 92ARW, Fairchild AFB, WA.
    Noted at RAF Mildenhall Air Fete 27 May 1995.

    By May 1995

    Markings Applied: Yellow band on fin

    By January 2012

    Transferred to 22ARW, McConnell AFB, KS.

    By February 2013

    Markings Applied: 23541, AMC, white fin band containing McCONNELL

    5 February 2013


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: on approach at RAF Mildenhall

    22 July 2015


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: on approach to Nellis AFB Nv during Red Flag
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     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
     Scramble of the Dutch Aviation Society
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Robert Nichols
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