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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:59-1451 USAF
    Construction Number:17939
    Compressed ID:Boeing KC-135E sn 59-1451 USAF cn 1...
    Latest Owner or Location:AMARG, Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, Arizona

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    Dates

    Event

    18 December 1959

    Constructed as a KC-135A-BN.

    8 January 1960

    First flight.

    21 January 1960

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 59-1451.

    27 January 1960

    USAF fly away.

    26 June 1986

    Converted to a KC-135E.

    By 22 July 1995

    Transferred to 63 ARS, 927 ARW, AFRES, Selfridge ANGB, MI.
    Noted at RAF Fairford.

    22 July 1995


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RAF Fairford RIAT

    22 July 1995


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: KC-135E Stratotanker, callsign Auto 71, of 63rd Air Refuelling Squadron/927th Air Refuelling Wing on display at the 1995 International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire.

    June 2000

    Markings Applied: The Silver Bullet,

    27 August 2008

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number CA0219.

    27 August 2008

    In the inventory of AMARG, Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, AZ.
    Row 7.
    View the Location Dossier

    13 March 2017


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
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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
     United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Robert Nichols
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