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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:58-0057 USAF
    Construction Number:17802
    Compressed ID:Boeing KC-135R sn 58-0057 USAF cn 1...
    Latest Owner or Location:174th Air refueling Squadron, 185th Air Refueling Wing (ANG), Sioux City, IA

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    Dates

    Event

    24 April 1959

    Constructed as a KC-135A-BN.
    Roll out date

    18 May 1959

    First flight.

    3 June 1959

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 58-0057.

    5 June 1959

    USAF Fly away.

    By 1978

    Transferred to 108th Air Refueling Squadron, 126th Air Refueling Wing (ANG), OHare ANG/AFR Base, Chicago, IL.

    August 1980

    Aircraft re-skinned.

    8 November 1983

    Converted to a KC-135E.
    Date returned to USAF after conversion.

    17 May 1986


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Chicago OHare ANG/AFR Base open house.

    21 March 1990


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Chicago OHare ANG/AFB base

    21 May 1994


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Chicago OHare ANG/AFR Base

    July 1999

    Base of operations changed.
    Scott AFB, IL.

    By May 2004

    Converted to a KC-135R.

    By May 2005

    Transferred to 116th Air Refueling Squadron, 141st Air Refueling Wing (ANG), Fairchild AFB, WA.

    By 2007

    Transferred to 174th Air refueling Squadron, 185th Air Refueling Wing (ANG), Sioux City, IA.

    13 June 2015


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Cedar Rapids, IA

    13 June 2015


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Cedar Rapids, IA


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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
    Aviation Photo Company
    Flickr
    RZJets
    Scramble of the Dutch Aviation Society
    Wikipedia

    Individual Contributors
    Glenn Chatfield

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