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    Airframe Family: Boeing B707 / C-135 / C-137 / C-18 / E-3 / E-6 / E-8
    Latest Model:KC-135A-BN Stratotanker
    Last Military Serial:931 NASA
    Construction Number:18615
    Last Civil Registration:N931NA
    Compressed ID:Boeing KC-135A-BN sn 931 NASA cn 18...
    Latest Owner or Location:Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, Arizona

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    Dates

    Event

    18 September 1963

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

    18 October 1963

    First flight.

    22 November 1963

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 63-7998.

    26 November 1963

    Transferred to 91st Bombardment (Heavy) Wing (Strategic Air Command), Glasgow AFB, MT.

    June 1964

    Transferred to 310th Strategic Aerospace Wing (SAC), Schilling AFB, KS.

    January 1966

    Transferred to 92nd Strategic Aerospace Wing (SAC), Fairchild AFB, WA.

    April 1966

    Transferred to 22nd Bombardment (H) Wing (SAC), March AFB, CA.

    April 1989

    Transferred to 376th Strategic Wing (SAC), Kadena AB.

    1992

    Transferred to 92nd Wing (Air Combat Command), Dyess AFB, TX.

    23 May 1994

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number CA0100.

    4 November 1994

    Transferred to NASA Ellington Field, TX.
    Assigned for use by NASA.

    January 1995

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration with s/n 931.
    Used for the Reduced Gravity Research Program for weightlessness simulations.

    Circa 1995

    Used to film the weightless sequences in the film Apollo 13.

    October 1997


    Photographer: Jacqueline Fischer
    Notes: Houston, TX

    3 December 1997

    To NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX with new c/r N931NA.
    Used for weightlessness simulations.

    10 December 2001

    To Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, AZ.
    View the Location Dossier

    October 2004

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
    Retired.

    9 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    8 March 2018

    Civil registration, N931NA, cancelled.
    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
     Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
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