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    Airframe Family: Boeing B707 / C-135 / C-137 / C-18 / E-3 / E-6 / E-8
    Latest Model:KC-135T Stratotanker
    Last Military Serial:58-0099 USAF
    Construction Number:17844
    Compressed ID:Boeing KC-135T sn 58-0099 USAF cn 1...
    Latest Owner or Location:171st ARW, Pennsylvania ANG, Pittsburgh IAP, PA

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    Dates

    Event

    4 August 1959

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

    20 August 1959

    First flight.

    21 September 1959

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 58-0099.

    Converted to a KC-135Q.

    14 July 1976


    Photographer: Unknown
    Notes: Delivered as a standard KC-135A, this airframe was converted to a KC-135Q. It was the last KC-135Q in the USAF when it was converted to a KC-135T 1996.

    May 1987

    Transferred to 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, Beale AFB, CA.

    11 November 1995

    Converted to a KC-135T.

    January 2010

    Transferred to 171st ARW, Pennsylvania ANG, Pittsburgh IAP, PA.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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     Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker by Robert S. Hopkins III
    Internet Sources
     United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Wikipedia
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     Glenn Chatfield
    Max Sabin
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