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    Airframe Family: Boeing B707 / C-135 / C-137 / C-18 / E-3 / E-6 / E-8
    Latest Model:EC-135E
    Last Military Serial:60-0374 USAF
    Construction Number:18149
    Compressed ID:Boeing EC-135E sn 60-0374 USAF cn 1...
    Latest Owner or Location:National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-135A-BN.

    24 August 1961

    Roll-out date.

    15 September 1961

    First flight.

    22 September 1961

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 60-0374.

    1961

    Transferred to Military Air Transport Service.

    1966

    Converted to an EC-135N.
    Converted by Douglas Tulsa as Apollo Range Instumented Aircraft (ARIA) (Renamed Advanced Range Instrumented Aircraft in 1972).

    19 September 1967

    Transferred to Patrick AFB, FL.

    December 1975

    Transferred to 4950th Test Wing, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.

    From 20 March 1982 to 10 April 1982

    Converted to an EC-135E.
    Converted by Boeing and returned to 4950th Test WIng.

    1994

    Transferred to 412th Test Wing, Edwards AFB, CA.
    Operated with markings: The Bird of Prey

    3 November 2000

    Ferry flight. Delivered to National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    12 September 2002


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    12 September 2002


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    12 September 2002


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    6 May 2008


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    2 November 2011


    Photographer: Andrew King

    2 November 2011


    Photographer: Andrew King

    17 August 2012


    Photographer: Robert Abbott
    Notes: Taken at the USAF Museum in Dayton Ohio. Nose Art
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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
     Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    Apollo / Advanced Range Instrumentation Aircraft by Randy L. Losey
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
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