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    Airframe Family: Boeing B707 / C-135 / C-137 / C-18 / E-3 / E-6 / E-8
    Latest Model:NC-135W
    Last Military Serial:61-2666 USAF
    Construction Number:18342
    Compressed ID:Boeing NC-135W sn 61-2666 USAF cn 1...
    Latest Owner or Location:Det. 2, 645th Aeronautical Systems Group, 303rd Aeronautical Systems Wing, Greenville, TX

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    Dates

    Event

    15 February 1962

    Constructed as a C-135B-BN by Boeing at Renton, WA, USA.
    Factory roll out

    21 March 1962

    First flight.

    30 March 1962

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 61-2666.

    30 March 1962

    Transferred to Military Air Transport Service.

    April 1962

    Set several world-class cargo lift and speed records.

    August 1965

    Converted to a WC-135B.

    From 1965 to After April 1989

    Transferred to 55th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, 9th Weather Reconnaissance Wing, Air Force Weather Service, McClellan AFB.
    Rotated with 56th WRS, 9th WRW at Yokota AB, Japan.

    1976


    Photographer: Fred Taylor
    Notes: Seen visiting RAF Mildenhall during 1976.


    Photographer: Unknown

    From April 1986 to May 1986

    Provided atmospheric sampling support following the Chernobyl nuclear reactor accident.

    From After April 1989 to After May 2014

    Transferred to Det. 2, 645th Materiel Squadron, 55th Wing, Air Force Materiel Command, Majors Field, TX.
    Operated with markings: Loose Caboose, MF

    Supporting flight testing of RC-135 fleet, as well as serving as crew trainer for pilots assigned to Det.2.

    May 1995

    Converted to a WC-135W.
    Conversion included small fairings and attachments for equipment under evaluation, check fairings, hog nose and SIGINT antennae. Identical in appearance to RC-135W but lacked full reconnaissance suite of RC-135W.

    10 May 2003


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, for the 100th Anniversary of Flight celebration.

    10 May 2003


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, for the 100th Anniversary of Flight celebration.

    After 2003

    Converted to a NC-135W.

    From 2007 to After May 2014

    Test flying the Northrop-Grumman LN-120G stellar-inertia tracking navigation system. Remains in service to testing RC-135 equipment upgrades.

    By May 2018

    Transferred to Det. 2, 645th Aeronautical Systems Group, 303rd Aeronautical Systems Wing, Greenville, TX.

    22 September 2018


    Photographer: Dan Stijovich
    Notes: Departing March ARB on Saturday morning 9.22.18
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