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    Airframe Family: Boeing B707 / C-135 / C-137 / C-18 / E-3 / E-6 / E-8
    Latest Model:KC-135E Stratotanker
    Last Military Serial:58-0003 USAF
    Construction Number:17748
    Compressed ID:Boeing KC-135E sn 58-0003 USAF cn 1...
    Latest Owner or Location:309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC)

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a KC-135A-BN.

    29 January 1959

    First flight.

    13 February 1959

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 58-0003.

    By August 1976

    Transferred to 908th ARS, 449th Bomb Wing, Kincheloe AFB, MI.

    August 1976


    Photographer: MG Wayne Gatlin via F-4 Phantom II Society
    Notes: Note the American Bicentennial decal on the tail.

    Circa 1978

    Transferred to 108th ARS, 126th ARW, Illinois ANG, Chicago Municipal Airport, IL.
    Operated with markings: ILLINOIS

    February 1982

    Re-skinned.

    12 April 1983

    Converted to a KC-135E.

    By July 1999

    Base of operations changed.
    Scott AFB, Illinois.

    11 July 2007

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number CA0167.
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