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    Airframe Family: Boeing B707 / C-135 / C-137 / C-18 / E-3 / E-6 / E-8
    Latest Model:GKC-135A Stratotanker
    Last Military Serial:58-0070 USAF
    Construction Number:17815
    Compressed ID:Boeing GKC-135A sn 58-0070 USAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Altus AFB, Altus, Oklahoma

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    Dates

    Event

    21 May 1959

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

    10 June 1959

    First flight.

    30 June 1959

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 58-0070.

    7 July 1959

    To 99th ARS, 4050th ARW, Westover AFB, MA.

    February 1962

    Transferred to 4050th ARW, Westover AFB, MA.

    Circa January 1963

    Transferred to 499th ARW, Westover AFB, MA.

    Circa June 1963

    Transferred to 407th ARS, 19th Bomb Wing, Homestead AFB, FL.

    By October 1978

    Transferred to 7th ARS, 7th BW, Carswell AFB, TX.

    12 October 1978


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: KC-135A Stratotanker of 7th Air Refuelling Squadron/7th Bomb Wing on the flight-line at Carswell AFB, Texas in October 1978.

    By November 1987

    Transferred to 909th Air Refuelling Squadron, 376th Strategic Wing, Kadena Air Base, Okinawa.

    1992

    Transferred to Sheppard AFB, TX.

    15 October 1992

    Redesignated as GKC-135A.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Loaned to 97 AMW/MXFF, Altus AFB, OK.

    To Altus AFB, Altus, OK.
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    1 December 2009


    Photographer: Brad Pilgrim

    1 December 2009


    Photographer: Brad Pilgrim

    Circa October 2021


    Photographer: Anonymous
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     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
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2007 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Air Force Historical Research Agency
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Peter Nicholson
    Max Sabin
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