| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | 63-8057 |
| Alternate Serial: | 38057 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Boeing C-135 Stratotanker |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Boeing C-135 Stratotanker/Stratolifter |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing EC-135J |
| C/n (msn): | 18705 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| Location | |
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| City / Area: | Tucson / Pima Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map |
| Region / Country: | Arizona, United States |
| Collection: | Pima Air and Space Museum |
| Photo Date: | 11 February 2008 |
| Photo by: | Kas van Zonneveld |
| Photo ID: | 230048 |
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Constructed as a KC-135B and delivered to the USAF in February 1965 as 63-8057. Transferred to 22nd AREFS at March AFB in March 1965. Transferred to 34th AFRES at Offutt AFB. Converted to an EC-135C Night Watch II between December 1965 - June 1966 and transferred to the 1000th Airborne Command and Control Squadron at Andrews AFB. Redesignated as EC-135J in May 1967. Transferred to the 9th Airborne Command and Control Squadron at Hickam AFB in October 1975. Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number CA014 in March 1992. To Pima in April 1993 and displayed with the vertical stab. of EP-135P 55-3129. In the background, 2 A-10's can be seen climbing our from nearby Davis-Monthan AFB. This photo is copyright © Kas van Zonneveld, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 2 April 2020, and has since been viewed 632 times. |