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Serial Number Criteria: 61-262
Description Criteria:
Data last updated: Tue Mar 15 09:25:04 2016
61-0261 ... 61-0325 (EXACT MATCH)
Boeing KC-135A-BN Stratotanker
MSN 18168/18232.  MSNs 18162/18226 are also quoted, but the Boeing
production list gives 18162/18167 as being commercial Boeing 720s
Transfers to MASDC from www.amarcexperience.com
0282,0310,0316 converted to VC-135A
0261,0263,0269,0279,0281,0283,0302 converted to EC-135L post-attack command and control 
system aircraft.
0268,0270,0271,0280,0281,0303 converted to KC-135E.
0264,0266,0267,0272,0275/0277,0284,0288,0290,0292/0295,0289/0300,0302,0304/0315,0317,
0318,0320,0321,0323,0324 converted to KC-135R
0261 (MSN 18168) converted to EC-135L post-attack command and control system aircraft.  
To AMARC May 29, 1992 as CA0020.  Still on AMARC inventory Jan 15, 2008
0262 (MSN 18169) named "Rollin' Thunder" with 28th BW in May 1989.  Converted to EC-135A radio relay link aircraft.  
At South Dakota Air and Space Museum, Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota.
0263 (MSN 18170) converted to EC-135L post-attack command and control system aircraft.  
To AMARC May 5, 1992 as CA0015.  Still on AMARC inventory Jan 15, 2008
0265 (MSN 18172) engines 3 and 4 sheared off in turbulence and aircraft crashed 
on takeoff Jan 4, 1965, Loring AFB.  4 killed.
0268 (MSN 18175) converted to KC-135E.  To AMARC as CA0183 Mar 18, 2008
0269 (MSN 18176, EC-135L) at Grissom Air Museum, Bunker Hill, Indiana.
0270 (MSN 18177) converted to KC-135E.  To AMARC Sep 17, 2008.
0271 (MSN 18178) converted to KC-135E. To AMARC as CA0160 May 21, 2007.
Still on AMARC inventory Jan 15, 2008.  Still there Jun 2015.
0273 (MSN 18180) collided with B-52 58-0256 loaded with nuclear weapons during
refuelling over Palomares, Spain Jan 17, 1966.
0274 (MSN 18181) converted to EC-135H airborne command post.  Later to EC-135P.  
To AMARC as CA0010 Feb 27, 1992.  Still on AMARC inventory Jan 15, 2008
0275 (MSN 18182) converted to KC-135R.  With 151st ARW, Utah ANG
0277 named "Bear Hunter" with 349th ARW in May 1989.
0278 (MSN 18185) converted to EC-135A radio relay link aircraft.  To AMARC Sep 18, 1992 as CA0048.
Still on AMARC inventory Jan 15, 2008
0279 (MSN 18186) converted to EC-135L post-attack command and control system aircraft.  
To AMARC as CA0018 May 22, 1992.  Still on AMARC inventory Jan 15, 2008
0281 (MSN 18188) converted to KC-135E.  Named "Phoenix Suns" with 197th ARS, Arizona ANG in 1992.  To 
AMARC as CA0243 Aug 25, 2009.
0282 (MSN 18189) converted to EC-135H airborne command post.  Later converted to GEC-135H ground instructional trainer.
Noted Mar 10, 2004 as ground instructional airframe at Sheppard AFB, TX.
0283 (MSN 18190) converted to EC-135L post-attack command and control system aircraft.  
To AMARC as CA0016 May 6, 1992.  Still on AMARC inventory Jan 15, 2008
0285 (MSN 18192) converted to EC-135H airborne command post.  To AMARC Mar 9, 1992 as CA0012.
Still on AMARC inventory Jan 15, 2008
0286 (MSN 18193) converted to EC-135H airborne command post.  Later
converted to GEC-135H ground instructional trainer.  Scrapped Oct/Nov 2000.  Named "Dark Angel" with 10th
Airborne command and Control Squadron (ACCS) in 1987.
0287 (MSN 18194) converted to EC-135A radio relay link aircraft.  Now is gate guard at Offutt AFB, Nebraska.
0289 (MSN 18196) converted to EC-135A radio relay link aircraft.  To AMARC Jun 8, 1992 as CA0022.
Still on AMARC inventory Jan 15, 2008
0291 (MSN 18198) converted to EC-135H airborne command post.  To AMARC May 30, 1990 as CA0007.
0293 (MSN 18200) converted to EC-135A radio relay link aircraft.  Stationed
at Grisson AFB during late 1980s as a KC-135R.  It was the first
to be converted to an R.
0296 (MSN 18203) struck high terrain near Alpena, MI after cabin pressurization
problem Sept 26, 1976.  15 of 20 onboard killed.  (ASN)
0297 (MSN 18204) converted to EC-135A.  To AMARC Jun 2, 1992 as CA0021.
Still on AMARC inventory Jan 15, 2008
0298 (MSN 18205) named "The Dragon and His Tail II" with 19th ARW in Jul 1989
0301 (MSN 18208) hit ground during night approach over mountainous terrain
47 miles from Ching Chuan Kang AB, Taiwan Oct 22, 1968.
0302 (MSN 18209) converted to KC-135R.  To AMARC as 7811 Jun 27, 2013
0303 converted to KC-135E.  To AMARC as CA0204 May 13, 2008
0304 (MSN 18211) converted to KC-135R.  To AMARC Nov 4, 2013
0305 (MSN 18212) named "Commander's Trophy with 305th ARW in Aug 1988.
0306 (MSN 18213) converted to KC-135R.  To AMARC as 7815 Jun 6, 2013.
0310 (MSN 18217) named "Moving Violation II" with 384th BW in Jul 1991.
0312 (MSN 18219) converted to KC-135R.  Named "Holy Terror" with 100 ARW in 1997.  Retired to AMARC as 7794 Feb 21, 2013, 
first KC-135R to be retired.
0313 converted to KC-135R.  Named "100 Proof" with 100th Air Refueling Wing in 1995.
0315 converted to KC-135R
0316 (MSN 18223) burned out at Cairo International Aiport, Egypt during ground refuelling Mar 19, 1985.
0319 (MSN 18226) lost Aug 28, 1963, North Atlantic in possible midair collision
with 61-322 after refuelling B-47s.  6 on board, no survivors.
0320 (MSN 18227) converted to KC-135R.  With 412th TW made first ever successful air-to-air
refueling with an F-35 Mar 12, 2008.  Contact was for handling
and systems evaluation only, no fuel was transferred.  In 2009 was designated NKC-135R.
Named "Patches" with 96th BW in Apr 1991.
0321 (MSN 18228) converted to KC-135R. Named “Wild Cargo” with 100th ARW in November 1993
0322 (MSN 18229) lost Aug 28, 1963, North Atlantic in possible midair collision
with 61-319 after refuelling B-47s.  5 on board, no survivors.
0323 (MSN 18230) converted to KC-135R.  Named “Island Born” with 18th Wing in September 1992.
0325 (MSN 18232) to AMARC as CA0091 Sep 29 1993.  To Singapore AF as 751.
61-2118 ... 61-2357
North American GAM-77 Hound Dog missiles
61-3235 ... 61-4487
Martin ASM-N-7 Bullpup 
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