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Where are the EC-135's Now?
NOTE: Some of this information can be found in the book "Boeing KC-135
Stratotanker: More
than just a
Tanker" by Robert S. Hopkins III. The author was a pilot on KC/EC/RC 135s.
| EC-135A |
| 61-0262 |
South Dakota Air and Space Museum (Ellsworth AFB) |
| 61-0278 |
Arrived AMARG 18 September 1992. Scrapped July 2016. |
| 61-0287 |
Gate Guard at Offutt AFB |
| 61-0289 |
Arrived AMARG 8 June 1992. Scrapped June 2016. |
| 61-0293 |
Converted back to KC-135A, then converted to the1st KC-135R
(still flying) |
| 61-0297 |
Arrived AMARG 2 June 1992. Scrapped June 2016. |
| EC-135C |
| 62-3581 |
Arrived AMARG 10 Feb 1999 (Forward body cell and one other tank removed) Scrapped July 2016. |
62-3582
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Returned from PDM with original interphone system installed.
Currently belongs to the 45th RS, but is supposed to go to the 38th RS in the fall
of 99.
Stripped and made into a buck tanker/weather bird/trash hauler. WC-135C, Still Flying |
| 62-3583 |
Arrived AMARG 26 May 1992. Scrapped November 2013 |
62-3584
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Converted to EC-135J .
1992 heavily damaged in landing accident at Pope AFB , N.C.
Since the pictures I’ve seen shows that the plane "broke its back" I assume
that it has been scrapped , but I have no proof. Update, Scrapped 1992 |
| 63-3585 |
Arrived AMARG 2 Jun. 1998* |
| 63-8046 |
Arrived AMARG 21 October 1998. Scrapped July 2016. |
| 63-8047 |
Arrived AMARG 12 October 1993. Scrapped July 2016. |
| 63-8048 |
Arrived AMARG 26 Feburary 1999. Scrapped July 2016. |
| 63-8049 |
SAC Museum, Bellevue , NB |
| 63-8050 |
Redesignated NKC-135B. Arrived AMARG 16 September 2008. |
| 63-8051 |
Arrived AMARG 10 July 1992. Scrapped July 2016. |
| 63-8052 |
Arrived AMARG 16 Janurary 1998. Scrapped July 2016. |
63-8053
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AF documents have this plane heavily
damaged, during a landing accident at Pope AFB September 1997. Scrapped 1997. See the pictures. |
| 63-8054 |
Arrived AMARG 28 October 1998. |
| EC-135G |
| 62-3570 |
Arrived AMARG 23 June 1992. Scrapped Date Unknown. |
| 62-3579 |
Arrived AMARG 16 June 1992. Scrapped November 2013. |
63-7994
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Arrived AMARG 11 September 1992. Scrapped November 2013.
Transferred from Elsworth to Grissom on 27th August 1970.
Transferred back to Elsworth on 21 may 1987. |
| 63-8001 |
Arrived AMARG 18 May 1992. Scrapped December 2013. |
| EC-135H |
| 61-0274 |
Converted to EC-135P. Arrived AMARG 27 February 1992. Scrapped June 2016. |
| 61-0282 |
Converted to GEC-135H ground instructional trainer |
| 61-0285 |
Arrived AMARG 9 March 1992. Scrapped November 2013. |
| 61-0286 |
Converted to GEC-135H ground instructional trainer |
| 61-0291 |
Arrived AMARG 30 May 1990. Scrapped December 1995. |
| EC-135J |
| 62-03584 |
See EC-135C notes |
| 63-8055 |
Arrived AMARG 4 October 1993. |
| 63-8056 |
Arrived AMARG 24 March 1992. Scrapped November 2013. |
| 63-8057 |
At PIMA
AIR & SPACE MUSEUM , Tucson, AZ. |
| EC-135L |
| 61-0261 |
Arrived AMARG 29 May 1992. Scrapped December 2013. |
| 61-0263 |
Arrived AMARG 5 May 1992. Scrapped December 2013. |
| 61-0269 |
Grissom museum, Bunker Hill, IN. |
| 61-0279 |
Arrived AMARG 22 May 1992. Scrapped June 2016 |
| 61-0281 |
Arrived AMARG 25 August 2009. Converted to a KC-135E |
| 61-0283 |
Arrived AMARG 6 May 2992, Scrapped November 2013. |
| 61-0288 |
Converted to KC-135R Still Flying |
| 61-0302 |
Arrived AMARG 27 June 2013. Converted to KC-135R |
| EC-135P |
58-0007
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EC-135A converted to EC-135P.
Destroyed 3 January 1980. An electrical short in the water injection tank heater wiring
while the airplane was on the ground caused an insidious fire that was not discovered
until it had already caused significant damage. Dense smoke hampered fire-fighting efforts
and the fuselage was completely burned. The wings, engines, landing gear, and empendage
were salvaged. |
| 58-0011 |
EC-135A converted to EC-135P. Converted to KC-135R. Still Flying. |
| 58-0018 |
EC-135A converted to EC-135P. Converted to KC-135R. Still Flying. |
58-0019
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EC-135A converted to EC-135P.
Arrived AMARG 12 February 1992. Scrapped November 2013. |
58-0022
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EC-135A converted to EC-135P.
Arrived AMARG 5 March 1992. Scrapped November 2013. |
55-3129
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From 7th April 1983, through June 1984, this NKC-135E was converted into
an EC-135P and assigned to the 6th ACCS to replace EC-135P 58-0007, which was destroyed in
1980. Interestingly, 55-3129 retained a bulkhead autographed by the original seven Mercury
astronauts (plus others that followed) while the airplane served as a weightlessness
trainer. During 1989 the airplane was noted with the name "Drogue Dragon" It was
stored in AMARC on 31st January 1992. Scrapped May 2016. |
61-0274
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This 6th ACCS EC-135H was converted int an EC-135P as part of the
"Pacer Link" program and was redesignated an EC-135P on 23rd May 1988. It was
stored in AMARC on 27th February 1992. |
AMARG = 309th Areospace Maintenance and Rengeration Group, previously known as AMARC= Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center located at Davis-Monthan Air
Force Base in Tucson, Ariz. In other words these planes have been mothballed.
Note: If you have any additional
information on any of the planes please send email to 87928s4@gmail.com
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