Post by rh226 on Mar 20, 2019 17:50:48 GMT
On 24th March 2019 a divestiture ceremony will be held at Pease ANGB, Portsmouth, NH marking the departure of the last KC-135R from 133ARS/157ARW/New Hampshire ANG. This is in preparation for transition to the KC-46A in Autumn 2019.
Afterwards, the final KC-135R - serial number 57-1419 (which, incidentally, is the oldest flying KC-135) - will perform a flypast before going to its new home at Goldwater ANGB (formerly known as Sky Harbor ANGB), Phoenix, AZ with 197ARS/161ARW/Arizona ANG.
Dispersion of the other KC-135Rs on the 133ARS inventory was as follows:-
57-1430 - departed 20/03/2019 to 171WG/Michigan ANG
58-0023 - departed 31/01/2019 to 191ARS/151ARW/Utah ANG
58-0066 - departed 06/03/2019 to 106 ARS/117 ARW/Alabama ANG
58-0104 - departed 30/01/2019 to 108 ARS/126 ARW/Illinois ANG
61-0317 - departed 19/03/2019 to 117 ARS/190 ARW/Kansas ANG
62-3500 - departed 26/11/2018 for rework at OC-ALC....will be re-allocated on completion
64-14836 - departed 28/02/2019 to 108 ARS/126 ARW/Illinois ANG