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How many USAF C-135s have you seen?

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Re: How many USAF C-135s have you seen?

Post by Mike s » Sat Mar 31, 2018 2:41 pm

I've seen 196 :clap:
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Re: How many USAF C-135s have you seen?

Post by slogen51 » Sun Jun 10, 2018 11:23 am

Boom !

57-1436 RCH 554 in Mildenhall today 10 June 2018

Number 678 , Nine operational C-135s to go.

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Re: How many USAF C-135s have you seen?

Post by Weazel69 » Sun Jun 10, 2018 1:43 pm

slogen51 - my personal tally needed is - 4 Active - KC135R's - one of which - 62-3524 sbs.tracked to Europe for TDY the other day - 1 - RC135S - 1 - TC135W & 1 - EC135C So you've a bit to go yet!! :cool:
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Re: How many USAF C-135s have you seen?

Post by plmc135 » Sun Jun 10, 2018 2:17 pm

Think you will find that the remaining EC-135C's are either in AMARG or act as gate guardians. Must find a way to get to Ellsworth to get my one and only needed extant C-135 derivative.

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Re: How many USAF C-135s have you seen?

Post by plmc135 » Mon Jun 11, 2018 7:50 am

Weazel69 wrote:
Sun Jun 10, 2018 1:43 pm
slogen51 - my personal tally needed is - 4 Active - KC135R's - one of which - 62-3524 sbs.tracked to Europe for TDY the other day - 1 - RC135S - 1 - TC135W & 1 - EC135C So you've a bit to go yet!! :cool:
If the RC-135S you need is 62-4128, it is just to the East of Paris as I type heading Northbound.

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Re: How many USAF C-135s have you seen?

Post by slogen51 » Mon Jun 11, 2018 9:04 am

I need 62-4133 TC-135 quite common at USAF airshows but not the ones I went to!

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Re: How many USAF C-135s have you seen?

Post by Blackcat1 » Mon Jun 11, 2018 9:17 am

Yay just seen a new 1 for me!

237 now for me
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Re: How many USAF C-135s have you seen?

Post by Weazel69 » Mon Jun 11, 2018 10:27 am

note to plmc135 - yes that's the ONE, how did you know, a good guess.?? at least it's about and to you slogen51 yep I need that ONE also.!!
just for the record my FIRST 135 Logging was - 7120thACCS - EC135A - 61-0262 - 29.08.1966 - RAF MILDENHALL :huh:
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Re: How many USAF C-135s have you seen?

Post by plmc135 » Mon Jun 11, 2018 10:33 am

It was tracking on ADS-B and is now on the ground at Mildenhall.

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Re: How many USAF C-135s have you seen?

Post by Weazel69 » Mon Jun 11, 2018 10:38 am

Gee thanks - plmc135, been out so missed it on boxes, guess you can tell where I am now going.!!!
just got back and a really "BIG" Thanks to you plmc135 for the heads up, that leaves Active - 4x KC135R's and the TC135W - 62-4133 :clap: :thumbs:
As you seem to be on the ball with these can you confirm wether or not the TC has been over, as I have it in my mind it has visited
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Re: How many USAF C-135s have you seen?

Post by slogen51 » Sat Aug 25, 2018 2:33 pm

Boom !

63-7996 AFRC the Mildenhall Nacho on the ground 25/8/2018

Number 679 leaving 8 operational C-135 to go

Sorry a bit self indulgent of me!

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Re: How many USAF C-135s have you seen?

Post by Arthur Tee » Sat Aug 25, 2018 3:37 pm

My total as at October 2008 was 599.
I’m about six years behind with my logging now - but doubt very much if I’ve made any in the intervening period!

Can anyone point me to current list of the survivors?

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Re: How many USAF C-135s have you seen?

Post by apex » Sat Aug 25, 2018 7:37 pm

It's all there on page two of this thread Arthur. It takes a bit of ploughing through due to how comprehensive it is but eventually you can weed out all those that are not current. Well done das.

To give you a bit of a start, the earliest aircraft still flying is 57-1419, so you can ignore all the 55- and 56- fiscals.

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Re: How many USAF C-135s have you seen?

Post by Arthur Tee » Sun Aug 26, 2018 8:22 am

apex wrote:
Sat Aug 25, 2018 7:37 pm
It's all there on page two of this thread Arthur. It takes a bit of ploughing through due to how comprehensive it is but eventually you can weed out all those that are not current. Well done das.

To give you a bit of a start, the earliest aircraft still flying is 57-1419, so you can ignore all the 55- and 56- fiscals.
Thanks - missed that altogether!😅

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Re: How many USAF C-135s have you seen?

Post by tm74sqn » Sun Aug 26, 2018 10:35 am

Very tempted to say "too manY" - heck, let's say it, "too many"!
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Re: How many USAF C-135s have you seen?

Post by slogen51 » Tue May 14, 2019 12:36 pm

Boom!

62-3553 at Mildenhall 14-May- 2019

Number 680 for me leaving 7 flyers to go

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Re: How many USAF C-135s have you seen?

Post by sf-25 piloot » Fri May 17, 2019 7:14 am

323 seen + AMARG 1998 😃
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Re: How many USAF C-135s have you seen?

Post by slogen51 » Sat Sep 21, 2019 5:21 am

Boom!

57-1508 at Mildenhall 20 September 2019

Number 681 leaving 6 active Boeings to go

( I haven't yet counted the ones I saw in AMARC - weird I know but I keep DM logs separate from other 'normal' sightings.
DM seems too easy - just turn up and there are all the F-111 etc that you missed in service)

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Re: How many USAF C-135s have you seen?

Post by slogen51 » Thu Jun 04, 2020 11:05 am

58-0036 Mildenhall based Oct 2019 number 682, 5 remaining.
63-8018 home April 2020 : 683 , 4 remaining

Boom!
60-0334 Mildenhall June 2020 : Number 684 leaving 3 active Boeings remaining to see.

I now need 58-0055, 62-3580 and 62-4133 TC-135

Looking back, the first tanker I ever wrote down at Mildenhall was 58-0100 at Mildenhall on 5-March 1977 (although I wrote it down as 00100 !?

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Re: How many USAF C-135s have you seen?

Post by rh226 » Sun Jun 07, 2020 2:48 pm

58-0055 is at Kadena and 62-3580 is at Niagara Falls
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