ARIA 60-0372 - Space Shuttle Landing Facility

ARIA Aircraft 60-0372

AGAR 26

Time-line

1960 - Constructed C-135A-BN. Construction Number 18147.

1966 - Conversion to EC-135N with electrical and structural modifications at Douglas Aircraft, Tulsa, Oklahoma.

October 6, 1967 - Arrived Patrick Air Force Base, Florida.

January 1, 1968 - Aircraft Online and Operational.

December 1975 - Transferred to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, 4950th Test Wing.

December 31, 1981 - Converted to C-135N.

June 30, 1982 - Converted to C-135E.

November 1, 1992 - Last inventory record WPAFB.

May 22, 2002 - ACAT - AFRL C41 Airborne Testbed, "Have LACE" Program to provide jam resistant airborne communication.

March 17, 2005 - Transferred to Edwards Air Force Base. Placed in flyable storage.

September 2005 - Transferred to AMARC under PCN/Inventory Number AACA0145.

January 15, 2008 - AMARC Inventory.

Specifications ARIA C-135E

Span:
103.8 Feet
Length:
141.5 Feet
Height:
41.7 Feet
Weight:
300,500 Pounds Maximum Takeoff Gross Weight
Engines:
Four Pratt & Whitney TF-33-PW-102 Turbofans (JT3D) 18,000 Pounds Thrust Each
Crew:
11
Cruise:
490 Knots Maximum Speed
Cruise:
430 Knots Normal Speed
Altitude:
33,000 Feet
Range:
4500 Nautical Miles