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April 17th 10, 01:56 PM
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B52
Bob (not my real pseudonym) wrote:
Also, wasn't part of the reason the USAF scarfed up so many used 707 and 720 airframes back in the '80s was for replacement vertical stabs for the KC-135s? Or was the folding stab only implemented on the 367-80? The USAF bought the retired airliners for the engines. The JT3Ds replaced the J57s in AFRES and ANG KC-135As, converting them to KC-135Es. 
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April 17th 10, 06:38 PM
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"Steven P. McNicoll"wrote
Bob (not my real pseudonym) wrote: Also, wasn't part of the reason the USAF scarfed up so many used 707 and 720 airframes back in the '80s was for replacement vertical stabs for the KC-135s? Or was the folding stab only implemented on the 367-80? The USAF bought the retired airliners for the engines. The JT3Ds replaced the J57s in AFRES and ANG KC-135As, converting them to KC-135Es. That might have been, but during the early 1980s, I ferried 3-4 B-707s to the boneyard in Arizona and they were buying ours for the HORIZONAL stabilizers. Years later they did the engine swaps. Bob Moore
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May 4th 10, 12:53 AM
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B52
Bob Moore wrote:
That might have been, but during the early 1980s, I ferried 3-4 B-707s to the boneyard in Arizona and they were buying ours for the HORIZONAL stabilizers. Years later they did the engine swaps. The reengining program began in 1982.
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