"KenG" wrote in message
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Bzzzzzzzzt Wrong!!!!! I have seen and flown on a '55 model. and have
heard of a '54 though I hadn't seen it.

James Anatidae wrote:
"Daryl Hunt" wrote in message
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You are completely falling apart on that one. The KC-135 predates the

Buff.

And it looks like they may outlive them if things keep going like they

are.

I don't think that's correct. The B-52B, the first operational model,
was
delivered in 1955. The KC-135 didn't come out until 1957. The last
B-52
model, the 'H', was delivered three years before the last KC-135 came
off
the line.




Serial numbers are issued on a contract basis. Construction then starts
after that. A 1955 tail number may not have been delivered until 1957-58.

I think you have stubbed your toe. You owe the man an apology. As an
example 05-0127 through 0135 serials have been issued for C-17As under
construction or yet to be started.

Tex Houston