Canadian Forces CC-137 detailed list
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13701
Boeing
CC-137
707
707-347C
20315.824
first date: 24 February 1970 – Taken on strength
Originally ordered as N1506W for Western
Airlines of California. Purchased from Boeing when original sale fell
through. Operated by No. 437 Squadron, at CFB Trenton, Ontario. Placed in storage 9 August 1993, declared
surplus on 10 November 1993. Sold, to
civil register as N803CK, registered to American International Airways on 1
February 1994. To HR-AMN on Honduras
register, to RACE Aviation on 20 May 1994.
Leased to VASP of Brazil in August 1994, no change in registration. Back to US as N108RA, registered to
Atlantic Leasing Company on 18 August 1995.
This registration cancelled September 1996, then history becomes
murky. Reported repossessed and sold
to USAF by June 1997. Also reported as
registered as P4-CCG on the Aruba register, possibly to Transcontinental Sur
Island, then CX-BSI of MAS Cargo of Uruguay, then XA-ABG, registered to
Allegro Air. Reported parked at Tucson
airport in 2000. Later to
Mexicargo. Scrapped at Tucson in mid
2005.
last date: c.1994 – Struck off, sold.
13702
Boeing
CC-137
707
707-347C
20316.825
first date: 24 February
1970 – Taken on strength
Originally ordered as N1507W for Western
Airlines of California, later N1785B used for production testing. Purchased from Boeing when original sale
fell through. Operated by No. 437 Squadron, at CFB Trenton, Ontario. Placed in storage on 12 January 1993,
declared surplus on 2 June 1993. Sold,
to civil register as HR-AMF to Omega of Honduras. Ferried from Toronto to Shannon, Ireland on
20 December 1993, parked there until 6 August 1994 when it flew to Ostend,
Belgium. Registered as PT-TCU to
Aerobrazil on lease in 1994, but not taken up. Still marked HR-AMF as late as December
1994. Also reported as EL-AKT on
Liberian register, but this appears to be an Antonov. To USAF, as E-8C 96-0043, operational by
December 2000. Damaged in flight with
93rd Airborne Control Wing on 29 August 2001 when waveguide melted due to
hydraulic system failure which pumped hydraulic fluid into electronics
bay. Landed safely but heavily
damaged. Preliminary repair estimate
was US$3,788,079.59.
last date: c.1993 – Struck off,
sold.
13703
Boeing
CC-137
707
707-347C
20317.826
first date: 24 February 1970 – Taken on strength
Originally ordered as N1508W for Western
Airlines of California. Purchased from
Boeing when original sale fell through.
Operated by No. 437 Squadron, at CFB Trenton, Ontario. Fitted with wing tip Fletcher-Sergeant
“probe and drogue” refuelling pods in mid 1972, no official change
in designation. Supported CF-5
detachment from 434 Squadron on deployment to Norway for NATO exercises in
fall of 1985. Seen at Faro, Portugal
in 1992, with UN flag on tail. Still
in regular use April 1995. Sold to
USAF for conversion to E-8C, became 97-200.
Ferried to Lake Charles, Louisiana on 14 April 1997. Delivered 5 November 2001. Operated by 93rd Airborne Control Wing at
Robins AFB, Georgia. Unit
re-designated 116th Airborne Control Wing by 2005.
last date: 27 February 1997 – Struck off, sold.
13704
Boeing
CC-137
707
707-347C
20318.829
first date: 24 February
1970 – Taken on strength
Originally ordered as N1509W for Western
Airlines of California. Purchased from
Boeing when original sale fell through.
Operated by No. 437 Squadron, at CFB Trenton, Ontario. Fitted with wing tip Fletcher-Sergeant
“probe and drogue” refuelling pods in mid 1972, no official change
in designation. Still in regular use
April 1995. Sold to USAF for
conversion to E-8C, became 97-0201.
Ferried to Lake Charles, Louisiana on 14 April 1997. Delivered April 2002. Operated by 93rd Airborne Control Wing at
Robins AFB, Gerogia. Took part in RAF
Waddington air show in 2002. Operating
from Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar in 2005.
Seen at RAF Mildenhall 29 May 2005.
last date: 24 February 1997 – Struck off, sold.
13705
Boeing
CC-137
707
707-347C
20319.833
first date: 24 March 1971 – Taken on strength
Originally ordered as N1510W for Western
Airlines of California. Purchased from
Boeing when original sale fell through.
Arrived at CFB Trenton on 12 May 1971.
Operated by No. 437 Squadron, at CFB Trenton, Ontario. Seen at London Heathrow airport on 28 April
1985, with UN flag on tail. Placed in
storage on 29 April 1995, was last operational CC-137. Sold to USAF. Converted to E-8C by Northrop-Grumman at
Melbourne, Florida, serial number 96-0042.
Also reported as 95-0124 but this appears to be an error. Severe damage received on 24 September 2005
while in a Northrop-Grumman hanger at Lake Charles, Louisiana, when hurricane
“Rita” blew in hanger door.
last date: 3 May 1995 – Struck off, sold.
This data has come
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future, I will add a complete list of references. For now, some recent
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Created 14 July 2006. Updated 14 July 2006.