Assigned to the 10th Airborne Command and Control Squadron based at Mildenhall. Delivered to the USAF as KC-135A 61-0286 in 1962. Converted an EC-135H in 1967. Became a GEC-135H ground trainer at Sheppard AFB, TX in 1992. Scrapped in 2000.

Built as a KC-135A, this aircraft was modified to EC-135H and served through the years the 7120th, 10th (as pictured) and the 4th Airborne Command and Control Squadron. The aircraft was rebuilt to GEC-135H in mid-1992 and served since as an instructional airframe at Sheppard AFB (TX). The 10th ACCS crews flew the Airborne Command Post to support the US Commander-in-Chief, Europe. The aircraft also served as aerial tankers from 1972. The ECs provided communications support during the exercises and the cold war in support of NATO, and other agencies following overwater routes near Europe.

Based at Mildenhall with 513th TAW, 10th ACCS. Note the black British Isles marking on the lower forward fuselage.