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Boeing CC-137
The Boeing CC-137 is the designation for five Boeing 707-347C transport aircraft which served with the Canadian
CC-137
Forces from 1970 to 1997. The aircraft provided long range passenger transport for the military, VIP transport for
government and air-to-air refueling for fighters such as the CF-116 Freedom Fighter and CF-18 Hornet. It was replaced
by the Airbus CC-150 Polaris in the transport role and much later in the tanker role.

Contents
Design and development
Operational history
Operators
Specifications (CC-137) A Canadian Armed Forces Boeing 707 (CC-
See also
137)

References Role Military transport aircraft

Notes Manufacturer Boeing
Bibliography
First flight 1970
External links
Introduction 1972
Retired 1997

Design and development Primary user Canadian Forces

Number built 5
During the 1960s, the Royal Canadian Air Force set out a requirement to replace the aging fleet of Canadair CC-106
Yukons and Canadair CC-109 Cosmopolitan transports. Initially, the Boeing KC-135 was being considered because the Developed from Boeing 707
versatile design could also fulfill a yet-unspecified aerial refuelling role.[1] Although a "purpose-built" aircraft would
have suited the RCAF requirements better, an opportunity to acquire Boeing 707s as an alternative, soon presented itself.[2]

Operational history
Canada purchased five Boeing 707s in 1970–71 to replace the RCAF's CC-106 Yukons in the long range transport role and the CC-
109 Cosmopolitan as an executive or short-range transport.[3] The first four aircraft had been built for Western Airlines, but that
order was subsequently cancelled; the fifth was bought separately a year later. To fulfil Canada's requirements for aerial refueling,
two aircraft were fitted with Beechcraft made probe and drogue refueling pods in 1972.[4] The two sets of refuelling equipment were
moved from aircraft to aircraft to keep fleet utilization even between the airframes.

The CC-137 fleet had a combined total of 191,154 hours, remaining in service in the transport role until 1995, with two aircraft
continuing in use as tankers until 1997.[4][5]
Boeing CC-137 tanker in 1994
Most of the fleet ended up with the Northrop Grumman E-8 Joint STARS programme either for spare parts or conversion to E-8C
standard for the United States Air Force.[6]

Operators
Canada

Canadian Forces Air Command

No. 437 "Husky" Squadron RCAF based at CFB Trenton, Ontario

Specifications (CC-137)
Data from Boeing CC137 (707-347C)[7]

General characteristics

Crew: 3
Capacity: 170 passengers
Payload: 90,000 lb (41,000 kg)
Length: 152 ft 11 in (46.61 m)
Wingspan: 145 ft 9 in (44.42 m)
Height: 42 ft 5 in (12.93 m)
Wing area: 3,010 ft² (280 m²)
Empty weight: 140,000 lb (63,569 kg)
Max. takeoff weight: 327,000 lb (148,000 kg)
Powerplant: 4 × Pratt & Whitney JT3D-7 turbofans, 19,700 lb (87.6 kN) each
Performance

Cruise speed: 618 mph (537 knots, 994 km/h)

Range: 7,638 mi (6,636 nm, 12,290 km)
Service ceiling: 39,000 ft (12,000 m)

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See also
Related development

Boeing 707
Boeing C-137 Stratoliner

Related lists

List of aircraft of Canada's air forces

References

Notes
1. Stachiw 2004, p. 18.
2. Stachiw 2004, p. 18–19.
3. Bowers 1989, p. 454.
4. Canada's Air Force, Aircraft, Historical Aircraft, Boeing 707 (CC-137) (http://www.airforce.forces.gc.ca/site/equip/historical/707lst_e.asp) Canadian Department of
National Defence. Retrieved: 1 March 2008.
5. Stachiw 2004, p. 23.
6. http://www.rcaf.com/Aircraft/aircraftDetail.php?CC-137-97
7. Stachiw 2004, p. 26.

Bibliography
Bowers, Peter M. Boeing Aircraft since 1916. London: Putnam, 1989. ISBN 0-85177-804-6.
Stachiw, Anthony L. Boeing CC137 (707-347C). St. Catharine's, Ontario, Canada: Vanwell Publishing Ltd., 2004. ISBN 1-55125-079-9.

External links
Canadian Forces Historical Aircraft – Boeing 707 (CC-137) (http://www.airforce.forces.gc.ca/site/equip/historical/707lst_e.asp)
Boeing CC-137 B707-320 at rcaf.com (http://www.rcaf.com/Aircraft/aircraftDetail.php?CC-137-97)

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