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    Airframe Family: Boeing B464 / B-52 Stratofortress
    Latest Model:B-52H-170-BW Stratofortress
    Last Military Serial:61-0015 USAF
    Construction Number:464442
    Compressed ID:Boeing B-52H-170-BW sn 61-0015 USAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:96th BS, 2nd Bomb Wing, Barksdale AFB, LA

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a B-52H-170-BW by Boeing at Wichita, Kansas, USA.

    19 April 1962

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 61-0015.

    20 April 1962

    To 4133rd Strategic Wing, Grand Forks AFB, ND.

    From 8 October 1962 to 26 October 1962

    Transferred to 4347th Combat Crew Training Wing (CCTW), McConnell AFB, KS.
    Field maintenance.

    After 28 October 1962

    Transferred to 4133rd Strategic Wing, Grand Forks AFB, ND.

    14 July 1964

    Transferred to 410th Bomb Wing, K. I. Sawyer AFB, MI.

    2 April 1969

    Transferred to 99th Bomb Wing, Westover AFB, MA.

    25 April 1969

    Transferred to 410th Bomb Wing, K. I. Sawyer AFB, MI.

    20 August 1971

    Transferred to 379th Bomb Wing, Wurtsmith AFB, MI.

    28 September 1972

    Transferred to 410th Bomb Wing, K. I. Sawyer AFB, MI.

    Circa March 1973


    Photographer: Ken Buchanan Collection

    17 January 1974

    Transferred to 379th Bomb Wing, Wurtsmith AFB, MI.

    14 July 1975

    Transferred to 93rd Bomb Wing, Castle AFB, CA.

    28 February 1986

    Transferred to 410th BW, K. I. Sawyer AFB, MI.

    30 October 1986

    Transferred to 7th Bomb Wing, Carswell AFB, TX.

    8 May 1987

    Transferred to 410th Bomb Wing, K. I. Sawyer AFB, MI.
    Operated with markings: American Eagle

    By July 2005

    Transferred to 96th BS, 2nd Bomb Wing, Barksdale AFB, LA.
    Operated with markings: LA

    16 March 2019


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RAF Fairford, assigned to 96th BS, 2nd BW based at Barksdale AFB, LA
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     The Stratofortress Catalog by Richard Serrano
    Internet Sources
     Jet Photos
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Robert Nichols
    Max Sabin
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