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    Airframe Family: Boeing B464 / B-52 Stratofortress
    Latest Model:B-52D-75-BO Stratofortress
    Last Military Serial:56-0600 USAF
    Construction Number:17283
    Compressed ID:Boeing B-52D-75-BO sn 56-0600 USAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC)

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a B-52D-75-BO by Boeing at Seattle, Washington, USA.

    30 July 1957

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 56-0600.

    7 August 1957

    To 92nd Bomb Wing, Fairchild AFB, WA.

    21 July 1960

    Transferred to 4170th Strategic Wing, Larson AFB, WA.

    2 November 1960

    Transferred to 92nd Bomb Wing, Fairchild AFB, WA.

    12 December 1960

    Transferred to 4170th Strategic Wing, Larson AFB, WA.

    27 November 1961

    Transferred to 92nd Bomb Wing, Fairchild AFB, WA.

    11 December 1961

    Transferred to 4170th Strategic Wing, Larson AFB, WA.

    3 February 1963

    Transferred to 462nd Bomb Wing, Larson AFB, WA.

    5 October 1963

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

    8 November 1963

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

    6 April 1965

    Transferred to 462nd Strategic Air Wing, Larson AFB, WA.

    31 March 1966

    Transferred to 22nd Bomb Wing, March AFB, CA.

    19 June 1967

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

    31 August 1967

    Transferred to 461st Bomb Wing, Amarillo AFB, TX.

    20 January 1968

    Transferred to 70th Bomb Wing, Clinton-Sherman AFB, OK.

    11 October 1968

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

    23 October 1968

    Transferred to 306th Bomb Wing, McCoy AFB, FL.

    6 May 1969

    Transferred to 2nd Bomb Wing, Barksdale AFB, LA.

    24 May 1969

    Transferred to 306th Bomb Wing, McCoy AFB, FL.

    22 September 1969

    Transferred to 70th Bomb Wing, Clinton-Sherman AFB, OK.

    17 November 1969

    Transferred to 22nd Bomb Wing, March AFB, CA.

    23 July 1971

    To 22nd Bomb Wing, Ellsworth AFB, SD.

    20 August 1971

    Transferred to 22nd Bomb Wing, March AFB, CA.

    Circa December 1971


    Photographer: Ken Buchanan Collection

    20 March 1972

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

    12 October 1972

    Transferred to 43rd Strategic Wing, Andersen AFB, Guam.

    10 December 1972

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

    1 October 1973

    Transferred to 43rd Strategic Wing, Andersen AFB, Guam.

    4 December 1973

    Transferred to 307th Strategic Wing, Utapao RTAFB, Thailand.

    10 March 1975

    Transferred to 96th Strategic Air Wing, Dyess AFB, TX.

    23 December 1975

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

    24 January 1976

    Transferred to 43rd Strategic Wing, Andersen AFB, Guam.

    30 September 1976

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

    27 October 1978


    Photographer: Unknown

    8 November 1982

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number BC310.
    Retired with 121,340 airframe hours.

    25 October 1994

    Scrapped.


    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
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher

    Individual Contributors
    Max Sabin

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