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    Airframe Family: Boeing B464 / B-52 Stratofortress
    Latest Model:B-52G-90-BW Stratofortress
    Last Military Serial:57-6514 USAF
    Construction Number:470719
    Compressed ID:Boeing B-52G-90-BW sn 57-6514 USAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC)

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a B-52G-90-BW by Boeing at Wichita, Kansas, USA.

    28 May 1959

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 57-6514.

    1 June 1959

    To 5th Bomb Wing, Travis AFB, CA.

    21 April 1960

    Transferred to 42nd Bomb Wing, Loring AFB, ME.

    9 August 1961

    Transferred to 97th Bomb Wing, Blytheville AFB, AR.

    5 February 1968

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

    15 February 1968

    Transferred to 97th Bomb Wing, Blytheville AFB, AR.

    9 September 1971

    Transferred to 42nd Bomb Wing, Loring AFB, ME.

    16 October 1971

    Transferred to 97th Bomb Wing, Blytheville AFB, AR.
    Operated with markings: Cottonboll Express III

    December 1971

    Participated in the 1971 SAC Bomb and Nav Competition at McCoy AFB, FL.

    Circa December 1971


    Photographer: Ken Buchanan Collection
    Notes: SAC Bomb and Nav Competition at McCoy AFB, FL.

    Circa December 1971


    Photographer: Ken Buchanan Collection

    Circa December 1971


    Photographer: Ken Buchanan Collection

    31 May 1972

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

    31 July 1972

    Transferred to 97th Bomb Wing, Blytheville AFB, AR.

    1 August 1972

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

    27 October 1973

    Transferred to 320th Bomb Wing, Mather AFB, CA.

    17 September 1975

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

    18 September 1979

    Transferred to 42nd Bomb Wing, Loring AFB, ME.

    18 February 1983

    Transferred to 97th Bomb Wing, Blytheville AFB, AR.

    19 March 1984

    Transferred to 319th Bomb Wing, Grand Forks AFB, ND.

    By May 1986


    Photographer: Unknown

    1 December 1986

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

    From 18 October 1990 to After March 2012

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number BC355.

    29 August 2001

    Scrapped.
    Destroyed in accordance with the 1991 START Treaty.
    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
     The AMARC Experience
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Mike Henniger
    Max Sabin
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