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    Airframe Family: Boeing B464 / B-52 Stratofortress
    Latest Model:B-52G-120-BW Stratofortress
    Last Military Serial:59-2570 USAF
    Construction Number:464333
    Compressed ID:Boeing B-52G-120-BW sn 59-2570 USAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC)

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a B-52G-120-BW by Boeing at Wichita, Kansas, USA.

    21 July 1960

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 59-2570.

    22 July 1960

    To 4038th Strategic Wing, Dow AFB, ME.

    9 November 1960

    Transferred to 28th Bomb Wing, Ellsworth AFB, SD.

    23 November 1960

    Transferred to 4038th Strategic Wing, Dow AFB, ME.

    24 March 1961

    Transferred to 28th Bomb Wing, Ellsworth AFB, SD.

    9 April 1961

    Transferred to 4038th Strategic Wing, Dow AFB, ME.

    29 March 1963

    Transferred to 379th Bomb Wing, Dow AFB, ME.

    31 March 1968

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

    15 April 1968

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

    4 May 1968

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

    11 April 1972

    Transferred to 68th Bomb Wing, Seymour-Johnson AFB, NC.

    28 May 1972

    Transferred to 28th Bomb Wing, Ellsworth AFB, SD.

    25 May 1973

    Transferred to 456th Bomb Wing, Beale AFB, CA.

    30 June 1973

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

    26 October 1973

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

    29 December 1973

    Transferred to 494th Bomb Wing, Plattsburgh AFB, NY.

    17 January 1974

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

    8 February 1974

    Transferred to 494th Bomb Wing, Plattsburgh AFB, NY.

    28 February 1974

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

    14 March 1974

    Transferred to 494th Bomb Wing, Plattsburgh AFB, NY.

    11 April 1974

    Transferred to 2nd Bomb Wing, Barksdale AFB, LA.
    Operated with markings: City of Bossier City; Home of Barksdale AFB

    November 1974


    Photographer: L.B. Sides

    November 1974


    Photographer: L.B. Sides

    November 1974


    Photographer: L.B. Sides

    7 July 1983

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

    10 February 1984

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

    12 June 1984

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

    8 January 1985

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

    August 1986

    Took part in NATO Exercise Giant Quail to demonstrate the AGM-84 Harpoon anti-shipping missile to the Royal Navy.

    22 August 1987

    Transferred to 43rd Andersen AFB, Guam.

    15 June 1988

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

    10 August 1989

    Transferred to 62nd Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Wing, Barksdale AFB, LA.
    Operated with markings: Ole Baldy

    9 June 1990


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: B-52G Stratofortress, callsign Jambo 12, of 2nd Bomb Wing at Barksdale AFB joining the active runway at the 1990 Boscombe Down Battle of Britain 50th Anniversary Airshow.

    10 September 1990

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

    24 January 1994

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number BC461.

    2 November 2011

    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
    Glenn Chatfield
    Peter Nicholson
    Max Sabin

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