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    Airframe Family: Boeing B464 / B-52 Stratofortress
    Latest Model:B-52G-130-BW Stratofortress
    Last Military Serial:59-2596 USAF
    Construction Number:464359
    Compressed ID:Boeing B-52G-130-BW sn 59-2596 USAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:Darwin Aviation Museum, Winnellie, Darwin, Northern Territory

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a B-52G-130-BW by Boeing at Wichita, Kansas, USA.

    8 December 1960

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 59-2596.

    9 December 1960

    To 4126th Strategic Wing, Beale AFB, CA.

    12 April 1961

    Transferred to 5th Bomb Wing, Travis AFB, CA.

    5 May 1961

    Transferred to 4126th Strategic Wing, Beale AFB, CA.

    19 June 1964

    Transferred to 456th Strategic Air Wing, Beale AFB, CA.
    Unit designation change.

    1 May 1967

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

    24 May 1967

    Transferred to 456th Strategic Air Wing, Beale AFB, CA.

    15 November 1967

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

    30 November 1967

    Transferred to 456th Strategic Air Wing, Beale AFB, CA.

    31 October 1969

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

    26 February 1970

    Transferred to 456th Strategic Air Wing, Beale AFB, CA.

    30 May 1972

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

    4 January 1974

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

    11 July 1977

    Transferred to 465th Bomb Wing, Robins AFB, GA.

    10 November 1981

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

    16 June 1982

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

    18 June 1984

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

    11 February 1986

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

    10 August 1988

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

    Circa 20 March 1990

    Last flight.
    Flown from Andersen AFB, Guam, to Australia for retirement and eventual display.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Loaned to The Aviation Historical Society of The NT Inc, Winnellie NT, AUSTRALIA.

    To Australian Aviation Heritage Centre, Winnellie, Darwin, Northern Territory.
    Only the forward fuselage survives here.
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    August 1991

    Markings Applied: No Buff to Tuff
    Finished in 43rd Bomb Wing markings.

    Markings Applied: Darwins Pride, 2596
    These markings were applied after it arrived at the museum.

    27 August 2001


    Photographer: Han de Ridder

    To Darwin Aviation Museum, Winnellie, Darwin, Northern Territory.
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    24 October 2024


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: B-52G No Buff Too Tuff occupies most of the space of the Darwin Aviation Museum, NT

    24 October 2024


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: No Bluff Too Tuff artwork on the tail of the Stratofortress at Darwin, WA
    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
     Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Han de Ridder
    Mike Henniger
    Peter Nicholson
    Max Sabin
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