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Constructed as a B-50D-115-BO by Boeing at Seattle, Washington, USA. |
Circa 1950 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 49-0310. |
1953 |
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Converted to a WB-50D.
Modified with high-altitude weather samplers, doppler radar, weather radar and bomb-bay fuel tank for extended range. |
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Transferred to 97th Bombardment Wing (M), Biggs, AFB, TX.
Flew missions to sample air for radioactive particles, determining if Soviet Union had detonated a nuclear weapon. |
April 1955 |
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Transferred to Air Weather Service. |
9 July 1956 |
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Transferred to 57th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, Hickam AFB, HI. |
8 August 1958 |
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Transferred to Hayes Aircraft Corp.
For IRAN. |
29 October 1958 |
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Transferred to 55th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, Hickam AFB, HK. |
5 April 1961 |
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Transferred to Douglas Aircraft, Tulsa, OK.
For IRAN. |
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Pat Hanavan comments (30 November 2015): I flew 49-0310 to Tulsa. Captain Charles R. Lewis was the aircraft commander. |
12 May 1961 |
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Transferred to 56th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, Yokota Air Base, Japan. |
13 September 1965 |
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From NMUSAF: Departed Yokota AB, Japan to be ferried to Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ. Enroute it accomplished two standard weather reconnaissance missions. |
September 1965 |
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Assigned to Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ for storage.
Was the last WB-50D flying. |
17 June 1966 |
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Transferred to Air Force Systems Command, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.
Returned to temporary service as JB-50D for test programs. |
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Pat Hanavan comments (30 November 2015): I flew selected 49-0310 from the WB-50D/s in flyable storage at MASDC and flew it to WPAFB. Maj Larry Bush was the copilot. |
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Redesignated as JB-50D.
Pat Hanavan comments (30 November 2015): Redesignated JB-50D, not DB-50D, for the Program 665A flight test. I was the program test pilot at Cargo Flight Test, ASD Directorate of Flight Test. |
Circa 1967 |
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Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Air Force. |
29 April 1968 |
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Ferry flight. Delivered to United States Air Force Museum, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
Ferried to Wright Field to await opening of new museum facility.
 View the Location Dossier |
4 August 1971 |
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To National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
View the Location Dossier |
By 29 February 1972 |
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Markings Applied: U.S. AIR FORCE, 0-90310, WEATHER |
29 February 1972 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
Notes: Instamatic 126 film |
21 May 1973 |
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Photographer: Peter Nicholson
Notes: As displayed at the USAF Museum in the summer of 1973. |
6 September 1978 |
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Photographer: Larry Johnson
Notes: In Dayton, OH. |
28 July 1986 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield |
19 July 1995 |
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Photographer: Mike Henniger
Notes: Photographed at the United States Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio. |
19 July 1995 |
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Photographer: Mike Henniger
Notes: Photographed at the United States Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio. |
5 June 2012 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield |
12 August 2023 |
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Photographer: Austin Newman |
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