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    Airframe Family: Boeing B464 / B-52 Stratofortress
    Latest Model:B-52H-165-BW Stratofortress
    Last Military Serial:61-0012 USAF
    Construction Number:464439
    Compressed ID:Boeing B-52H-165-BW sn 61-0012 USAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:96th BS, 2nd BW, AFRC, Barksdale AFB, LA

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a B-52H-165-BW by Boeing at Wichita, Kansas, USA.

    2 April 1962

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 61-0012.

    3 April 1962

    To 19th Bomb Wing, Homestead AFB, FL.

    29 August 1968

    Transferred to 17th Bomb Wing, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.

    28 July 1969

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

    7 August 1969

    Transferred to 17th Bomb Wing, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.

    27 August 1971

    Transferred to 5th Bomb Wing, Minot Air Force Base, ND.

    By December 1971

    Markings Applied: Minot Magician, Arnold
    Minot Magician was painted on the left side, Arnold the Pig on the right.

    December 1971

    Was present for the 1971 SAC Bomb and Navigation competition at McCoy AFB, FL.

    Circa December 1971


    Photographer: Ken Buchanan Collection
    Notes: Right side of 61-0012.

    Circa December 1971


    Photographer: Ken Buchanan Collection
    Notes: Left side noseart of 61-0012

    4 January 1973

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

    20 May 1974

    Transferred to 17th Bomb Wing, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.

    22 August 1975

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

    2 October 1979

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

    16 March 1982

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

    6 October 1982

    Transferred to 96th Bomb Wing, Dyess AFB, TX.

    2 April 1984

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

    13 September 1985

    Transferred to 410th Bomb Wing, K. I. Sawyer AFB, MI.

    2 February 1992

    Transferred to 416th Bomb Wing, Griffiss AFB, NY.

    By May 2012

    Transferred to 96th BS, 2nd BW, AFRC, Barksdale AFB, LA.
    Operated with markings: Loko
    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
     Air Force Historical Research Agency
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Max Sabin
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