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    Airframe Family: Boeing B464 / B-52 Stratofortress
    Latest Model:B-52G-115-BW Stratofortress
    Last Military Serial:58-0251 USAF
    Construction Number:464319
    Compressed ID:Boeing B-52G-115-BW sn 58-0251 USAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC)

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a B-52G-115-BW by Boeing at Wichita, Kansas, USA.

    3 May 1960

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 58-0251.

    4 May 1960

    To 97th Bomb Wing, Blytheville AFB, AR.

    24 May 1962

    Transferred to 4241st Strategic Wing, Seymour-Johnson AFB, NC.

    19 October 1962

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

    13 November 1962

    Transferred to 4241st Strategic Wing, Seymour-Johnson AFB, NC.

    9 April 1963

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

    3 March 1968

    On the date provided, then-President Lyndon B. Johnson inspected this aircraft and its crew at Ramey AFB. The event was videotaped and, many years later, used in a documentary on the Discovery Channel. The title of this documentary is unknown.

    4 November 1969

    Transferred to 380th Strategic Air Wing, Plattsburgh AFB, NY.

    12 January 1970

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

    31 May 1972

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

    23 July 1973

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

    By November 1974

    Markings Applied: Kitty Hawk

    November 1974

    Participated in the 1974 SAC Bomb and Navigation Competition at McCoy AFB, FL.

    Circa November 1974


    Photographer: Ken Buchanan Collection
    Notes: Photo taken at McCoy AFB, FL, during the 1974 SAC Bomb and Navigation Competition.

    10 January 1975

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

    20 July 1976

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

    14 April 1977

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

    12 August 1981

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

    8 September 1986

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

    18 August 1987

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

    17 December 1988

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

    27 February 1990

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number BC341.

    13 March 1997

    Scrapped.
    Aircraft was destroyed in accordance with the 1991 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START).
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     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
     Flickr
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Max Sabin
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