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    Airframe Family: Boeing B464 / B-52 Stratofortress
    Latest Model:B-52D-30-BW Stratofortress
    Last Military Serial:56-0665 USAF
    Construction Number:464036
    Compressed ID:Boeing B-52D-30-BW sn 56-0665 USAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a B-52D-30-BW by Boeing at Wichita, Kansas, USA.

    30 July 1957

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 56-0665.

    30 July 1957

    Transferred to 28th Bomb Wing (Heavy) (SAC), Ellsworth AFB, SD.

    April 1960

    Transferred to 4245th Strategic Wing (SAC), Sheppard AFB, TX.

    April 1963

    Transferred to 494th Bomb Wing (SAC), Sheppard AFB, TX.

    April 1966

    Transferred to 509th Bomb Wing (SAC), Pease AFB, NH.

    July 1967

    Transferred to 99th Bomb Wing (SAC), Westover AFB, MA.

    From 1967 to 1968

    Deployments to Anderson AB, Guam; U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield, Thailand; Kadenna AB Japan; for operations over Vietnam.

    September 1968

    Transferred to 92nd Strategic Wing (SAC), Fairchild AFB, WA.

    February 1969

    Transferred to 509th Bomb Wing (SAC), Pease AFB, NH.

    1969

    Deployment to Anderson AB, Guam, for action over Vietnam.

    August 1969

    Transferred to 99th Bomb Wing (SAC), Westover AFB, MA.

    July 1971

    Transferred to 96th Strategic Wing (SAC), Dyess AFB, TX.

    From 1971 to 1973

    Deployments to Anderson AB, Guam; U-Tapao RTNAF, Thailand; Castle AFB, CA.

    9 April 1972

    Damaged.
    Severely damaged by surface-to-air missile. As a result grounded for repairs.

    December 1972

    After repairs the aircraft flew four more missions over North Vietnam.

    October 1973

    Transferred to 307th Strategic Wing (SAC), U-Tapao RTNAF, Thailand.

    Deployment to Anderson AB, Guam.

    April 1974

    Transferred to 7th Bomb Wing (SAC), Carswell AFB, TX.

    September 1974

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

    November 1978

    Ferry flight. Delivered to National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    November 1978

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Air Force.

    28 July 1986


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    6 May 2008


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    7 December 2022


    Photographer: Austin Newman
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    National Museum of the United States Air Force
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     Glenn Chatfield
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