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    Airframe Family: Boeing B464 / B-52 Stratofortress
    Latest Model:B-52B Stratofortress
    Last Military Serial:008 NASA
    Latest Owner or Location:Edwards AFB - North Gate, Palmdale, California

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a B-52B.

    Circa 1952

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 52-0008.

    Circa May 1977


    Photographer: Robert Bourlier
    Notes: Edwards AFB. The Mother Ship.

    Converted.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration with s/n 008.


    Photographer: NASA Dryden Flight Research Center (public domain)

    6 October 1991


    Photographer: Mike Powney
    Notes: 1991 photo - at Edwards Air Force Base, CA

    15 June 2004


    Photographer: NASA Dryden Flight Research Center (public domain)

    17 December 2004

    Scheduled for retirement on this date.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
    View the Location Dossier

    Loaned to 95 ABW/MU, Edwards AFB, CA.

    Placed on display with Edwards AFB-North Gate, Palmdale, CA.
    View the Location Dossier

    Markings Applied: Balls 8, 008

    4 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger


    Photographer: NASA Dryden Flight Research Center (public domain)


    Photographer: NASA Dryden Flight Research Center (public domain)

    12 March 2014

    12 March 2014

    28 March 2015


    Photographer: Anonymous
    Notes: Edwards AFB North Gate, California
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     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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