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Constructed as a B-36J-1-CF by Convair at Fort Worth, Texas, USA. |
22 December 1953 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 52-2217. |
22 December 1953 |
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Transferred to 7th Bombardment Wing (Heavy) (SAC), Carswell AFB, TX. |
18 February 1954 |
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Transferred to Convair Fort Worth Aircraft Modification Center, TX.
Sent to FWAMC for contract modification. |
5 March 1954 |
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Transferred to 7th Bombardment Wing. |
30 September 1954 |
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Transferred to 42nd Bombardment Wing (H) (SAC), Loring AFB, ME. |
9 February 1955 |
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Transferred to Convair Fort Worth Aircraft Modification Center, TX.
Sent to FWAMC for contract modification. |
31 March 1955 |
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Transferred to 42nd Bombardment Wing. |
From 17 October 1955 to 11 November 1955 |
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Deployed to Upper Heyford, U.K. |
16 May 1956 |
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Transferred to Convair Fort Worth Aircraft Modification Center, TX.
Contract modification. |
10 August 1956 |
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Transferred to 95th Bombardment Wing (H) (SAC), Biggs AFB, TX. |
10 February 1959 |
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Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC). |
14 April 1959 |
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Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Air Force. |
22 April 1959 |
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Flown to Offutt AFB, NE for display at the Strategic Air Command Museum. This was the next to last B-36 flight. |
22 April 1959 |
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To Strategic Air Command Museum, Offutt AFB, Omaha, NE.
 View the Location Dossier |
1971 |
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To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
View the Location Dossier |
1971 |
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Loaned to Strategic Air Command Museum, Offutt AFB, Omaha, NE. |
16 September 1983 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
Notes: At the Strategic Air Command Museum, Offutt AFB. 35mm slide |
1997 |
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Loaned to Strategic Air Command Museum, Ashland, NE.
Moved to new facility while under construction. |
16 May 1998 |
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Placed on display with Strategic Air Command Museum, Ashland, NE.
New museum opened. |
17 May 1999 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield |
2001 |
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Loaned to Strategic Air and Space Museum, Ashland, NE.
Museum name changed.
View the Location Dossier |
28 April 2011 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield |
28 April 2011 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield |
22 June 2015 |
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To Strategic Air Command and Aerospace Museum, Ashland, NE.
Museum name changed.
View the Location Dossier |
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Photographer: Mike Henniger
Notes: Photographed at the Stategic Air Command Museum. |
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