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    Airframe Family: Boeing B464 / B-52 Stratofortress
    Latest Model:B-52D-15-BW Stratofortress
    Last Military Serial:55-0062 USAF
    Construction Number:464014
    Latest Owner or Location:K. I. Sawyer Heritage Air Museum, formerly K.I. Sawyer AFB, Marquette, Michigan

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a B-52D-15-BW by Boeing at Wichita, Kansas, USA.

    17 February 1957

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 55-0062.

    17 February 1957

    To 42nd Bomb Wing, Loring AFB, ME.

    25 August 1959

    Transferred to 4130th Strategic Wing, Bergstrom AFB, TX.

    27 February 1963

    Transferred to SAAAR, Kelly AFB, TX.

    15 June 1963

    Transferred to 92nd Bomb Wing, Fairchild AFB, WA.

    10 April 1964

    Transferred to 92nd Strategic Air Wing, Fairchild AFB, WA.

    13 July 1967

    Transferred to 99th Bomb Wing, Westover AFB, MA.

    22 November 1967

    Transferred to 307th Strategic Wing. U-Tapao Royal Thai Naval Base, Thailand.

    4 December 1967

    Transferred to 99th Bomb Wing, Westover AFB, MA.

    6 December 1967

    Transferred to 307th Strategic Wing. U-Tapao Royal Thai Naval Base, Thailand.

    16 December 1967

    Transferred to 454th Bomb Wing, Columbus AFB, MS.

    26 December 1967

    Transferred to 307th Strategic Wing. U-Tapao Royal Thai Naval Base, Thailand.

    4 January 1968

    Transferred to 99th Bomb Wing, Westover AFB, MA.

    1 April 1968

    Transferred to 92nd Strategic Air Wing, Fairchild AFB, WA.

    8 May 1968

    Transferred to 99th Bomb Wing, Westover AFB, MA.

    21 May 1968

    Transferred to 92nd Strategic Air Wing, Fairchild AFB, WA.

    11 September 1969

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

    25 June 1970

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

    29 August 1972

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

    10 December 1972

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

    7 December 1973

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

    23 March 1974

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

    2 April 1974

    Transferred to 307th Strategic Wing. U-Tapao Royal Thai Naval Base, Thailand.

    12 February 1975

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

    22 April 1975

    Transferred to 22nd Bomb Wing, March AFB, CA.

    29 June 1979

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

    28 August 1980

    Transferred to 22nd Bomb Wing, March AFB, CA.

    From 30 July 1981 to 14 September 1983

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

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Loaned to Air Force Association Chapter 238, Marquette, MI.

    15 September 1983

    Placed on display with K. I. Sawyer Heritage Air Museum, formerly K. I. Sawyer AFB, Marquette, MI.
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    Markings Applied: 0062, 50062

    2008


    Photographer: Andy West
    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
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2007 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     National Museum of the United States Air Force
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     DU Phillips
    Max Sabin
    Andy West
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