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    Airframe Family: Boeing B464 / B-52 Stratofortress
    Latest Model:B-52D-80-BO Stratofortress
    Last Military Serial:56-0629 USAF
    Construction Number:17312
    Compressed ID:Boeing B-52D-80-BO sn 56-0629 USAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:Barksdale Global Power Museum, Barksdale AFB (north west side), Shreveport, Louisiana

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a B-52D-80-BO.

    12 November 1957

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 56-0629.

    13 November 1957

    To 28th Bomb Wing, Ellsworth AFB, SD.

    28 April 1964

    Transferred to 91st Bomb Wing, Glasgow AFB, MT.

    30 April 1965

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

    13 January 1966

    Transferred to 484th Bomb Wing, Turner AFB, GA.

    8 March 1966

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

    7 May 1966

    Transferred to 91st Bomb Wing, Glasgow AFB, MT.

    28 January 1968

    Transferred to 306th Bomb Wing, McCoy AFB, FL.

    29 January 1968

    Transferred to 509th Bomb Wing, Pease AFB, NH.

    7 January 1969

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

    11 July 1969

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

    24 March 1970

    Transferred to 306th Bomb Wing, McCoy AFB, FL.

    28 April 1970

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

    22 March 1972

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

    12 April 1972

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

    21 August 1972

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

    22 August 1972

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

    17 September 1972

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

    22 June 1973

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

    27 June 1973

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

    1 October 1973

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

    4 December 1973

    Transferred to 307th Strategic Wing, U-Tapao RTNB, Thailand.

    1 June 1974

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

    10 July 1974

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

    13 November 1974

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

    28 June 1977

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

    31 October 1982


    Photographer: Dan Stijovich
    Notes: The last B-52D to leave March AFB sits on the tarmac in Oct. 82

    Circa 8 November 1982

    Last flight.
    Flown from March AFB, CA, to Barksdale AFB, LA. This was the last B-52D to leave March.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Loaned to 2 BW/MU, Barksdale AFB, LA.

    By April 1992

    Placed on display with Eighth Air Force Museum, Barksdale AFB (north west side), Shreveport, LA.
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    By 20 October 2008


    Photographer: Denny Davis

    By 8 September 2012


    Photographer: Zane Adams

    Placed on display with Barksdale Global Power Museum, Barksdale AFB (north west side), Shreveport, LA.
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    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
     Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    Individual Contributors
     Mike Henniger
    Peter Nicholson
    Max Sabin
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