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    Airframe Family: Boeing B464 / B-52 Stratofortress
    Latest Model:B-52D-70-BO Stratofortress
    Last Military Serial:56-0585 USAF
    Construction Number:17268
    Latest Owner or Location:Air Force Flight Test Center Museum, Edwards AFB, Palmdale, California

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a B-52D-70-BO by Boeing at Seattle, Washington, USA.

    Circa 1956

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 56-0585.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Loaned to 95 ABW/MU, Edwards AFB, CA.

    December 1983

    Placed on display with Air Force Flight Test Center Museum, Edwards AFB, Palmdale, CA.
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    September 1996

    8 October 2010


    Photographer: Mike Hill
    Notes: 2010 photo - Preserved at Edwards AFB, California

    12 March 2014

    27 October 2016


    Photographer: 412 TW PAO
    Notes: Picture by USAF - 412 TW PAO

    27 October 2016

    Scrapped.
    On this aircraft was scrapped due to corrosion and deemed beyond preservation. Source: 412 TW PAO, Edwards AFB.


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    John Bennett
    Mike Henniger
    Robert Nispeling

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