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Constructed as a B-52H-145-BW by Boeing at Wichita, Kansas, USA. |
3 August 1961 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 60-0024. |
4 August 1961 |
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Transferred to 4042nd Strategic Wing, K. I. Sawyer AFB, MI. |
31 July 1962 |
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Transferred to 4239th Bomb Wing, Kincheloe AFB, MI. |
31 July 1962 |
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Transferred to 4042nd Strategic Wing, K. I. Sawyer AFB, MI. |
12 October 1962 |
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Transferred to 462nd Bomb Wing, Larson AFB, WA. |
13 November 1962 |
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Transferred to 4042nd Strategic Wing, K. I. Sawyer AFB, MI. |
31 January 1963 |
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Transferred to 449th Bomb Wing, Kincheloe AFB, MI. |
16 May 1963 |
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Transferred to 4042nd Strategic Wing, K. I. Sawyer AFB, MI. |
4 May 1964 |
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Transferred to 449th Bomb Wing, Kincheloe AFB, MI. |
1 December 1964 |
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Transferred to 410th Bomb Wing, K. I. Sawyer AFB, MI. |
29 January 1969 |
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Transferred to 99th Bomb Wing, Westover AFB, MA. |
5 February 1969 |
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Transferred to 410th Bomb Wing, K. I. Sawyer AFB, MI. |
By December 1971 |
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Markings Applied: Snow Bird |
By December 1971 |
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Participated in the 1971 Strategic Air Command Bomb and Navigation competition at McCoy AFB, FL. |
Circa December 1971 |
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Photographer: Ken Buchanan Collection
Notes: Photo taken at McCoy AFB, FL, during the SAC Bomb and Nav. Comp. |
Circa December 1971 |
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Photographer: Ken Buchanan Collection |
10 October 1972 |
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Transferred to 319th Bomb Wing, Grand Forks AFB, ND. |
8 May 1973 |
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Transferred to 17th Bomb Wing, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH. |
30 September 1975 |
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Transferred to 93rd Bomb Wing, Castle AFB, CA. |
19 September 1976 |
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Transferred to 410th Bomb Wing, K. I. Sawyer AFB, MI. |
14 January 1977 |
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Transferred to 93rd Bomb Wing, Castle AFB, CA. |
19 September 1977 |
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Transferred to 5th Bomb Wing, Minot AFB, ND. |
22 September 1977 |
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Transferred to 93rd Bomb Wing, Castle AFB, CA. |
9 November 1979 |
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Transferred to 28th Bomb Wing, Ellsworth AFB, SD. |
By 5 May 1982 |
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Transferred to 7th Bomb Wing, Carswell AFB, TX. |
From Circa 1983 to Circa 1992 |
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Modified with atmospheric sampling pods code-named Giant Fish in the early 1980s. Discontinued early 1990s. |
20 January 1987 |
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Transferred to 410th Bomb Wing, K. I. Sawyer AFB, MI. |
11 October 1988 |
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Transferred to 7th Bomb Wing, Carswell AFB, TX. |
13 July 1990 |
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Transferred to 92nd Bomb Wing, Fairchild AFB, WA. |
20 February 1991 |
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Transferred to 5th Bomb Wing, Minot AFB, ND.
Operated with markings: MT |
30 August 1991 |
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Transferred to 668 Bomb Squadron, 416th Bomb Wing, Griffiss AFB, NY.
Operated with markings: Ill Be Seeing You, GR |
Circa December 1994 |
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Transferred to 72nd Bomb Squadron, 5th Bomb Wing, Minot AFB, ND. |
By 2010 |
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Transferred to 20th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Wing, Barksdale AFB, LA.
Operated with markings: LA |
21 June 2011 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
Notes: Flying over Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, IA, during services for a WWII B-17 crewman whose remains had been found in Hungary and returned to the USA. |
21 June 2011 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
Notes: Flying over Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, IA, during services for a WWII B-17 crewman whose remains had been found in Hungary and returned to the USA. |
