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    Airframe Family: Boeing B464 / B-52 Stratofortress
    Latest Model:B-52E-95-BO Stratofortress
    Last Military Serial:57-0026 USAF
    Construction Number:17420
    Compressed ID:Boeing B-52E-95-BO sn 57-0026 USAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC)

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a B-52E-95-BO by Boeing at Seattle, Washington, USA.

    31 May 1958

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 57-0026.

    31 May 1958

    To 11th Bomb Wing, Altus AFB, OK.

    20 June 1960

    Transferred to 4043rd Strategic Wing, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.

    1 February 1963

    Transferred to 17th Bomb Wing, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.
    Unit designation change.

    15 May 1965


    Photographer: Unknown
    Notes: Photo taken at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. Note the AGM-28 Hound Dog cruise missile on the right wing.

    13 October 1966

    Transferred to 6th Strategic Air Wing, Walker AFB, NM.

    27 October 1966

    Transferred to 17th Bomb Wing, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.

    24 July 1968

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

    9 May 1969

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

    18 June 1969

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

    26 June 1969

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number BC094.

    18 October 1972

    Declared surplus.

    18 June 1984

    Scrapped.
    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
    Internet Sources
     The AMARC Experience
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Max Sabin
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