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Constructed as a B-52D-30-BW by Boeing at Wichita, Kansas, USA. |
5 July 1957 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 56-0657. |
July 1957 |
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Transferred to 28th Bombardment Wing (Heavy) (Strategic Air Command), Ellsworth AFB, SD. |
July 1957 |
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Was the first of the type to land at Ellsworth AFB, SD. |
February 1960 |
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Transferred to 4128th Strategic Wing (SAC), Amarillo AFB, TX. |
March 1962 |
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Transferred to Oklahoma City Air Logistics Area, Tinker AFB, OK. |
September 1962 |
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Transferred to 28th Bombardment Wing (H) (SAC), Ellsworth AFB, SD. |
March 1966 |
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Transferred to 509th Bombardment Wing (H) (SAC), Pease AFB, NH. |
May 1967 |
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Transferred to 454th Bombardment Wing (H) (SAC), Columbus AFB, MS. |
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Deployments to U Tapao RTAFB Thailand and Andersen AFB, Guam for combat over Vietnam. |
December 1967 |
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Transferred to 99th Bombardment Wing (H) (SAC), Westover AFB, MA. |
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Deployments to Andersen AFB, Guam, and U Tapao RTAFB for combat over Vietnam. |
April 1969 |
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Transferred to 509th Bombardment Wing (H) (SAC), U Tapao RTAFB.
Flew combat missions over Vietnam. |
October 1969 |
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Transferred to 96th Strategic Wing (SAC), Dyess AFB, TX. |
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Deployments to U Tapao RTAFB and Andersen AFB, Guam for combat over Vietnam. |
October 1973 |
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Transferred to 43rd Strategic Wing (SAC), Andersen AFB, Guam.
Flew combat missions over Vietnam. |
April 1974 |
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Transferred to 7th Bombardment Wing (H) (SAC), Carswell AFB, TX. |
March 1975 |
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Transferred to 96th Bombardment Wing (H) (SAC), Dyess AFB, TX. |
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Deployment to Andersen AFB, Guam for combat missions over Vietnam. |
August 1979 |
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Transferred to 43rd Strategic Wing (SAC), Andersen AFB, Guam. |
December 1980 |
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Transferred to 96th Bombardment Wing (H) (SAC), Dyess AFB. TX. |
August 1982 |
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Transferred to 7th Bombardment Wing (H) (SAC), Carswell AFB, TX. |
August 1983 |
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Transferred to 28th Bombardment Wing (H) (SAC), Ellsworth AFB, SD. |
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To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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Loaned to 28 BW/MU, Ellsworth AFB, SD. |
By April 1987 |
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Placed on display with South Dakota Air and Space Museum, Ellsworth AFB, Rapid City, SD.
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June 1992 |
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Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Air Force. |
14 September 1997 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield |
1 August 2006 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield |
June 2014 |
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Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla |
June 2014 |
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Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla |
June 2014 |
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Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla |
31 July 2016 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield |
31 July 2016 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield |
1 July 2020 |
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Photographer: Kenneth W Deatrick Jr |
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