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    Airframe Family: Boeing B464 / B-52 Stratofortress
    Latest Model:B-52H-165-BW Stratofortress
    Last Military Serial:61-0007 USAF
    Construction Number:464434
    Compressed ID:Boeing B-52H-165-BW sn 61-0007 USAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:5th Bomb Wing, Minot AFB, ND

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a B-52H-165-BW by Boeing at Wichita, Kansas, USA.

    3 March 1963

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 61-0007.

    3 March 1963

    To 19th Bomb Wing, Homestead AFB, GA.

    26 August 1964

    Transferred to 450th Bomb Wing, Minot AFB, ND.

    2 January 1968

    Transferred to 5th Bomb Wing, Minot AFB, ND.

    15 October 1969

    Transferred to 379th Bomb Wing, Wurtsmith AFB, MI.

    15 July 1970

    Transferred to 5th Bomb Wing, Minot AFB, ND.

    7 February 1973

    Transferred to 319th Bomb Wing, Grand Forks AFB, ND.

    2 July 1974

    Transferred to 449th Bomb Wing, Kincheloe AFB, MI.

    8 March 1977

    Transferred to 410th Bomb Wing, K. I. Sawyer AFB, MI.

    6 November 1985

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

    30 January 1986

    Transferred to 92nd Bomb Wing, Fairchild AFB, WA.

    From 27 September 1991 to 13 November 2008

    Transferred to 23rd Bomb Squadron, 5th Bomb Wing, Minot AFB, ND.
    Operated with markings: Ghost Rider

    1996


    Photographer: John Winter via Fargo Air Museum
    Notes: Photo taken during a fly-by during the 1996 Grand Forks AFB, airshow.

    From 13 November 2008 to 15 February 2015

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number BC489.

    15 February 2015

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 61-0007.
    Re-instated to replace 60-0049 which was damaged beyond repair.

    After 15 February 2015

    Transferred to 5th Bomb Wing, Minot AFB, ND.

    29 July 2017


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: at 2017 AirVenture at Oshkosh
    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
     United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
    Max Sabin
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