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Constructed as a B-52G-125-BW by Boeing at Wichita, Kansas, USA. |
26 September 1960 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 59-2578. |
26 September 1960 |
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To 4126th Strategic Wing, Beale AFB, CA. |
28 December 1960 |
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Transferred to 5th Bomb Wing, Travis AFB, CA. |
31 January 1961 |
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Transferred to 4126th Strategic Wing, Beale AFB, CA. |
1 March 1961 |
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Transferred to 5th Bomb Wing, Travis AFB, CA. |
11 March 1961 |
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Transferred to 4126th Strategic Wing, Beale AFB, CA. |
3 June 1961 |
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Transferred to 5th Bomb Wing, Travis AFB, CA. |
19 June 1961 |
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Transferred to 4126th Strategic Wing, Beale AFB, CA. |
5 July 1961 |
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Transferred to 5th Bomb Wing, Travis AFB, CA. |
29 April 1964 |
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Transferred to 72nd Bomb Wing, Ramey AFB, PR. |
9 March 1967 |
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Transferred to 99th Bomb Wing, Westover AFB, MA. |
8 April 1967 |
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Transferred to 72nd Bomb Wing, Ramey AFB, PR. |
3 November 1967 |
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Transferred to 93rd Bomb Wing, Castle AFB, CA. |
20 November 1967 |
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Transferred to 72nd Bomb Wing, Ramey AFB, PR. |
3 August 1971 |
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Transferred to 28th Bomb Wing, Ellsworth AFB, SD. |
23 May 1972 |
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Transferred to 43rd Strategic Wing, Andersen AFB, Guam.
Flew missions during Operation Linebacker II. |
10 April 1973 |
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Transferred to 68th Bomb Wing, Seymour-Johnson AFB, NC. |
28 June 1973 |
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Transferred to 456th Strategic Air Wing, Beale AFB, CA. |
23 July 1973 |
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Transferred to 68th Bomb Wing, Seymour-Johnson AFB, NC. |
28 February 1974 |
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Transferred to 19th Bomb Wing, Robins AFB, GA. |
28 March 1974 |
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Transferred to 68th Bomb Wing, Seymour-Johnson AFB, NC. |
23 May 1974 |
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Transferred to 19th Bomb Wing, Robins AFB, GA. |
29 May 1974 |
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Transferred to 68th Bomb Wing, Seymour-Johnson AFB, NC. |
4 March 1975 |
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Transferred to 28th Bomb Wing, Ellsworth AFB, SD. |
25 January 1977 |
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Transferred to 19th Bomb Wing, Robins AFB, GA. |
14 April 1981 |
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Transferred to 379th Bomb Wing, Wurtsmith AFB, MI. |
8 March 1983 |
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Transferred to 2nd Bomb Wing, Barksdale AFB, LA. |
27 January 1984 |
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Transferred to 97th Bomb Wing, Blytheville AFB, AR. |
13 July 1984 |
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Transferred to 320th Bomb Wing, Mather AFB, CA. |
6 September 1985 |
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Transferred to 43rd Bomb Wing, Andersen AFB, Guam. |
2 September 1986 |
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Transferred to 42nd Bomb Wing, Loring AFB, ME. |
From 1 May 1987 to 20 May 1987 |
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Transferred to RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire.
Deployed on a Busy Brewer detachment. |
10 October 1987 |
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Transferred to 43rd Bomb Wing, Andersen AFB, Guam. |
16 May 1988 |
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Transferred to 93rd Bomb Wing, Castle AFB, CA. |
9 November 1988 |
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Transferred to 42nd Bomb Wing, Loring AFB, ME. |
13 March 1990 |
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To Technical Training Center, Sheppard AFB, Wichita Falls, TX.
 View the Location Dossier |
13 March 1990 |
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Redesignated as GB-52G. |
November 1999 |
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Photographer: Tom Tessier
Notes: At Sheppard AFB, TX as GB-52G ground instruction airframe |
24 August 2010 |
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Scrapped. |
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Photographer: J, Douglas Scroggins III
Notes: The cockpit cut off, the B52G, 59-2578 was scrapped on Aug. 24, 2010 at Sheppard AFB, TX. |
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Photographer: J, Douglas Scroggins III
Notes: This B-52G, 59-2578 was scrapped by Scroggins Aviation / ARC on August 24, 2010. |
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Photographer: J, Douglas Scroggins III
Notes: Douglas Scroggins III shown here with the B52G, was contract by the Navy/AF to demo 59-2578, on Aug. 24, 2010 at Sheppard AFB, TX. |
