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    Airframe Family: Boeing B464 / B-52 Stratofortress
    Latest Model:B-52G-90-BW Stratofortress
    Last Military Serial:57-6509 USAF
    Construction Number:464214
    Compressed ID:Boeing B-52G-90-BW sn 57-6509 USAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:Barksdale Global Power Museum, Barksdale AFB (north west side), Shreveport, Louisiana

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a B-52G-90-BW by Boeing at Wichita, Kansas, USA.

    27 May 1959

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 57-6509.

    2 June 1959

    To 5th Bomb Wing, Travis AFB, CA.

    15 November 1961

    Transferred to 42nd Bomb Wing, Loring AFB, ME.

    12 March 1963

    Transferred to 39th Bomb Wing, Eglin AFB, FL.

    29 February 1964

    Transferred to 99th Bomb Wing, Westover AFB, MA.

    11 March 1964

    Transferred to 39th Bomb Wing, Eglin AFB, FL.

    23 June 1965

    Transferred to 2nd Bomb Wing, Barksdale AFB, LA.

    15 November 1968

    To 99th Bomb Wing, Westover AFB, MA.

    14 December 1968

    Transferred to 2nd Bomb Wing, Barksdale AFB, LA.

    By December 1971

    Transferred to 596th BS, 2nd Bomb Wing, Barksdale AFB, LA.
    Operated with markings: Queen Andrea Hart, Holiday in Dixie, Shreveport, LA

    December 1971

    Participated in the 1971 Strategic Air Command Bomb and Navigation Competition at McCoy AFB, FL.

    Circa December 1971


    Photographer: Ken Buchanan Collection
    Notes: Photo taken at McCoy AFB, Fl, during the SAC Bomb and Nav Competition.

    Circa December 1971


    Photographer: Ken Buchanan Collection

    Circa December 1971


    Photographer: Ken Buchanan Collection

    31 May 1972

    Transferred to 320th Bomb Wing, Mather AFB, CA.

    8 June 1972

    Transferred to 43rd Strategic Wing, Andersen AFB, Guam.

    26 October 1973

    Transferred to 2nd Bomb Wing, Barksdale AFB, LA.

    18 April 1975

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

    24 January 1979

    Transferred to 97th Bomb Wing, Blytheville AFB, AR.

    17 June 1983

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

    30 September 1986

    Transferred to 416th Bomb Wing, Griffiss AFB, NY.

    2 November 1987

    Transferred to 2nd Bomb Wing, Barksdale AFB, LA.

    17 January 1991

    Transferred to 801st Bomb Wing (Provisional), Moron AB, Spain.

    20 January 1991

    Transferred to 170th Bomb Wing (Provisional), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

    8 March 1991

    Transferred to 2nd Bomb Wing, Barksdale AFB, LA.
    Operated with markings: Nine-o-Nine II

    By June 1992

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Loaned to 2 BW/MU, Barksdale AFB, LA.

    After 14 June 1992

    Placed on display with Eighth Air Force Museum, Barksdale AFB (north west side), Shreveport, LA.
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    By 8 September 2012


    Photographer: Zane Adams

    Placed on display with Barksdale Global Power Museum, Barksdale AFB (north west side), Shreveport, LA.
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    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
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2007 by Andy Marden

    Internet Sources
    Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Flickr
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher

    Individual Contributors
    Mike Henniger
    Max Sabin

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