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    Airframe Family: Boeing B464 / B-52 Stratofortress
    Latest Model:GB-52F Stratofortress
    Last Military Serial:57-0048 USAF
    Construction Number:17442
    Compressed ID:Boeing GB-52F sn 57-0048 USAF cn 17...
    Latest Owner or Location:Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum, Pueblo Memorial Airport, Pueblo, Colorado

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a B-52F-105-BO by Boeing at Seattle, Washington, USA.

    8 October 1958

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 57-0048.

    10 October 1958

    To 7th Bomb Wing, Carswell AFB, TX.

    24 May 1962

    Transferred to 4238th Strategic Wing, Barksdale AFB, LA.

    31 July 1962

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

    12 February 1965

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

    2 April 1965

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

    1 December 1965

    Transferred to 454th Bomb Wing, Andersen AFB, Guam.

    6 April 1966

    Base of operations changed.
    Columbus AFB, MS.

    31 May 1966

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

    2 August 1966

    Transferred to 454th Bomb Wing, Columbus AFB, MS.

    8 July 1968

    Transferred to 93rd Bomb Wing, Castle AFB, CA.

    1 May 1970

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

    13 May 1970

    Transferred to 93rd Bomb Wing, Castle AFB, CA.

    8 August 1974

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

    31 August 1978

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number BC225.

    6 March 1980

    Redesignated as GB-52F.

    6 March 1980

    To Lowry AFB Technical Training Center.

    March 1994

    Scrapped.
    Cut up in March 1994 at Lowry AFB just before the base closed. Only the nose section was saved.

    2005

    To J. W. Duff Aircraft Salvage, Stapleton International Airport (formerly), Denver, CO.
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    13 August 2007


    Photographer: Simon Wallwork
    Notes: The old Denver airport, Stapleton is located in the city. It had closed and everything was being re-developed in 2007. This GB-52F was abandoned nearby. 57-048 was last noted here in 2015.

    By August 2023

    To Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum, Pueblo Memorial Airport, Pueblo, CO.
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     The Stratofortress Catalog by Richard Serrano
    Internet Sources
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    U.S. Demobbed by Horrex, Ray, Boulanger, Dunn, McGhee and Wood
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
    Mike Henniger
    Max Sabin
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