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    Airframe Family: Boeing B464 / B-52 Stratofortress
    Latest Model:B-52D-55-BO Stratofortress
    Last Military Serial:55-0085 USAF
    Construction Number:17201
    Compressed ID:Boeing B-52D-55-BO sn 55-0085 USAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:Museum of Aviation, Warner Robins, Macon, Georgia

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a B-52D-55-BO by Boeing at Seattle, Washington, USA.

    Circa 1955

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 55-0085.

    By 1968

    To Anderson AFB, Guam.
    Flew combat missions during Operation Arc Light.

    By December 1971

    Transferred to 346th BS, 99th BW, Westover AFB, MA.

    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 1971 SAC Bomb and Nav Competition.

    1972

    Flew combat missions during Operation Linebacker II.

    By August 1983

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

    25 August 1983

    Last flight.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Loaned to WR-ALC/MU, Robins AFB, GA.

    To Museum of Aviation, Warner Robins, Macon, GA.
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    12 March 1990


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    July 1990


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    12 August 2012


    Photographer: Jerry Frost
    Notes: Photo taken in HDR and tonemaped for artistic value.

    January 2014


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla

    January 2014


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla
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