Dates

Event

Constructed as a B-52G-85-BW by Boeing at Wichita, Kansas, USA.

4 May 1959

Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 57-6498.

4 May 1959

To 5th Bomb Wing, Travis AFB, CA.

27 June 1962

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

12 July 1972

Transferred to 456th Strategic Aerospace Wing, Beale AFB, CA.

27 February 1974

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

31 January 1976

Transferred to 68th Bomb Wing, Seymour-Johnson AFB, NC.

5 February 1976

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

12 August 1977

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

27 April 1979

Transferred to Air Force Flight Test Center (AFFTCE), Edwards AFB, CA.

By March 1981

Photographer: Unknown

5 August 1982

Transferred to 416th Bomb Wing, Griffiss AFB, NY.
Operated with markings: Invisible Stalker

4 February 1991

Transferred to 806th Bomb Wing (Provisional), RAF Fairford, England.
Operated with markings: Ace in the Hole
Wore 416th BW markings for Operation Desert Storm.

8 March 1991

Transferred to 416th Bomb Wing, Griffiss AFB, NY.
Operated with markings: Ace in the Hole

22 July 1991

Transferred to 2nd Bomb Wing, Barksdale AFB, LA.
Operated with markings: Ace in the Hole
Marked with ten Desert Storm mission symbols.

3 November 1992

Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number BC426.

To National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
Only the noseart survives here. It is part of the Brute Force: B-52 Nose Art from DESERT STORM exhibit.
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