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    Airframe Family: Boeing B464 / B-52 Stratofortress
    Latest Model:B-52G-90-BW Stratofortress
    Last Military Serial:57-6504 USAF
    Construction Number:464209
    Compressed ID:Boeing B-52G-90-BW sn 57-6504 USAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio

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    Dates

    Event

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

    June 1959

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 57-6504.

    4 June 1959

    To 5th Bomb Wing, Travis AFB, CA.

    12 June 1959

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

    5 March 1964

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

    7 February 1966

    Transferred to 72nd Bomb Wing, Ramey AFB, PR.

    18 May 1971

    Transferred to 28th Bomb Wing, Ellsworth AFB, SD.

    23 February 1972

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

    30 May 1972

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

    6 February 1974

    Transferred to 28th Bomb Wing, Ellsworth AFB, SD.

    1 May 1974

    Transferred to 465th Bomb Wing, Robins AFB, GA.

    17 June 1974

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

    12 July 1974

    Transferred to 465th Bomb Wing, Robins AFB, GA.

    15 April 1976

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

    25 August 1983

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

    12 August 1984

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

    5 June 1989

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

    15 June 1990

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

    1 February 1991

    Transferred to 93rd Bomb Wing, Castle AFB, CA.
    Operated with markings: Snake Eyes
    Flew combat missions during Operation Desert Storm.

    22 March 1991

    Transferred to 2nd Bomb Wing, Barksdale AFB, LA.
    Retained Snake eyes noseart and 93rd BW markings.

    2 July 1991

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number BC372.

    After 2 July 1991


    Photographer: John Winter via Fargo Air Museum
    Notes: Photographed at AMARC.

    11 March 1999

    Scrapped.
    Although the airframe itself was scrapped, the noseart was saved by the NMUSAF.

    After March 1999

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
    Only the noseart remains here.
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     The Stratofortress Catalog by Richard Serrano
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    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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