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    Airframe Family: Boeing B464 / B-52 Stratofortress
    Latest Model:B-52D-40-BW Stratofortress
    Last Military Serial:56-0695 USAF
    Construction Number:464066
    Compressed ID:Boeing B-52D-40-BW sn 56-0695 USAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:Charles B Hall Airpark, Tinker AFB (north side), Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a B-52D-40-BW by Boeing at Wichita, Kansas, USA.

    30 October 1957

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 56-0695.

    30 October 1957

    To Boeing, Wichita, KS.

    13 June 1958

    Transferred to Missile Development Center, Holloman AFB, NM.
    Was used in the testing of the GAM-72 (later ADM-20) Quail decoy missile.


    Photographer: USAF


    Photographer: USAF

    18 March 1961

    Transferred to 4141st Strategic Wing, Glasgow AFB, MT.

    1 February 1963

    Transferred to 91st Bomb Wing, Glasgow AFB, MT.

    21 July 1964

    Transferred to 461st Bomb Wing, Amarillo AFB, TX.

    12 July 1966

    Transferred to 92nd Strategic Aerospace Wing, Fairchild AFB, WA.

    30 November 1967

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

    13 December 1967

    Transferred to 92nd Strategic Aerospace Wing, Fairchild AFB, WA.

    16 December 1967

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

    17 December 1967

    Transferred to 92nd Strategic Aerospace Wing, Fairchild AFB, WA.

    25 December 1967

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

    19 March 1969

    Transferred to 92nd Strategic Aerospace Wing, Fairchild AFB, WA.

    30 April 1971

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

    6 June 1972

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

    28 February 1973

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

    11 October 1973

    Transferred to 307th Strategic Wing, U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield, Thailand.
    Flew combat missions over Vietnam.

    27 September 1974

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

    28 September 1974

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

    16 December 1974

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

    21 January 1975

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

    29 October 1979

    Transferred to 96th Bomb Wing, Dyess AFB, TX.

    4 December 1979

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

    10 April 1983

    Last flight.
    Flown for the final time from Carswell AFB to Tinker AFB, OK.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
    View the Location Dossier

    Loaned to 72 ABW/XPX, Tinker AFB, OK.

    By 1984

    To Charles B Hall Airpark, Tinker AFB (north side), Oklahoma City, OK.
    View the Location Dossier

    April 1998


    Photographer: Wayne Gomes
    Notes: Photographed at Tinker AFB.

    4 April 2009


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    4 April 2009


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    4 April 2009


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    12 July 2015


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     B-52 Stratofortress Units in Combat 1955-73 (Combat Aircraft) by Jon Lake
    The Stratofortress Catalog by Richard Serrano
    Internet Sources
     Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    Scramble of the Dutch Aviation Society
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
    Max Sabin
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