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    Airframe Family: Boeing B464 / B-52 Stratofortress
    Latest Model:B-52H-165-BW Stratofortress
    Last Military Serial:61-0009 USAF
    Construction Number:464436
    Compressed ID:Boeing B-52H-165-BW sn 61-0009 USAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:Tinker AFB, OK

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a B-52H-165-BW by Boeing at Wichita, Kansas, USA.

    15 March 1962

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 61-0009.

    20 March 1962

    To 19th Bomb Wing, Homestead AFB, FL.

    22 July 1968

    Transferred to 17th Bomb Wing, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.

    10 March 1969

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

    18 March 1969

    Transferred to 17th Bomb Wing, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.

    21 August 1973

    Transferred to 644th BS, 410th BW, K. I. Sawyer AFB, MI.
    Operated with markings: Great Eagle of the North

    December 1974


    Photographer: L.B. Sides

    11 October 1977

    Transferred to 5th Bomb Wing, Minot AFB, ND.

    18 March 1982

    Transferred to 46th BS, 319th Bomb Wing, Grand Forks AFB, ND.

    16 June 1982

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

    21 December 1984

    Transferred to 410th Bomb Wing, K. I. Sawyer AFB, MI.

    2 June 1986

    Transferred to 92nd Bomb Wing, Fairchild AFB, WA.
    Operated with markings: Albatross

    1 September 1991

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

    By September 2008

    Transferred to 96th BS, 2nd Bomb Wing, Barksdale AFB, LA.
    Operated with markings: LA, Damage Inc. II

    From 28 September 2008 to July 2021

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number BC0487.

    To Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, AZ.
    Wings, fuselage and horizontal stabilizer were removed.
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    4 January 2022

    Fuselage of the B-52 began its trip to the Boeing facility in Oklahoma City (OK), where it will become the test bed for research and modernisation for the B-52 fleet. The left wing and fuselage will serve as an integration model. The right wing and horizontal stabilizer of the bomber will be transported to McFarland Research and Development in Wichita (KS) to support structural integrity research for the B-52H Aircraft Structural Integrity Programme (ASIP). Fuselage transported by road from Arizona to Boeing facility near Tinker AFB, OK.

    22 January 2022

    To Tinker AFB, OK.
    The fuselage arrived at the Boeing facility near Tinker Air Force Base on January 22, 2022 where it will be reassembled with the left wing. The aircraft will then serve as an integration model to test how well new technologies and current and future modifications will integrate with B-52 aircraft.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     The Stratofortress Catalog by Richard Serrano
    Internet Sources
     United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Mike Lawson
    Max Sabin
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