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    Airframe Family: Boeing B464 / B-52 Stratofortress
    Latest Model:B-52G-105-BW Stratofortress
    Last Military Serial:58-0216 USAF
    Construction Number:464284
    Compressed ID:Boeing B-52G-105-BW sn 58-0216 USAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC)

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a B-52G-105-BW by Boeing at Wichita, Kansas, USA.

    22 December 1959

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 58-0216.

    22 December 1959

    To 42nd Bomb Wing, Loring AFB, ME.

    9 April 1963

    Transferred to 4241st Strategic Wing, Seymour-Johnson AFB, NC.

    9 September 1963

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

    6 December 1963

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

    12 November 1965

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

    25 December 1972

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

    3 January 1973

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

    5 January 1973

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

    20 July 1973

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

    20 June 1974

    Transferred to 28th BS (H), 19th BW, Robins AFB, GA.

    3 November 1974


    Photographer: R.R. Leader

    3 November 1974


    Photographer: R.R. Leader
    Notes: Photo taken at Robins AFB, GA

    26 October 1977

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

    26 January 1982

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

    14 June 1982

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

    18 June 1984

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

    3 September 1985

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

    20 November 1990

    Transferred to 379th Bomb Wing, Wurtsmith AFB, MI.

    5 January 1991

    Transferred to 4300th Bomb Wing (Provencial), Diego Garcia, Indian Ocean.
    Operated with markings: Thunder Struck
    Flew 21 missions during Operation Desert Storm.

    12 March 1991

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

    8 March 1994

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number BC472.

    July 2013

    Scrapped.
    Aircraft was destroyed in accordance with the 1991 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START).
    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
     Max Sabin
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