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    Airframe Family: Boeing B464 / B-52 Stratofortress
    Latest Model:B-52D-40-BW Stratofortress
    Last Military Serial:56-0683 USAF
    Construction Number:464054
    Compressed ID:Boeing B-52D-40-BW sn 56-0683 USAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:Whiteman AFB, Knob Noster, Missouri

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    Dates

    Event

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

    27 September 1957

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 56-0683.

    27 September 1957

    To 28th Bomb Wing, Ellsworth AFB, SD.

    8 January 1969

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

    12 March 1969

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

    13 March 1969

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

    26 March 1969

    Transferred to 92nd Bomb Wing, Castle AFB, CA.

    26 April 1969

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

    18 September 1969

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

    27 April 1970

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

    13 September 1971

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

    21 September 1971

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

    19 April 1972

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

    21 April 1972

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

    6 June 1972

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

    26 November 1972

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

    10 August 1973

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

    1 October 1973

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

    29 October 1973

    Transferred to 22nd Bomb Wing, March AFB, CA.

    4 April 1974

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

    15 March 1975

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

    25 April 1975

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

    25 April 1975

    Transferred to 22nd Bomb Wing, March AFB, CA.

    26 April 1975

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

    26 January 1977

    Transferred to 22nd Bomb Wing, March AFB, CA.

    24 March 1978

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

    29 August 1983

    Withdrawn from use.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    From After 29 August 1983 to 1992

    Placed on display with Pease AFB (formerly), Portsmouth, NH.
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    Loaned to 509 BW/HPC, Whiteman AFB, MO.

    Placed on display with Whiteman AFB, Knob Noster, MO.
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    Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...

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    The Stratofortress Catalog by Richard Serrano

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    Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    National Museum of the United States Air Force

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    Mike Henniger
    Max Sabin

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