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    Airframe Family: Boeing B464 / B-52 Stratofortress
    Latest Model:B-52G-75-BW Stratofortress
    Last Military Serial:57-6468 USAF
    Construction Number:464173
    Compressed ID:Boeing B-52G-75-BW sn 57-6468 USAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:Zorinsky Memorial Air Park, Offutt AFB (north side), Omaha, Nebraska

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    Dates

    Event

    July 1958

    Constructed as a B-52G-75-BW by Boeing at Wichita, Kansas, USA.
    Rollout, first B-52G built

    Circa January 1959

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 57-6468.
    First B-52G delivered.

    13 February 1959

    Transferred to 5th Bombardment Wing, Travis AFB, CA.
    Operated with markings: Spirit of Solano County

    From By 1966 to After 1968

    Transferred to 20th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), 2nd Bombardment Wing (Heavy), Barksdale AFB, LA.
    Deployments to Vietnam 1966, 1967, May 1972-October 1973.

    By 1985

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

    3 March 1989

    Transferred to 320th Bombardment Wing, Mather AFB, CA.
    Operated with markings: Eldership

    10 July 1989

    Ferry flight.
    Flown to Offutt AFB and dropped from inventory.

    July 1989

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    July 1989

    Loaned to Strategic Air Command Museum, Offutt AFB, Omaha, NE.
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    Loaned to 55 WG/HO, Offutt AFB, NE.

    Placed on display with Zorinsky Memorial Air Park, Offutt AFB (north side), Omaha, NE.
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    28 April 2011


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    28 April 2011


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    28 April 2011


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
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