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    Airframe Family: Boeing B464 / B-52 Stratofortress
    Latest Model:B-52G-95-BW Stratofortress
    Last Military Serial:58-0185 USAF
    Construction Number:464253
    Compressed ID:Boeing B-52G-95-BW sn 58-0185 USAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:Air Force Armament Museum, Eglin AFB, Valparaiso, Florida

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    Dates

    Event

    1959

    Constructed as a B-52G-95-BW by Boeing at Wichita, Kansas, USA.

    1959

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 58-0185.

    September 1959

    Transferred to 4135th Strategic Wing, SAC, Eglin AFB, FL.

    By January 1987

    Transferred to 97th Bombardment Wing, Blytheville (later Eaker) AFB, AR.

    By 1991

    Transferred to 2nd Bomb Wing, 596th Bomb Squadron, Barksdale AFB, LA.
    Operated with markings: El Lobo II

    16 January 1991

    Flew operation Secret Squirrel with six other B-52Gs, round trip from Barksdale AFB to fire AGM-86C cruise missiles first night of Desert Storm.

    1991

    Ferry flight. Delivered to Eglin AFB, FL.

    1991

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Loaned to 96 ABW/MU, Eglin AFB, FL.

    By November 1991

    To Air Force Armament Museum, Eglin AFB, Valparaiso, FL.
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    Circa 2003


    Photographer: Ken Videan
    Notes: At Valparaiso, Eglin AFB.

    12 September 2003


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    12 September 2003


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    January 2014


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Military Aircraft Serials of North America by S. Mitchell and A Eastwood
    Internet Sources
     National Museum of the United States Air Force
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
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