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    Airframe Family: Boeing B377 / C-97 Stratofreighter
    Latest Model:KC-97L Stratofreighter
    Last Military Serial:53-0360 USAF
    Construction Number:17142
    Compressed ID:Boeing KC-97L sn 53-0360 USAF cn 17...
    Latest Owner or Location:Malmstrom AFB Museum and Air Park, Malmstrom AFB, Great Falls, Montana

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a KC-97G-29-BO by Boeing at Seattle, Washington, USA.

    Circa 1953

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 53-0360.

    To 9th Aerial Refueling Squadron, Mountain Home Air Force Base, ID.

    Converted to a KC-97L.

    October 1975

    Transferred to 181th Air Refuelling Squadron/136th Air Refuelling Wing, Dallas NAS, TX.

    17 September 1976

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number CH572.

    By 1980

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    8 July 1980

    Last flight.
    Flew into Malmstrom for the final flight.

    Loaned to 341 SW/MU, Malmstrom AFB, MT.

    26 August 1980

    Placed on display with Malmstrom AFB Museum, Malmstrom AFB, Great Falls, MT.
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    Markings Applied: City of Great Falls, 52-2638
    Displayed as a KC-97G that was assigned to the 97th ARS at Malmstrom and was destroyed in a fire after rolling off the runway.

    25 July 2022


    Photographer: Max Sabin

    25 July 2022


    Photographer: Max Sabin
    Notes: 0360 was undergoing a cosmetic restoration during my visit on the date provided.

    25 July 2022


    Photographer: Max Sabin
    Notes: Nose-art and restoration work.

    To Malmstrom AFB Museum and Air Park, Malmstrom AFB, Great Falls, MT.
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