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    Airframe Family: Rockwell B-1 Lancer
    Latest Model:B-1B-II Lancer
    Last Military Serial:83-0065 USAF
    Construction Number:2
    Compressed ID:Rockwell B-1B-II sn 83-0065 USAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Dyess Memorial Museum and Dyess Linear Air Park, Dyess AFB, Abilene, Texas

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a B-1B-II.
    First operational B-1B Lancer.

    7 July 1985

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 83-0065.

    7 July 1985

    To 96th Bombardment Group, Heavy, Strategic Air Command, Dyess AFB, TX.
    Markings added: The Star of Abilene

    By June 1997

    Transferred to 9th BS, 7th Weapons Group, Dyess AFB, TX.
    Operated with markings: DY, 7th WG, The Star of Abilene

    1 March 2003

    Last flight.

    After 1 March 2003

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Loaned to 7 BW/CVM, Dyess AFB, TX.

    To Linear Air Park/Texas Museum of Military History, Dyess AFB, Abilene, TX.
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    To Dyess AFB Airpark, Dyess AFB, Abilene, TX.
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    To Dyess Memorial Museum and Dyess Linear Air Park, Dyess AFB, Abilene, TX.
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    11 August 2022


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