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    Airframe Family: Boeing B464 / B-52 Stratofortress
    Latest Model:B-52D-40-BW Stratofortress
    Last Military Serial:56-0685 USAF
    Construction Number:464056
    Compressed ID:Boeing B-52D-40-BW sn 56-0685 USAF...
    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-52D-40-BW by Boeing at Wichita, Kansas, USA.

    30 September 1957

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 56-0685.

    1 October 1957

    Transferred to 28th Bomb Wing (SAC), Ellsworth AFB, SD.

    21 February 1960

    Transferred to 4128th Strategic Wing (SAC), Amarillo AFB, TX.

    30 April 1960

    Transferred to San Antonio Air Material Area, Kelly AFB, TX.

    26 July 1960

    Transferred to 4128th Strategic Wing (SAC), Amarillo AFB, TX.

    30 March 1961

    Transferred to 95th Bomb Wing (SAC), Biggs AFB, TX.

    21 April 1961

    Transferred to 4128th Strategic Wing (SAC), Amarillo AFB, TX.

    18 October 1961

    Transferred to 95th Bomb Wing (SAC), Biggs AFB, TX.

    28 October 1961

    Transferred to 4128th Strategic Wing (SAC), Amarillo AFB, TX.

    7 February 1966

    Transferred to 461st Bomb Wing (SAC), Amarillo AFB, TX.

    9 June 1966

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

    19 May 1967

    Transferred to 454th Bomb Wing (SAC), Columbus AFB, MS.

    7 December 1967

    Transferred to 461st Bomb Wing (SAC), Amarillo AFB, TX.

    5 February 1969

    Transferred to 70th Bomb Wing (SAC), Clinton-Sherman AFB, AR.

    19 September 1969

    Transferred to 7th Bomb Wing (SAC), Carswell AFB, TX.

    24 June 1970

    Transferred to 93rd Bomb Wing (SAC), Castle AFB, CA.

    20 September 1970

    Transferred to 7th Bomb Wing (SAC), Carswell AFB, TX.

    8 August 1972

    Transferred to 93rd Bomb Wing (SAC), Castle AFB, CA.

    25 August 1972

    Transferred to 7th Bomb Wing (SAC), Carswell AFB, TX.

    1 October 1973

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

    15 February 1974

    Transferred to 307th Strategic Wing, U-Tapao RTNB, Thailand.

    17 May 1974

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

    19 July 1974

    Transferred to 96th Bomb Wing (SAC), Dyess AFB, TX.

    14 September 1982

    Permanently withdrawn from use.

    After 14 September 1982

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    By November 1987

    Loaned to 7 BW/CVM, Dyess AFB, TX.

    Placed on display with Linear Air Park/Texas Museum of Military History, Dyess AFB, Abilene, TX.
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    October 2000


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Dyess AFB Linear Air Park, TX.

    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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    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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