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    Airframe Family: Boeing B377 / C-97 Stratofreighter
    Latest Model:KC-97G-29-BO Stratofreighter
    Last Military Serial:53-0282 USAF
    Construction Number:17064
    Compressed ID:Boeing KC-97G-29-BO sn 53-0282 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 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 53-0282.

    21 December 1965

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC).

    By October 1970

    Transferred to 160th ARG, Ohio ANG, Clinton County Air Force Base, OH.
    Later Lockbourne AFB, OH.

    Transferred to 181st ARS, 136th ARW, Texas ANG, Naval Air Station Dallas, TX.
    Operated with markings: TEXAS AIR GUARD

    By June 1980

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG).

    By 1987

    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.

    By November 1987

    Placed on display with Linear Air Park/Texas Museum of Military History, Dyess AFB, Abilene, TX.
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    October 1990


    Photographer: Jacqueline Fischer
    Notes: Dyess AFB, TX

    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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