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    Airframe Family: Boeing B464 / B-52 Stratofortress
    Latest Model:B-52H-155-BW Stratofortress
    Last Military Serial:60-0054 USAF
    Construction Number:464419
    Compressed ID:Boeing B-52H-155-BW sn 60-0054 USAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:20th BS, 2nd BW, Barksdale Air Force Base, LA

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a B-52H-155-BW by Boeing at Wichita, Kansas, USA.

    6 December 1961

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 60-0054.

    31 July 1962

    To 93rd BS, 4239th SW, Kincheloe AFB, MI.

    Circa February 1963

    Transferred to 716th BS, 449th BW, Kincheloe AFB, MI.

    1 December 1967

    Transferred to 93rd BW, Castle AFB, CA.

    14 December 1967

    Transferred to 449th BW, Kincheloe AFB, MI.

    21 May 1969

    Transferred to 99th BW, Westover AFB, MA.

    12 June 1969

    Transferred to 449th BW, Kincheloe AFB, MI.

    16 May 1974

    Transferred to 46th BS, 319th BW, Grand Forks AFB, ND.

    17 February 1982

    Transferred to 28th BW, Ellsworth AFB, SD.

    12 November 1982

    Transferred to 5th BW, Minot AFB, ND.

    22 April 1987

    Transferred to 7th BW, Carswell AFB, TX.

    15 March 1990

    Transferred to 92nd BW, Fairchild AFB, WA.

    1 October 1990

    Transferred to 5th BW, Minot AFB, ND.

    By October 1994

    Transferred to 20th Bomb Squadron, 2D Operations Group, Barksdale Air Force Base, LA.
    Operated with markings: LA

    October 1994


    Photographer: Ken Buchanan Collection
    Notes: 20th Bomb Squadron, 2d Operations Group

    October 1994


    Photographer: Ken Buchanan Collection

    9 August 1995

    Involved in an incident.
    Two engines fell off of the B-52H during a routine flight from Barksdale AFB, Louisiana. The aircraft landed safely without any further damage.

    From By March 2012 to After March 2019

    Transferred to 20th BS, 2nd BW, Barksdale Air Force Base, LA.
    Operated with markings: Mud Buff
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     The Stratofortress Catalog by Richard Serrano
    Internet Sources
     AB Pic
    Aviation Safety Network
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Max Sabin
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