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    Airframe Family: Boeing B464 / B-52 Stratofortress
    Latest Model:B-52H-175-BW Stratofortress
    Last Military Serial:61-0040 USAF
    Construction Number:464467
    Compressed ID:Boeing B-52H-175-BW sn 61-0040 USAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:23rd BS, 5th BW, Minot AFB, ND

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    Dates

    Event

    From Unknown to 22 June 1962

    Constructed as a B-52H-175-BW by Boeing at Wichita, Kansas, USA.
    744th and Last B-52 Built by Boeing. Factory rollout date included.

    26 October 1962

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 61-0040.

    26 October 1962

    To Boeing Production Facility, Wichita, KS.

    7 December 1962

    To 19th Bomb Wing, Homestead AFB, FL.

    30 April 1968

    Transferred to 2nd Bomb Wing, Barksdale AFB, LA.

    22 May 1968

    Transferred to 19th Bomb Wing, Homestead AFB, FL.

    By 21 February 1969

    Transferred to 17th Bomb Wing, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.

    29 May 1969

    Transferred to 99th Bomb Wing, Westover AFB, MA.

    7 June 1969

    Transferred to 17th Bomb Wing, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.

    25 April 1973

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

    11 March 1974

    Transferred to 17th Bomb Wing, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.
    Operated with markings: Spirit of KittyHawk

    November 1974


    Photographer: L.B. Sides

    22 July 1975

    Transferred to 5th Bomb Wing, Minot AFB, ND.

    14 July 1976

    Transferred to 410th Bomb Wing, K. I. Sawyer AFB, MI.

    27 January 1986

    Transferred to 92nd Bomb Wing, Fairchild AFB, WA.

    By June 1992

    Transferred to 92nd Wing, Fairchild AFB, WA.
    Operated with markings: Wonderful Baby

    From By August 1994 to After June 2015

    Transferred to 23rd BS, 5th BW, Minot AFB, ND.
    Operated with markings: Spirit of Minot, MT
    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
     United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Mike Lawson
    Max Sabin
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