Boeing B-52D Stratofortress 56-0689
Boeing B-52D Stratofortress 56-0689 (msn 464060) at the Imperial War Museum Duxford. before construction of the American Air Museum building. History: 11 October 1957- Manufactured by Boeing at Wichita, Kansas, delivered to the USAF and assigned to 28th Bomb Wing (Strategic Air Command) at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota December 1959- To San Antonio Air Materiel Area, Kelly Air Force Base, Texas February 1960- To 4128th Strategic Wing (SAC), Amarillo Air Force Base, Texas August 1960-June 1961- Undertook deployments to 96th Bomb Wing (SAC), Biggs Air Force Base, Texas April 1964- To San Antonio Air Materiel Area, Texas June 1964- To 494th Bomb Wing (SAC) Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas March 1966- To San Antonio Air Materiel Area, Texas April 1966- To 509th Bomb Wing (SAC), Pease Air Force Base, New Hampshire May 1966- To Douglas Aircraft Companny, Tulsa, Oklahoma July 1966- To 91st Bomb Wing (SAC), Glasgow Air Force Base, Montana September 1966- Deployed to Andersen Air Base, Guam March 1967- Returned to Glasgow AFB July 1967- To 99th Bomb Wing (SAC), Westover Air Force Base, Massachusetts September 1967- January 1968- Periodic deployments to Andersen Air Base, Guam, U-Tapao Royal Thai Air Force Base (RTAFB), and March Air Force Base, California February 1968- To San Antonio Air Materiel Area, Texas April 1968- To 306th Bomb Wing (SAC), McCoy Air Force Base, Florida June 1968-September 1972- Periodic deployments to Andersen AB, Guam and U-Tapao RTAFB October 1972- To 96th Bomb Wing (SAC), Dyess Air Force Base, Texas November 1972- To 7th Bomb Wing (SAC), Carswell Air Force Base, Texas December 1972- To 99th Bomb Wing (SAC), Andersen Air Base, Guam July 1973- To 7th Bomb Wing (SAC), Carswell AFB, Texas September 1974- To 307th Strategic Wing (SAC), U-Tapao RTAFB February 1975- To 43rd Strategic Wing (SAC), Andersen Air Base, Guam March 1975- To 7th Bomb Wing (SAC), Carswell AFB, Texas February 1977- To 96th Bomb Wing (SAC), Dyess AFB, Texas June 1978- To 43rd Strategic Wing (SAC), Andersen Air Base, Guam July 1979- To 96th Bomb Wing (SAC), Dyess AFB, Texas 1-25 September 1981- Temporary duty to RAF Marham October 1982- To 7th Bomb Wing (SAC), Carswell AFB, Texas October 1983- To 306th Strategic Wing (SAC), RAF Mildenhall, UK 8 October 1983- Delivered by air to IWM Duxford, completing the shortest runway landing by any B-52 Stratofortress. Later installed in the American Air Museum in September 1996
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