Delivered to the USAF as 53-3537 in 1955. Stored at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ in 1974. Sold to Hamilton Aviation as N1021B in 1979. To General Aviation in 1980 and converted to a freighter. Reregistered as N450GA in 1984. To Kitty Hawk Airways in 1988. To Rhoades Aviation then crashed in a field while attempting a forced landing due to an engine failure on takeoff from Akron, OH in 1991.

Photographer: Adrian Stanislovaitis. K25 slide scan. Built 1955 as 53-3537 for USAF, retired to MASDC around 1975. Civilianized as N1021B by Hamilton Aviation for General Air Services 1979, reregistered N450GA 1984. Kitty Hawk 1988, Rhoades 1989. Lost power after take Akron/Canton OH 28 November 1991 and destroyed by fire in ensuing forced landing in a field.

Only a few months later this aircraft was written off, damaged by fire, after a take-off accident at Akron, Ohio, 1991-11-28, operating as Rhoades International.