Photographer unknown - real serial 49-389

To the museum in 1971. Painted in false markings 48-114/0-80114 in 1986. Moved to MacDill AFB, FL in 1996 then to Dover AFB, DE in 2018.

Correct serial is 49-389. 1950: TOS USAF as a B-50D; assigned to the 2nd Bombardment Wing (Medium), Hunter AFB, GA, until at least 1953. 1958: Converted to KB-50J refueling tanker; assigned to the 4505th Aerial Refueling Wing, Langley AFB, VA. Ca.1961: 431st Air Refueling Squadron, Biggs AFB, TX. 15 Feb 1965: Ferried to Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, for display at the Air Force Museum. By 1986: Marked as 48-114. 1996: Shipped to MacDill AFB, FL, for display there. Early 2018: Shipped to the Dover AFB, NJ, Air Mobility Museum.

1950: TOS USAF as a B-50D; assigned to the 2nd Bombardment Wing (Medium), Hunter AFB, GA, until at least 1953. 1958: Converted to KB-50J refueling tanker; assigned to the 4505th Aerial Refueling Wing, Langley AFB, VA. Ca.1961: 431st Air Refueling Squadron, Biggs AFB, TX. 15 Feb 1965: Ferried to Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, for display at the Air Force Museum. By 1986: Marked as 48-114. 1996: Shipped to MacDill AFB, FL, for display there. Early 2018: Shipped to the Dover AFB, NJ, Air Mobility Museum.

Correct serial is 49-389. 1950: TOS USAF as a B-50D; assigned to the 2nd Bombardment Wing (Medium), Hunter AFB, GA, until at least 1953. 1958: Converted to KB-50J refueling tanker; assigned to the 4505th Aerial Refueling Wing, Langley AFB, VA. Ca.1961: 431st Air Refueling Squadron, Biggs AFB, TX. 15 Feb 1965: Ferried to Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, for display at the Air Force Museum. By 1986: Marked as 48-114. 1996: Shipped to MacDill AFB, FL, for display there. Early 2018: Shipped to the Dover AFB, NJ, Air Mobility Museum.

actually 49-389. Later moved to MacDill AFB (FL)

This KB-50J is now located at the Air Mobility Command Museum at Dover AFB where it is being restored for display.

Undergoing restoration after many years on external display at MacDill AFB, Florida. Painted as 48-114 but the aircraft's correct serial is 49-389.

Correct serial is 49-389. Fuselage being loaded for the roadtrip to the AMC Museum at Dover AFB

49-0389 was the last KB-50J to fly when it was ferried to the USAF Museum at Wright Patterson AFB on February 17, 1965. Thirty years later, in late 1995, it was disassembled and moved to MacDill AFB in Tampa, Florida, where it was displayed with the false identity "0-80114" (48-0114). It is seen here being disassembled for shipment in February 2018 to the AMC Museum at Dover AFB, where it will be restored and put on display.

Actual identity is 49-389. This was the last KB-50J to fly when it was ferried to the USAF Museum at Wright Patterson AFB on February 17, 1965. It was disassembled and moved to MacDill AFB in Tampa, Florida in late 1995.

Hayes Aircraft Corp. converted 136 surplus B-50Ds to KB-50 tankers, deliveries of the improved jet-assisted KB-50J version beginning in 1958. Replaced by KC-135s in the mid-60s, a few were still available in 1965 for use in SE Asia for emergency refuelling of fighters over hostile territory. Framed by WB-50D 0-90310, this one was soon after painted with fake serial 0-80114 and was moved to the Air Park at McDill AFB, FL in 1996