Aircraft Photo of 55-057 | Boeing B-52D Stratofortress | USA - Air Force | AirHistory.net #608886
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:55-057
Aircraft Original Type:Boeing B-52 Stratofortress (464)
Aircraft Generic Type:Boeing B-52 Stratofortress (464)
Aircraft Version:Boeing B-52D Stratofortress
C/n (msn):464009
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Location
City / Airport:Montgomery - Maxwell AFBMap
Region / Country:Alabama, United States
Airport Codes:ICAO: KMXF   IATA: MXF   Local: MXF   Other: -
Collection:Maxwell Air Park
 
Photo Date:14 September 2003
Photo by:Glenn Chatfield
Photo ID: 608886
Photo Comment

1956: TOS USAF and assigned to the 42nd Bomb Wing, Loring AFB, ME. Ca.1963: 22nd Bomb Wing, March AFB, CA and deployed for combat in Vietnam. Returned to USA to the 99th Bomb Wing, Westover AFB, MA and again deployed to Vietnam. Returned home to the 306th Bomb Wing, McCoy AFB, FL, and deployed with them to Vietnam, participating in Linebacker I and II in 1972. Returned to USA and assigned to 7th Bomb Wing, Carswell AFB, TX. 10/11/83: Ferried to Maxwell AFB, AL and was placed on display in their air park. It had flown 14,204 hours and over 300 combat missions.

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