The Boeing B-52 D model tail number 55-0062 was received in the SAC inventory in February, 1957. It was initially assigned to a Bomb Wing at Carswell AFB, Texas. This aircraft flew numerous missions over North Vietnam for 19 months while stationed in Guam and flew a total of 14,984 hours over a 26 year period. On September 15, 1983, the B52D 55-0062 flew into KI Sawyer for it's final landing.