This is at B-52 Park near Orlando Int'l Airport (28°26'58.0"N 81°18'47.4"W)
It was bright & sunny when I set out from home...
The monument stone says:
B-52D NUMBER 687, 1957-1984
This veteran bomber is the last of its breed to be retired from active duty. Her final flight from Carswell Air Force Base, Fort Worth, Texas to Orlando was made on February 20th, 1984, twenty-seven years after first joining the operational roster of Strategic Air Command.
The black paint of Air Force 687 attests to many combat sorties in the Viet Nam conflict; the wrinkled skin to many low altitude training flights for the strategic mission; and the massive silhouette to the thousands of hours standing alert that epitomize the SAC dedication: PEACE IS OUR PROFESSION.
From 1963 to 1974 the 306th Bombardment Wing at McCoy Air Force Base (now Orlando International Airport) was equipped with these B-52Ds. They memorialize these eleven years of exemplary joint effort, coordination and friendship between the military and the community, and our venerable war and peace bird, like many of those who flew and cared for her, has made Central Florida home in testimony to a lasting bond.
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