Boeing B-47E-130-BW Stratojet 53-4213 Taken on strength on the 12th of March '56 and assigned to the 308th Bombardment Wing (Medium) (SAC), Hunter AFB, GA. It was later assigned to the 98th Bombardment Wing (Medium) (SAC), Lincoln AFB, NE, from which it made its last flight on the 7th of December '65. The plane landed at the Wichita Airport and was turned over to the Mayor. After sitting for over a year at the airport, in December '69 it was mounted on a concrete pole on the west side of town. On the 16th of March '88 the plane was transferred to McConnell AFB, KS, in the charge of the 184th Bomb Wing. They did some basic restoration and then mounted the plane on short pedestals on the base. In July '99 the plane was removed from the pedestals and taken to a hangar for a thorough restoration, and then in October it was moved to a new position next to a KC-135 in the McConnell Air Park on Rock Road.