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D-21 Drones
501 - 539
Status and Disposition
Because the D-21 was a single-use vehicle, there is little history on any one aircraft.

Therefore the story of each D-21 is presented on this one page, rather than give a separate page to each.

Thanks to Tony Landis for practically all the images and information on this page.

last modified August 11, 2017

Image	Lockheed Tail No.	Launch Platform	Flight Date	Remarks/Location
	501	B-52H	28 Sep 1967	Accidental drop; no mission flown.
	502	n/a	-	Static test article; destroyed during ground testing.
	503	M-21 #60-6941	5 March 1966	Flew 150 nautical miles (NM).
	504	M-21 #60-6941	30 July 1966	Collided with M-21 just after separation; both aircraft destroyed. LCO did not survive. Last M-21 flight with drone mounted.
	505	M-21 #60-6941	16 June 1966	Flew 1,550 NM.
	506	M-21 #60-6941	27 April 1966	Flew 1,120 NM.
	507	B-52H	6 Nov 1967	Flew 134 NM.
	508	B-52H	19 Jan 1968	Flew 280 NM.
	509	B-52H	2 Dec 1967	Flew 1,430 NM
	510	n/a	-	On display at the Museum of Flight near Seattle, Washington, mounted to M-21 #60-6940.
	511	B-52H	30 April 1968	Flew 150 NM.
	512	B-52H	16 June 1968	Flew 2,850 NM; carried no camera.
	513	n/a	-	Listed by Davis-Monthan as allocated to NASA but remained in storage at D-M.
	514	B-52H	1 July 1968	Flew 80 NM.
	515	B-52H	15 Dec 1968	Flew 2,953 NM. Hatch recovered; fair photography.
	516	B-52H	28 August 1968	Flew 78 NM.
	517	B-52H	9 Nov 1969	First operational mission; hatch not recovered.
	518	B-52H	11 Feb 1969	Flew 161 NM.
	519	B-52H	10 May 1969	Flew 2,972 NM; hatch recovered.
	520	B-52H	10 July 1969	Flew 2,937 NM; hatch recovered, good photography.
	521	B-52H	20 Feb 1970	Flew 2,969 NM; hatch recovered, good photography.
	522	n/a	-	On display at Pacific Coast Air Museum, Santa Rosa, California.
	523	B-52H	16 Dec 1970	Second operational mission; hatch not recovered.
	524	n/a	-	On display at USAF Museum, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.
	525	n/a	-	On display at Blackbird Airpark, Palmdale, California.
	526	B-52H	4 March 1971	Third operational mission; hatch not recovered.
	527	B-52H	20 March 1971	Fourth operational mission; hatch not recovered. Wreckage discovered and put on display at Chinese Aviation Museum, Beijing, China.
	528	n/a	-	On display at Grissom Air Museum, Peru, Indiana.
	529	n/a	-	Stored at AMARC, Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona.
	530	n/a	-	On display at Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona.
	531	n/a	-	Stored at AMARC, Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona.
	532	n/a	-	Stored at AMARC, Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona.
	533	n/a	-	On display at Pima Air Museum, Arizona.
	534	n/a	-	On display at Evergreen Aviation Museum, McMinville, Oregon. photo copyright © Louis Kowolowski, used by permission
	535	n/a	-	Stored at AMARC, Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona.
	536	n/a	-	Stored at AMARC, Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona.
	537	n/a	-	On display at March ARB Museum, Riverside, California.
	538	n/a	-	On display at the Museum of Aviation, Robins AFB, Georgia.
	539	n/a	-	On display at Beale AFB, California.