The Boeing B-29 Superfortress was designed in 1940 as an eventual replacement for the B-17 and B-24, made its maiden flight from Boeing Field in Seattle on September 24, 1942, and after delivery in 1943 was assigned to the Pacific rather than the European Theater because of its long range. It operated from China and in 1944 flew from Guam, Saipan, and Tinian in attacks against Japan. The most famous B-29s, the Enola Gay and Bockscar, dropped the only atomic weapons used in combat, concluding World War II. The B-29 returned to combat in Korea in June 1950, and one aircraft, Command Decision, was credited with five MiG kills. The displayed aircraft served as a TB-29 during World War II at Chanute Field, Illinois, was assigned in the early 1950's to the 582nd Air Resupply and Communication Wing at RAF Molesworth, United Kingdom, and after returning to the United States was retired to the Army's Aberdeen Proving Grounds for use as target material until volunteers from the 2nd Bomb Wing dismantled and crated it in less than two weeks for airlift to Barksdale in a C-5 Galaxy based at Dover AFB, Maryland. It is painted to represent a B-29 flown by the 2nd Bombardment Wing's 96th Bombardment Squadron while stationed at Hunter AFB, Georgia, in 1950. Barksdale AFB served as a B-29 combat crew-training center in the last year of World War II. In all, 3,960 B-29s were built and they flew until 1953. Locally, Barksdale was home to the 91st Recon Bomb Wing, which fought in Korea in 1950, followed by the 301st and then 376th Bomb Wings.