| 23/01/1985 | N502US | roll out. |
| 26/02/1985 | N502US | first flight. |
| 11/03/1985 | N502US | del Northwest Orient Airlines; '5502'; named "City of Minneapolis". |
| 01/10/1986 | N502US | company renamed Northwest Airlines. |
| 22/12/2001 | N502US | at Washington/Baltimore in 1989 Northwest Airlines c/s. |
| 24/03/2007 | N502US | at Minneapolis in 2003 Northwest Airlines c/s (repainted after 03/07/2007). |
| 29/10/2008 | N502US | Northwest Airlines merged into Delta Air Lines. |
| 15/05/2010 | N502US | at Salt Lake City in 2007 Delta Air Lines c/s with "Delta" titles (repainted after 21/02/2010). |
| 19/12/2012 | N502US | last service: Denver-Minneapolis as DAL2008. |
| 21/12/2012 | N502US | ferried Minnepolis-Marana as DAL9932 (TT: 86438 hours; 36221 cycles); for storage. |
| 25/10/2013 | N502US | at Marana; stored; missing both engines. |
| 15/12/2013 | N502US | at Marana; stored. |
| 28/03/2015 | N502US | at Marana; stored. |
