Aircraft Photo of 53-475 / AF53-475 | Douglas RB-66B Destroyer | USA - Air Force | AirHistory.net #275350
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:53-475
Alternate Serial:AF53-475
Military Code:JN
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas B-66 Destroyer
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas B-66 Destroyer
Aircraft Version:Douglas RB-66B Destroyer
C/n (msn):44356
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Location
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Patterson AFBMap
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Airport Codes:ICAO: KFFO   IATA: FFO   Local: FFO   Other: -
Collection:National Museum of the United States Air Force
 
Photo Date:22 June 2016
Photo by:Arjun Sarup
Photo ID: 275350
Photo Comment

On display in the SEA Gallery at NMUSAF. This aircraft participated in the Vietnam War and was delivered to the museum in 1970. It wears the Shaw AFB tailcode 'JN.' The RB-66B was reconfigured to provide ESM and ECM support from 1965 to strike aircraft operating over northern Laos and North Vietnam. Variants included the EB-66B, EB-66C and EB-66E that served with 41st TRS (later 41st TEWS) and 42nd TEWS (Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron) from Takhli and Korat. The K-5 radar bombing system equipped EB-66B "Brown Cradle" was also used for pathfinder medium level blind bombing missions.

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