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[Troy24]

[Michael Huber[_2_]]

Bruce R wrote:

> Never heard of this one before. Obviously an operational a/c, when and
> where did it serve and what was it's function??

It's a Douglas EB-66. The B-66 was a de-navalized and modified version of
the navy's A-3. It served in several versions, as a tactical light bomber
(A-26 replacement) as the B-66, as a reconnaisance plane as the RB-66, an
electronic countermeasures plane as the EB-66, and later as a weather
observation aircraft, the WB-66. The EB-66 and RB-66 were used over
Vietnam, the RB-66 also over Cuba during the Cuban missile crisis.

The first planes of this family were delivered to the US Air Force as
reconnaisance RB-66, the last ones were phased out by 1973.

[Wayne Paul]

"Bruce R" > wrote in message
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> "Troy24" > wrote in message
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> Never heard of this one before. Obviously an operational a/c, when and
> where did it serve and what was it's function??
>
Bruce,

The B-66 and it variants were based on the Navy A3D Skywarriar. They were
built by Douglas Aircraft.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-3_Skywarrior
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-66_Destroyer

They entered service during the early to mid 1960s and saw service through
the Vietnam war.

Wayne
A-3 and A-6 Bombardier/Navigator

[Wayne Paul]

I ment to say early to mid 1950s.

Wayne
http://www.soaridaho.com/

"Wayne Paul" > wrote in message
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>> "Troy24" > wrote in message
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>> Never heard of this one before. Obviously an operational a/c, when and
>> where did it serve and what was it's function??
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> Bruce,
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> The B-66 and it variants were based on the Navy A3D Skywarriar. They were
> built by Douglas Aircraft.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-3_Skywarrior
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-66_Destroyer
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> They entered service during the early to mid 1960s and saw service through
> the Vietnam war.
>
> Wayne
> A-3 and A-6 Bombardier/Navigator
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[Wayne Paul]

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>> Bruce,
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>> The B-66 and it variants were based on the Navy A3D Skywarriar. They
>> were built by Douglas Aircraft.
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-3_Skywarrior
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-66_Destroyer
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>> They entered service during the early to mid 1960s and saw service
>> through the Vietnam war.
> Skywarrior, I knew I'd seen the outline of that airframe before. There
> was one of them on the deck of the USS Intrepid in New York Harbor. Sign
> in front of it said it was the largest a/c ever deployed from a carrier as
> an active member of the flight compliment.
>
Bruce

That is a true statement, it was the largest and the cat shot on a 27
Charlie class carrier was a very exciting ride. The landings were even more
exciting!!!

Wayne
http://www.soaridaho.com/Schreder