Battlefield Airborne Communications Node – Page 2

U.S. airborne communication plane could be tracked on the Web for 9 hours during air strike that killed Taliban leaders in Afghanistan

August 13, 2014 David Cenciotti 10

At least seven Taliban militants were killed following a NATO air raid Afghanistan. Noteworthy, a sign of the developing operation may have been a U.S. Air Force E-11A BACN plane orbiting over southeasern Ghazni province, […]

“New” 41-year old WB-57 Canberra joins NASA fleet of high altitude special operations aircraft

September 19, 2013 David Cenciotti 7

On Sept. 12, NASA’s latest WB-57F, a 41-year old plane with registration N927NA arrived to Ellington Field, Texas, were it joined the other two flying WB-57Fs, NASA 926 and 928. The aircraft arrived at its […]

NASA’s WB-57F BACN “flying gateway” once again heading to Afghanistan

February 8, 2013 David Cenciotti 1

At the end of last year, we reported about the return of a NASA WB-57 Canberra from operations in Afghanistan, where the civil-registered plane act as Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN). BACN is technological “gateway” […]

Networking From on High: Behind the Scenes of NASA’s Spooky WB-57 Jet

January 8, 2013 Michael Glynn 1

At the beginning of December 2012, The Aviationist profiled the return of a NASA B-57 Canberra aircraft from operations in Afghanistan. In addition to supporting academic and high-altitude meteorological research, these unique aircraft have been […]

NASA’s spooky plane on the way back to the U.S. after Tour of Duty in Afghanistan

December 3, 2012 David Cenciotti 0

After completing a BACN deployment at Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan, one of the NASA’s last two flying WB-57Fs is on its way back to Ellington Field, Texas. Wearing the typical white color scheme, used to […]