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Two NASA’s WB-57F Jets Are About To Chase The Total Solar Eclipse. Here is How And Where.

August 21, 2017 David Cenciotti

NASA is about to launch two retrofitted WB-57F aircraft to follow the shadow of the moon. The last of a long series of interesting missions… NASA still operates three WB-57Fs, configured for air sampling and […]

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

September 19, 2013 David Cenciotti

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 […]

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

February 8, 2013 David Cenciotti

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” […]

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

January 8, 2013 Michael Glynn

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 […]

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More about the spooky NASA WB-57F Battlefield Airborne Communication Node activity

September 5, 2012 David Cenciotti

After publishing the article about the NASA’s WB-57 planes, Aviationintel‘s Tyler Rogoway provided some more details about the BACN (Battlefield Airborne Communication Node). “BACN actually provides an active net over the battlefield and works as an […]

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