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

December 3, 2012 David Cenciotti

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 […]

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NASA’s WB-57 Battlefield Airborne Communication Node gets new sensors, paint scheme for more clandestine missions

September 4, 2012 David Cenciotti

As already explained previously, NASA still operates the last two flying WB-57Fs, NASA 926 and 928. Both have been flying research missions since the early ’60s. They are based at Ellington Field, Texas, but they […]

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