| |
|
Douglas
B-66 Destroyer
|
|
click on photo for more images
|
|
While the U.S. Navy was working on the A3D
Skywarrior, the U.S. Air Force expressed interest in a land-based version. The resulting B-66 Destroyer,
although visually similar, had few interchangeable components. The prototype first flew in 1954.
Like
the naval version, the U.S.A.F. used the B-66 in secondary roles such as
reconnaissance, electronic warfare and weather
reconnaissance.
|
| |
|
|
| Specifications
(RB-66B) |
|
Designations |
| |
|
|
 | Type: Bomber |
| Engines: two 10,200 lb (4627 kg) thrust Allison J71-A-11 turbojets |
|
|
| B-66: U.S. Air Force, bomber |
| RB-66: U.S. Air Force, reconnaissance |
| EB-66: U.S. Air Force, ECM |
| WB-66: U.S. Air Force, weather reconnaissance |
|
|
| |
|
|
| Related
Pages |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
page updated 30 July 2008
|
|
|
