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Some more reprocessed slides from Pima in 1979 and MASDC in 1980.

Single seater RB-57D at Pima but now preserved at the National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, OH in a 1950's scheme:

53-3982 RB-57D ex 4677 DSES USAF by Keith Heywood, on Flickr

53-3982 RB-57D ex 4677 DSES USAF by Keith Heywood, on Flickr

53-3982 RB-57D ex 4677 DSES USAF by Keith Heywood, on Flickr

When I toured MASDC in 1980 there were I think eight WB-57F's in storage, I photographed five but missed the one that was returned to service with NASA:

63-13301 WB-57F 58 WRS MAC USAF-131011-0001 by Keith Heywood, on Flickr

63-13296 WB-57F 58 WRS USAF by Keith Heywood, on Flickr

63-13294 WB-57F 58 WRS MAC USAF by Keith Heywood, on Flickr

63-13300 WB-57F 58 WRS MAC USAF by Keith Heywood, on Flickr

63-13289 WB-57F 58 WRS USAF by Keith Heywood, on Flickr

Very nice...keep em coming...

Let's see the red B-52!

This was it in Pima in 1974 before Pima was officially open.
It had obviously had a make-over by the time of your visit

53-3982 Martin RB-57D Canberra c/n 14622 by eLaReF, on Flickr


But why would the museum paint it Black & White now?

This is it,s last colour scheme. Dayglo for training. Black may have been an operational scheme

monoplane wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 26, 2025 11:54 am

This is it,s last colour scheme. Dayglo for training. Black may have been an operational scheme

It's operational tasking was surely high level, not in amongst the trees?
My '74 pic shows its last scheme

Lost back in time I searched for answers as to what the 'hump' on 63-13500 was for.
Apart from a link to a better, later image of it at Soccorro I failed miserably!

1974 MASDC where the whole fleet apart from 3 early write-offs and one NASA one were parked

63-13500 Martin RB-57F Canberra by eLaReF, on Flickr

The Soccorro shot is not mine https://www.flickr.com/photos/paul-thal ... 5498562570