Aircraft Photo of 48-017 / 0-80017 | North American RB-45C Tornado | USA - Air Force | AirHistory.net #571313
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:48-017
Alternate Serial:0-80017
Aircraft Original Type:North American B-45 Tornado
Aircraft Generic Type:North American B-45 Tornado
Aircraft Version:North American RB-45C Tornado
C/n (msn):153-38493
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Location
City / Area:Ashland / SAC Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map
Region / Country:Nebraska, United States
Collection:Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum
 
Photo Date:9 August 2017
Photo by:Glenn Chatfield
Photo ID: 571313
Photo Comment

15 Aug 1950: TOS USAF; assigned to the 2750th Air Base Wing (AMC), Wright-Patterson AFB, OH. 4/51: HQ Air R& D Command, WPAFB. Redesignated ERB-45C; modified for various in flight test programs including jet engine testing, avionics upgrades and new reconnaissance equipment. 6/51: Wright Air Development Center (ARDC), WPAFB. 6/54: Loaned to Pratt and Whitney Corp., for special test use. 11/55: Redesignated JRB-45C. 4/57: Redesignated NRB-45C. 11/71: SOC. Last RB-45 in use and ferried to Offutt AFB, NE, for display with the Strategic Air Command Museum. 1997: Trucked to Ashland, NE.

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