On The Ground - Two


RB-57A - USAF 30th TRS (66th TRW), 1963-64: USAF 6091st RS
Michigan ANG 172nd TRS, Was at Florence Air and Missile Museum, SC
Was at the National Warplane Museum, Genesco, NY
Currently at the Wings of Eagles Discovery Center, Elmira, NY

RB-57A - USAF 363rd TRW, 1955: USAFE, 1968: Kansas ANG 117th TRS
Currently mounted on a pedestal at Kansas ANG entrance at Topeka-Forbes Field, KS

RB-57A - USAF 363rd TRW, 1955: USAFE, 1968: Michigan ANG 172nd TRS
6/1971: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard
3/1976: Scrapped by Allied Aircraft Sales in Tucson, AZ

B-57B - Converted to NB-57B, Used for trials of Bomarc missile guidance system
1961: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard, 9/3/1964: Written off

B-57B - 5/1956: Converted to JB-57B and fitted with a Bomarc nose
1969: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard

B-57B - Converted to JB-57B as target for high-altitude platforms and for calibration of cameras
5/1964: Bailed to Lear Jet Corp for tests, 3/1966: Reconverted to combat configuration
10/1969: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard, 8/1972: Converted to EB-57B
1977: Kansas ANG 117th DSES, 1979: Vermont ANG 134th DSES
Currently on display at WPAFB Museum, OH since 12/1981

B-57B - 1968: USAF 4713th DSES
1974: Kansas ANG 117th DSES, 1979: Vermont ANG 134th DSES
Currently displayed at Linear Air Park, Dyess AFB, TX

B-57B - 9/1968: To Edwards AFB, CA for testing, 1972: USAF 4713th DSES
1977: Kansas ANG 117th DSES, 1978: Vermont ANG 134th DSES
12/1981: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard

WB-57F - was B-57B - USAF 3510th CCTW, USAF 766th BS (461st TBG)
1961: Converted to MSB-57B with TM-76A Mace missile nose
Converted to JB-57B-MA as a trainer for the Mace missile
Reconverted to B-57B, 9/1964: Rebuilt as RB-57F 63-13288, Converted to WB-57F
USAF 58th WRS, Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard

B-57B - USAF 405th BS (38th BW), Converted to JB-57B
1961: Flight Test Division, Rome Air Development Center, at Griffiss AFB, NY
7/1970: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard
1972: USAF 3345th MSG, Converted to GNB-57B at Chanute AFB, IL
Currently displayed at the Kalamazoo Aviation Historical Museum, MI

WB-57F - was B-57B - USAF 13th BS, 10/1964: Rebuilt as RB-57F 63-13295
Converted to WB-57F, USAF 58th WRS, 7/1972: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard

B-57G - was B-57B, Transferred to the South Vietnamese AF, 4/1966: Returned to the USAF
USAF 8th BS, 7/1968: Converted to B-57G, 1970: USAF 4424th CCTS
1972: Kansas ANG 117th TBS, 3/1974: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard
3/1977: Scrapped by Sun Valley Aviation in Phoenix, AZ

RB-57D - USAF 4028th SRS (4080th SRW), 9/1968: USAF 4677th DSES
Converted to EB-57D?, 1972: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard
10/1976: Sent to Atlantic City, NJ?

EB-57D - was RB-57D, USAF 4028th SRS (4080th SRW), Put into storage AMARC bone yard
Converted to EB-57D, 9/1968: USAF 4677th DSES, 1972: Returned to the AMARC bone yard
3/1976: Scrapped by Allied Aircraft Sales in Tucson, AZ

RB-57D - USAF 4028th SRS (4080th SRW), 9/1968: USAF 4677th DSES
Converted to EB-57D?, 1972: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard
10/1976: Sent to Atlantic City, NJ?

B-57E - 1968: Michigan ANG 172nd TRS, Redesignated RB-57E but not converted as such
1972: USAF 4713th DSES, 1976: Put into storage AMARC bone yard


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