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Surprisingly, at least 51 of the 143 B-45s built suffered the same fate:
(image from millionmonkeytheater.com)
They were sent to bases in England, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Saudi Arabia and Morocco to be burnt for firefighting practice. (This one's at either Alconbury or Wethersfield.) I wonder why?
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usaf ssgt wrote:The former Bergstrom AFB in Austin Texas had an RB-66 on display in their air park. I was serving in the USAF at the time and helped put it into shape. I was a corrosion control specialist that prepped and painted her. I have no idea where it ended up after the base closed.
Leon