B-57 headed to Robins Air Museum

[Warbirdnerd]

Worldwide Aircraft Recovery posted on Facebook that they are picking up a B-57 in Virginia and delivering it to Robins. The only listing for a B-57 in Virginia I could find is owned by the Smithsonian. Anyone know if there are others?
Strange that a Museum that was looking to unload several airframes earlier this year would be adding a restoration project. Were B-57s based at Robins at one time?
Their page:
https://www.facebook.com/Worldwideaircr ... ?ref=br_tf

[mustangdriver]

The aircraft they let go did not fit the goals of their collection or were duplicates.

[Ken]

As a Logistics base, Robins did manage the B-57 fleet at one time, so there is a connection and it will be a nice addition.

While it is true that a number of airframes let go were either "unrelated" to base history or duplicates, the situation is/was unfortunate.

Admittedly, I'm still a curmudgeon regarding their T-38A. It was a time capsule; flown in, pickled, and towed inside. It arguably needed zero attention and took up a small amount of space as compared to most other types. Instead, someone paid to have it sent to Vance AFB (where there already are a large number of T-38s; surely an A-model previously sent to AMARC could have been retained) and had it made into an outdoor static. More dollars spent only to achieve a lesser outcome IMHO.

Ken

[Andy Marden]

The NASM's EB-57B 52-1551 is indeed the only known machine in Virginia, so it would seem a good bet.
Andy Marden

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