Douglas Destroyer

[Robbie Stuart]

Don't see much about these, here is a few=====================
USFG PHOTO
DESCRIPTION; Douglas EB-66E Destroyer side view. Aircraft originally an RB-66B (S/N 54-506) of the 39th TEWS, 363rd TFW Shaw AFB. (363rd was my Dad's outfit in WWII)

USFG PHOTO
DESCRIPTION; Four U.S. Air Force McDonnell F-4C Phantom II fighters (s/n 63-7544, 63-7514, unknown, unknown) ot the 366th Tactical Fighter Wing release their 750 lb bombs over North Vietnam, led by a Douglas RB-66B-DL Destroyer (s/n 53-438), August 1966. The F-4C-19-MC 63-7544 was shot down by "friendly" fire near Da Nang Air Base, South Vietnam, on 9 December 1966. The crew ejected safely. Original caption: "1960's -- Led by an RB-66 Destroyer, pilots flying Air Force F-4C Phantoms drop bombs on a Communist military target in North Vietnam. Using radar equipment to pinpoint their targets, the high flying aircraft were not hampered by clouds or adverse weather. Numerous missions of this type were flown when inclement weather obscured targets in North Vietnam during July. August 1966.

USFG PHOTO
DESCRIPTION;* Douglas RB-66B Destroyer in flight (SN 53-481)


USFG PHOTO
DESCRIPTION; * Douglas NRB-66B Destroyer at take off (Originally RB-66B, SN 53-421) with test engines (not the GE CJ-805 series)
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[Cubs]

Yeah! Thank you.

[vernicator]

USFG PHOTO
DESCRIPTION; * Douglas NRB-66B Destroyer at take off (Originally RB-66B, SN 53-421) with test engines (not the GE CJ-805 series)
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Cool! Must have been testing for the DC-8.

[Jerry O'Neill]

Great Pics!
Just a question for everyone,
How many B-66's survive today?
Jerry

[Cubs]

According to the Destroyer Association newsletter there are only seven B-66 type aircraft in existence. There is a newsletter article somewhere in my stuff about that B-66 with the turbofan engines. I think they are testing engines for the C-141.

[RareBear]

There is an EB-66 on static display at Shaw AFB, SC.

The starboard engine on the test aircraft is a DC-8's.

Walt

[Robbie Stuart]

There is an EB-66 on static display at Shaw AFB, SC.

The starboard engine on the test aircraft is a DC-8's.

Walt

Hello Walt, Thanks for the info!

[Cubs]

Looks like the port engine, also.
Must have been a better performer with the fan engines. According to crewmember comments the J-71 engines were much lamented.
By the way, there is a comprehensive book on the B-66 called: Glory Days.

[viking73]

Looks like the port engine, also.
Must have been a better performer with the fan engines. According to crewmember comments the J-71 engines were much lamented.
By the way, there is a comprehensive book on the B-66 called: Glory Days.

Just read that book a few months ago. Great book, well worth a price. Lots of good first hand accounts about this unsung hero of Vietnam.

-Derek

[The Inspector]

J-71 9700# Static Thrust
JT-4D 26500# Static Thrust (JT-4D is the civilian version of the J-75)
Think the A3/B-66 might have had a different life with a real set of engines?

[Steve Nelson]

According to the Destroyer Association newsletter there are only seven B-66 type aircraft in existence.

Wow..I didn't realize they were that rare. I think the only one I've ever seen is at the NMUSAF. When I was a kid a freind of mine photographed the one onna stick at Shaw AFB (his uncle was stationed there.) I've always thought it was a rather attractive aircraft. So, I wonder how many A-3s are still around. I don't know much about either type..wasn't the naval version built in greater numbers and kept in service until much later?

SN

[The Inspector]

I've heard that there are still ten A3's that were airworthy until recently. Apparently NAS Whidbey is scheduled to get one of those pretty soon as a gate guardian-

[6trn4brn]

There is (or was) one on display outside our barracks at Lackland.

[viking73]

J-71 9700# Static Thrust
JT-4D 26500# Static Thrust (JT-4D is the civilian version of the J-75)
Think the A3/B-66 might have had a different life with a real set of engines?

Well the A-3 did have a real engine - the J-57. If the B-66 had had the J-57 instead of the underpowered J-71 it would have been a much different aircraft...

-Derek

[Robbie Stuart]

OK Guess you guy's like these, so here is a few more==============
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USFG PHOTO

I THINK THE ABOVE THREE ARE FROM THE BELOW DESCRIPTION;
U.S. Air Force Douglas EB-66E Destroyer ECM aircraft at Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base during the Vietnam War. In the foreground is EB-66E, USAF s/n 54-440, assigned to the 41st Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron, 355th Tactical Fighter Wing. Date 25 December 1968.

UDFG PHOTO
DESCRIPTION; Douglas RB-66C Destroyer in flight.


USFG PHOTO
DESCRIPTION; Douglas NB-66B Destroyer side view, originally B-66B (SN 54-477). Taken Oct. 29, 1965.

USFG PHOTO
DESCRIPTION; Douglas RB-66C Destroyer in flight (SN 54-450) over Edwards AFB Calif on Feb 19 1957.

THAT'S BOUT ALL THE GOOD ONES I HAVE