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Description
| Manufacturer: | Douglas | |
| Base model: | B-66 | |
| Designation: | EB-66 | |
| Version: | C | |
| Nickname: | Destroyer | |
| Designation System: | U.S. Air Force | |
| Designation Period: | 1924-Present | |
| Basic role: | Bomber | |
| Modified Mission: | Special electronic installation | |
Specifications
| Not Yet Available |
Examples of this type may be found at
| Museum | City | State |
| Shaw AFB | Shaw AFB | South Carolina |
EB-66C on display
Shaw AFB |
Recent comments by our visitors
| BILL BAYLESS LOGAN, WV | GREAT PLANE, WAS STATIONED AT CHAMBLEY AIR BASE FROM 1965-66 AND WORKED ON THE COUNTER MEASURES ( E C M } WAS JUST A GREAT PLANE. 11/13/2007 @ 07:13 [ref: 18521] |
| John Dunn Seaford, VA | I was in the Hydraulic shop at Spang from 69 to 73 and worked on the 66s. The first year was rough as we only had one guy that had worked on the 66s before. 11/09/2007 @ 09:03 [ref: 18476] |
| SNOWY peterborough,CAMBS, OTH | I WAS IN THE ROYAL AIR FORCE STATIONED AT RAAF BUTTERWORTH,MALAYSIA WHEN IN \\\'65 or \\\'66 2 OF THESE AIRCRAFT PAID US A VISIT, THE 1ST LANDED SAFELY AND TURNED OF THE RUNWAY BY OUR FLAK GUN POSITION,THE 2ND LANDED DEPLOYED ITS BRAKE CHUTE,WHICH PROMPTLY BROKE OFF, THE PILOT WAS STANDING ON THE BRAKES, I KNOW THIS COZ THE WHEELS LOCKED UP, BUT COULDN\\\'T PREVENT THE AIRCRAFT FROM OVER SHOOTING THE THE RUNWAY, I HAVE NEVER SEEN SO MANY AIRCREW DISEMBARK FROM SO MANY HATCH\\\'S, THEY JOINED US FOR COFFEE WHILST WAITING FOR A RIDE TO THE MESS, THE BACKUP HURKY BIRD,A C130, ARRIVED AND RETRIEVED THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE CRASHNETS THAT HAD BEEN INSTALLED JUST A FEW WEEKS EARLIER,DEPLOYED TO CATCH THE AIRCRAFT THEN LOWERED AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOO HEAVY FOR THE NETS,THEY HAD BEEN INSTALLED TO CATCH F86 SABRE AIRCRAFT, THE PILOT DROPPED HIS HOOK AND AS HE SHOT OFF THE RUNWAY THE HOOK PICKED UP THE LOWERED NETS AND TORE THEM FROM THE HOUSING\\\'S, OUR AUSTRAILIAN COUSINS WERE NOT PLEASED,THE AIRCRAFT LEFT AFTER A FEW DAYS SIGHT-SEEING IN PENANG. 09/06/2007 @ 02:46 [ref: 17847] |
| John Heikkila Sturgeon Bay, WI | Pete,
Prior to your association with RB-66C 54-0467, I knew her for a short while in 1963 at RAF Alconbury, 10th TRW, 1st TRS. I was assigned as assistant C/C for just a few weeks before working nights in support of an J-71 TCTO. 07/25/2007 @ 13:20 [ref: 17276] |
| Paul Ashburn, VA | In Nov 1956, I was assigned to Shaw AFB, SC, home of Tactical Air Command's TB-25J and RB-66C, electronic reconnaissance/countermeasures (ECM) aircraft. Later designated the EB-66C. During my ten years at Shaw AFB, I had a number of jobs ranging from combat crew member, senior instructor in the 9th TRS, and Chief Stan/Eval EWO for the 363rd TRW. I'm also the webmaster of the B-66 Historical website... http://www.B66.info
03/20/2007 @ 13:31 [ref: 15979] |
| Pete Cuipenski fanning Springs, FL | One of a Kind RB-66C/ 54-0467, being the Flying Command Post,along with haveing pylon's that supported drop tank's,never made it to SEA [Takhli].It did not have the equiptment to support the mission in SEA.I was crew chief while at Chambley,in France.The last time i saw the bird was at Moron AB,Spain,and never to be seen by me again.I was informed recently,that it ended up at Shaw AFB,and in 1970 transfered to Davis Monathan,as surplus.In 1975,it met it's end,and salvaged by a local salvage company.The memories still linger. CPO Pete Cuipenski, U.S.Coast Guard ret. 02/18/2007 @ 09:35 [ref: 15564] |
| Pete Cuipenski Fanning Springs, FL | I hate my first date with the 66's at Toul Rosiere AB, France,back in May 1964.I was a asst. crew cheif,tending to the 66's assigned to the 42TRS.From there,it was down the road to Chambley aka Shambles.I then became a wheatsack,and spent most of my time TDY to Moron AB ,Spain.Then Degaulle asked us to leave the armpit of the world in Feb.1966.At that time,i was crew chief on 54-0467 the flying command post.I ended up at Takhli in May 1966 and from there i went to Seymour Johnson, N.Carolina.I was discharged in Nov.1967,only to join the Coast Guard and retired in 1995,out of Air Station Clearwater Fl. 11/26/2006 @ 01:58 [ref: 14850] |
| Bob Stern , VA | I was the crew chief on the first EB-66C (then called RB-66C)to be assigned to the 11th Tactical Recon Sqdn at Yokota AB in Japan in 1957. There were 24 RB-66B models in the 12th TRS and 12 each C and D models in the 11th TRS. These aircraft, brand new from the factory were full of bugs and our flight crews were all pretty new to the aircraft, as well. In this post Korea and post WW2 period, all the senior NCOs were clueless about jets so we A/2Cs who had been school trained on the 66 at Sheppard ended up as crew chiefs. Except for the engines - a miserable design originally intended for one-way misssions on cruise missiles - it was a pretty good bird and served as a test bed for the electronic recon concept, fulfilling it in Vietnam. To this day it is a virtually unknown aircraft as so few were built. 09/28/2006 @ 13:33 [ref: 14319] |
| steve beineke boise, ID | Worked the eb's at Korat..environmental systems. Those damn pressurization problems...
Funny, I really enjoyed my years working the Thunderchief, Destroyer, Pahantoms, etc...and really came to dislike the later years of the Eagle, Sentry, etc. The airplanes became boring (for the maintainer) so to speak. But then maybe it was the real estate where I worked them...Korat, Udorn, Clark..vice Kadena. I wouldn't trade those years in southeast asia for all the rice in China. Though the memories fade these days...I still possess many. 07/18/2006 @ 19:33 [ref: 13749] |
| Roger Brandon Fowler, CO | I crewed the EB-66C 54-465 that you have pictured at the main gate at Shaw. I was there from May 1967 with the 4417th CCTS which provided replacement crews for Tahli AB in Thailand.
Many of the airplanes in the 4417th wre sent to the newly designated 39th Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron at Spangdahlam AB, Germany in 1969. They were assigned to the 52 TFW along with two squadrons of F-4D's. The squadron was disbanded in 1972 and the airplanes ferried back to the US. Many, including the first E model, 54-510, which I crewed at Spandahlem, went to the bone yard in Tucson. I was the crew chief assigned to the cell that took the brought the plane to the US. I had to watch while my airplane was taken into the guillotine and chopped in half. I had no idea 465 survived that era and went on display at Shaw. 06/13/2006 @ 09:43 [ref: 13511] |
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