NASA WB-57 Army Air Corps Boeing KC-135E airplane model

Boeing KC-135E airplane model

the decision was made to develop the more advanced and safer Martin 4-0-4

The Fokker D

The airplane was used by the U

They also were flown in China early in 1942 by the famed Flying Tigers and in North Africa in 1943 by the first AAF all-black unit

NASA WB-57 Army Air Corps Boeing KC-135E airplane modelWB 57 NASA airplane model. The NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston, Texas is the home of the NASA WB 57 High Altitude Research Program. Two fully operational WB 57 aircraft (converted from RB 57s) are based near JSC at Ellington Field. Both aircraft have been flying research missions since the early 1960's and continue to be an asset to the scientific community with professional, reliable, customer oriented service designed to meet all