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US Air Force Museum Dayton, OH
B-45C Tornado on display at the US Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio.
This Tornado is one of 10 built with the B-45C designation. The C model
had longer range and a more sophisticated bombing computer. A further
33 of the C model were built as RB recon birds. This plane escaped
scrapping because it was on loan to Pratt & Whitney for engine
testing. P&W returned the aircraft to the USAF Museum in 1971 in
flying condition. The Tornado sat outside for many years until the
second main display hangar was built in the late 1980s. Compared the
dull skin near the nose with the shiny skin under the wings.
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