What is this fighter-like plane with huge wings?

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Can anyone identify this strange plane? It looks like they took wings from a bomber and put them on a fighter body...
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The "Martin/General Dynamics RB-57F Canberra" is a reconnaisance aircraft. It has enlarged wings to gain extreme altitude capabilities.

There is a Wikipedia article about this type.

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  Thanks! Interesting that (almost) everyone is familiar with the U-2 and SR-71, but probably far less people have heard about this aircraft. Probably due to the far less "glamorous" reconnaisance missions (no spying on the Soviets) and the very short service life with the USAF (only ~10 years). But very interesting trivia also: 3 of the planes are still flying, and "NASA 927 now holds the distinction of being the aircraft held the longest time (41 years) in extended storage before being returned to flight status"...
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The "Martin/General Dynamics RB-57F Canberra" is a reconnaisance aircraft. It has enlarged wings to gain extreme altitude capabilities.

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  Thanks! Interesting that (almost) everyone is familiar with the U-2 and SR-71, but probably far less people have heard about this aircraft. Probably due to the far less "glamorous" reconnaisance missions (no spying on the Soviets) and the very short service life with the USAF (only ~10 years). But very interesting trivia also: 3 of the planes are still flying, and "NASA 927 now holds the distinction of being the aircraft held the longest time (41 years) in extended storage before being returned to flight status"...
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The "Martin/General Dynamics RB-57F Canberra" is a reconnaisance aircraft. It has enlarged wings to gain extreme altitude capabilities.

There is a Wikipedia article about this type.

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  Thanks! Interesting that (almost) everyone is familiar with the U-2 and SR-71, but probably far less people have heard about this aircraft. Probably due to the far less "glamorous" reconnaisance missions (no spying on the Soviets) and the very short service life with the USAF (only ~10 years). But very interesting trivia also: 3 of the planes are still flying, and "NASA 927 now holds the distinction of being the aircraft held the longest time (41 years) in extended storage before being returned to flight status"...
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The "Martin/General Dynamics RB-57F Canberra" is a reconnaisance aircraft. It has enlarged wings to gain extreme altitude capabilities.

There is a Wikipedia article about this type.

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The "Martin/General Dynamics RB-57F Canberra" is a reconnaisance aircraft. It has enlarged wings to gain extreme altitude capabilities.

There is a Wikipedia article about this type.

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• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Thanks! Interesting that (almost) everyone is familiar with the U-2 and SR-71, but probably far less people have heard about this aircraft. Probably due to the far less "glamorous" reconnaisance missions (no spying on the Soviets) and the very short service life with the USAF (only ~10 years). But very interesting trivia also: 3 of the planes are still flying, and "NASA 927 now holds the distinction of being the aircraft held the longest time (41 years) in extended storage before being returned to flight status"...
  – rob74
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  Thanks! Interesting that (almost) everyone is familiar with the U-2 and SR-71, but probably far less people have heard about this aircraft. Probably due to the far less "glamorous" reconnaisance missions (no spying on the Soviets) and the very short service life with the USAF (only ~10 years). But very interesting trivia also: 3 of the planes are still flying, and "NASA 927 now holds the distinction of being the aircraft held the longest time (41 years) in extended storage before being returned to flight status"...
  – rob74
  37 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

1

1

Thanks! Interesting that (almost) everyone is familiar with the U-2 and SR-71, but probably far less people have heard about this aircraft. Probably due to the far less "glamorous" reconnaisance missions (no spying on the Soviets) and the very short service life with the USAF (only ~10 years). But very interesting trivia also: 3 of the planes are still flying, and "NASA 927 now holds the distinction of being the aircraft held the longest time (41 years) in extended storage before being returned to flight status"...
– rob74
37 mins ago

Thanks! Interesting that (almost) everyone is familiar with the U-2 and SR-71, but probably far less people have heard about this aircraft. Probably due to the far less "glamorous" reconnaisance missions (no spying on the Soviets) and the very short service life with the USAF (only ~10 years). But very interesting trivia also: 3 of the planes are still flying, and "NASA 927 now holds the distinction of being the aircraft held the longest time (41 years) in extended storage before being returned to flight status"...
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