Originally Posted by rafengo
Plenty of articles on the internet about the BACN equipment it can carry:
The Aviationist » NASA?s WB-57F BACN ?flying gateway? once again heading to Afghanistan
Monster Machines: Why Are The Most Vital Aircraft In The USAF Arsenal Owned By NASA? | Gizmodo Australia
For anyone that is interested, there is lots of info and some great pics on the official NASA website:
WB-57 Home
Keeping one of those loitering looks like an expensive way to have a radio repeater. (If that's what it's really doing?)
You think it would be cheaper to have a common comms standard that works between platforms.
Talking of expensive flights, I always wondered how much avtur the continuous B-52 Chrome Dome missions went through?