douglas b-66 destroyer

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the douglas b-66 destroyer is a light bomber that was designed and produced by the american aviation manufacturer douglas aircraft company. the b-66 was developed for the united states air force (usaf) and is heavily based upon the united states navy's a-3 skywarrior, a heavy carrier-based attack aircraft. originally, officials intended for the aircraft to be a simple development of the earlier a-3, taking advantage of being strictly land-based to dispense with unnecessary naval features. however, due to the usaf producing extensive and substantially divergent requirements, it became necessary to make considerable alterations to the design, leading to a substantial proportion of the b-66 being original rather than derived from the a-3. the b-66 retained the three-man crew arrangement of the us navy's a-3; differences included the incorporation of ejection seats, which the a-3 had lacked.