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The Convair B-58 Hustler, designed and produced by American aircraft manufacturer Convair, was the first operational bomber capable of Mach 2 flight. [1]The B-58 was developed during the 1950s for the United States Air Force (USAF) Strategic Air Command (SAC).
Douglas B-18 Bolo medium bomber: 1935 retired 1946: 350: Douglas Y1B-7 heavy bomber: 1931 retired prototype: 8: Fokker XB-8 heavy bomber: 1929 retired prototype: 7: Great Lakes BG dive bomber: 1933 retired 1941: 61: Huff-Daland XB-1 heavy bomber: 1927 retired prototype: 1: Keystone B-3 light bomber: 1929 retired 1940: 36: Keystone B-4 heavy ...
The B-1 was first envisioned in the 1960s as a bomber that would combine the Mach 2 speed of the B-58 Hustler with the range and payload of the B-52, ultimately replacing both. After a long series of studies, North American Rockwell (subsequently renamed Rockwell International , B-1 division later acquired by Boeing ) won the design contest for ...
The Convair Model 58-9 was a proposed American supersonic transport, developed by the Convair division of General Dynamics and intended to carry fifty-two passengers at over Mach 2. Derived from the B-58 Hustler bomber, it was designed in 1961 but no examples of the type were ever built.
The Air Force followed these developments closely, and in 1955 issued General Operational Requirement No. 38 for a new bomber, combining the payload and intercontinental range of the B-52 with the Mach 2 top speed of the Convair B-58 Hustler. [7] [N 2] The new bomber was expected to enter service in 1963. [8]
A B-1B Lancer bomber of 34th Bomb Squadron deployed to Anderson Air Force Base in Guam in June 2022. Tech Sgt. Chris Hibben/USAF - Wikimedia Commons. In a non-nuclear conflict over Taiwan, for ...
The Martin B-57 Canberra is an American-built, twin-engined tactical bomber and reconnaissance aircraft that entered service with the United States Air Force (USAF) in 1953. . The B-57 is a license-built version of the British English Electric Canberra, manufactured by the Glenn L. Martin Compa
The U.S. Air Force recently announced that the last squadrons of the legendary B-52's have returned home after concluding operations against ISIS. 11 photos of the legendary B-52 Stratofortress bomber