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In February 1953, the USAF issued a contract for Convair's design, designated B-58 on 10 December 1952. [11] [12] The B-58 program, unlike those for prior military aircraft, was the first weapon-system contract. [13] Under this arrangement, Convair acted as the prime contractor responsible for all program elements, not just the aircraft.
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The yellow building in the lower right is a mole hole, also known as a readiness crew building. Minot AFB , ND , in 1973 with its 'Christmas tree' at capacity. A Christmas tree was a type of alert area constructed by the United States Air Force (USAF) for the Strategic Air Command (SAC) during the Cold War .
The J79 was used on the F-104 Starfighter, B-58 Hustler, F-4 Phantom II, A-5 Vigilante, IAI Kfir aircraft and the SSM-N-9 Regulus II supersonic cruise missile. It was produced for more than 30 years. Over 17,000 J79s were built in the US, and under license in Belgium, Canada, Germany, Israel, Italy, and Japan.
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.
Depending on where you sit at Allegiant Stadium, tickets for Super Bowl 58 will set you back anywhere from $8,500 to more than $23,000. As of Monday, Jan. 22 most tickets were sold out. As of ...
On December 8, 1964 at Bunker Hill AFB, a B-58 navigator, Manuel "Rocky" Cervantes, ejected in his escape capsule after his aircraft was blown off an icy runway by another jet in front of him, the plane catching fire in the resulting crash, burning and damaging five nuclear warheads. the other two crew members on the plane safely abandoned the ...
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