B 58 Hustler, First Supersonic Bomber of Strategic Air Command
None of the footage is mine. All sources linked below. Hello all Hope you are all doing well as usual I was driving home onw night listening to this classic and thought, Man I could use some good bomber footage for this and voila I hope you guys enjoy it, take care, thank you for 3, 000 subscribers, and God Bless The Convair B58 Hustler, designed and produced by American aircraft manufacturer Convair, was the first operational bomber capable of Mach 2 flight. The B58 was developed during the 1950s for the United States Air Force (USAF) Strategic Air Command (SAC). To achieve the high speeds desired, Convair chose a delta wing design used by contemporary fighters such as the Convair F102. The bomber was powered by four General Electric J79 engines in underwing pods. It had no bomb bay: it carried a single nuclear weapon plus fuel in a combination bomb, fuel pod underneath the fuselage. Later, four external hardpoints were added, enabling it to carry up to f br, br,
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