Convair B-58 Hustler — The Strategic Bomber Built to End the World
September 7th, 2024 8minute read It was 1968, and I was not yet three years old. I recall that his face was scratchy as I clung on for dear life. I looked up and spied three delta-shaped airplanes at extreme altitude, each producing four distinct contrails. A Convair B-58 Hustler strategic bomber on the runway with a nuclear weapon, a B53 nuclear bomb, in a MB-1C centerline canister. Image: U.S. Air Force...