BB--58 BOMBER58 BOMBERThe first supersonic bomber.

It was put into operational service in 1959 and phased out by 1970.

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It was put into operational service in 1959 and phased out by 1970.

Preparing for first flight

1 of the 2 XB-58s

XB-58

XB-58

XB-58 Test Flight

XB-58 Test Flight

XB-58 Test Flight

XB-58 Test Flight

XB-58

The B-58 Program’s Tenth Flight

Tire Blow-Out

YB-58 pre-production aircraft 1 of 11

built – 8 later converted into crew

training TB-58s

The B-58 in operational service

Individual crew cockpits

Rear

Gun

Loading the pod

Pod from the rear

B-58 in Alaska operations

Refueling

operations

Minor problem

TB-58 Crew training aircraft 1 of 8

A sad ending for most of these

beautiful aircraft

A few survived to be put on display at

various air museums

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