Key Points - The Convair B-58 Hustler was the world's first supersonic bomber, a Cold War marvel designed to penetrate Soviet airspace at Mach 2. -It carried its nuclear weapon and extra fuel in a ...

Key Points and Summary - The Convair B-58 Hustler, America's first Mach 2 supersonic bomber, was the center of a radical Cold War plan to create a "flying missile silo." -U.S. nuclear strategists ...

Since its founding in 1947, the U.S. Air Force has operated a variety of aircraft. It has plenty of bombers, fighters, transport planes, and more, but not everything the Air Force flies is exceptional ...