THE B-58 "HUSTLER" ONE OF SAC's IRON FISTS



Add caSCRAMBLE SCRAMBLE  SCRAMBLE B-58 CREW REACTS TO THE WARNING KLAXON AND IS ON RUNWAY ALERT THEIR GOAL IS TO GET AIRBORNE AND AWAY FROM THEIR BASE IN THE EVENT SOVIET ICBMS CATCH THESE CREWS ON THE GROUND AND VAPORIZE STRATEGIC AIR COMMANDS BOMBERS, AS TIME PASSED DURING THE COLD WAR IT BEGAN TO BE IMPERATIVE THESE CREWS GOT AIRBORNE WITHIN MINUTES SINCE ICBMS OR SLBMS COULD REACH U.S. TARGETS IN MINUTESTHESE CREWS REMAINED IN ALERT ROOMS WAITING JETS IDLING AND FUELED CREWS READY AND IN G-SUITS GROUND CREWS KEEPING SUPPLIES AND THE AIRCRAFT ENGINES IDLING, YOU CAN SEE THE USAF STATION WAGON WITH ALERT CREW ON ITS FRONT END

 



B-58 HUSTLER ONE OF THE USAF BOMBERS THAT WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR NUCLEAR WEAPON DELIVERY ON TARGETS DEEP WITHIN SOVIET TERRITORY'S  WITH A TOP CEILING OF NEAR 100,000
FEET AND SPEEDS OF 1300 MPH THIS BOMBER WAS A LOT OF KICK ASS! THE CREW OF 3 ALL HAD ESCAPE PODS THAT WOULD EJECT VIA ROCKET SYSTEM AND
PROTECT THE CREW MEMBER FROM HIGH SPEED AND ALTITUDE DURING A EJECTION IT'S ABILITY TO FLY OVER 4500 MILES AND ITS SPEED WOULD GUARANTEE THESE AIRCRAFT WOULD MAKE IT TO THEIR TARGETS DEEP INTO THE SOVIET UNION





A USAF B-58 OVER SUFFOLK COUNTY NY ON A ROUTINE STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND PATROL A PART OF GENERAL CURTIS LEMAYS NUCLEAR IRON FIST EARLY 1960's

THANKS TO TOM GREEN AT CIVIL DEFENSE MUSEUM FOR PICTURE 2 AND USAF COLD WAR HISTORICAL GROUP FOR THE OTHERS AND INFO - SHELTER_6