<article><hdr>Airborne shot of B-58A Hustler</hdr><body>
<hi style=afpcap>Without doubt the B-58 Hustler was one of the most impressive aircraft to watch land or take off as its flight profile necessitated a nose high attitude. Readily apparent is the huge delta wing with the four General Electric J.79 engines suspended in pods. The large external pod beneath the fuselage was designed to contained fuel for the outward journal as well as housing its nuclear weapons, and could be jettisoned after the target had been attacked. The B-58 entered service in 1960 and was flown by only two operational units; the 43rd BW at Carswell AFB, Texas (later at Little Rock AFB, Arkansas) and the 305th BW at Grissom AFB, Indiana. The service career of the Hustler was fairly short as the entire fleet was retired in the space of just eleven weeks commencing November 19769.</hi>
