A Truly Spooky Aircraft

[longknife]

This may be what I saw taking off from Nellis AFB some time back. Replaces the U-2 or SRB-71?

 

[Oldguy]

This may be what I saw taking off from Nellis AFB some time back. Replaces the U-2 or SRB-71?

That's just an old B-57 Canberra bomber from back in the 1950's or early 60's. It may have been updated for some mission, but it's still an obsolete airframe.

 

[Truthmatters]

nellis?

you live in san berdo?

 

[Truthmatters]

Oh wait that is riverside huh?

 

[peach174]

Nellis is a little over 7 miles North East from Las Vegas,Nevada

 

[Bigfoot]

nellis?

you live in san berdo?

Norton was shut down.

Dumb ass.

 

[Bigfoot]

Oh wait that is riverside huh?

That's March Field.

Double dumb ass.

 

[Mad Scientist]

OldGuy, it looks like you're good at aircraft I.D. AND you were in Nam so can I ask you a question? Did you ever see a Camo B-58 when you were there?

 

[westwall]

Oh wait that is riverside huh?

That's March Field.

Double dumb ass.

That would be clueless dumb ass!

 

[westwall]

This may be what I saw taking off from Nellis AFB some time back. Replaces the U-2 or SRB-71?

Actually, that's NASA's WB-57.

http://www.nasa.gov/missions/research/b-57_feature.html

 

[Oldguy]

OldGuy, it looks like you're good at aircraft I.D. AND you were in Nam so can I ask you a question? Did you ever see a Camo B-58 when you were there?

B-fifty EIGHT?

No, I didn't see any kind of B-58 there.

 

[Mad Scientist]

OldGuy, it looks like you're good at aircraft I.D. AND you were in Nam so can I ask you a question? Did you ever see a Camo B-58 when you were there?

B-fifty EIGHT?

No, I didn't see any kind of B-58 there.

I don't know how story started but some aviation people have said there were two B-58 Hustlers in theater at various times to provide a nuclear response, both of which were Camo.
But of course anyone I ask who was actually over there had never even heard of such a thing.

It was a long shot but thanks for replying anyway.

 

[Oldguy]

OldGuy, it looks like you're good at aircraft I.D. AND you were in Nam so can I ask you a question? Did you ever see a Camo B-58 when you were there?

B-fifty EIGHT?

No, I didn't see any kind of B-58 there.

I don't know how story started but some aviation people have said there were two B-58 Hustlers in theater at various times to provide a nuclear response, both of which were Camo.
But of course anyone I ask who was actually over there had never even heard of such a thing.

It was a long shot but thanks for replying anyway.

I suppose it's possible some were there as they did not actually leave the inventory until 1970, when they were replaced by the FB-111. Because SAM anti-aircraft missiles came out just about the same time as the B-58, they were relegated to low level, subsonic missions which, I suppose, would have been the plan for dropping a nuke on North Vietnam, the most heavily defended airspace ever.

While I did not get to Vietnam until November, 1970, and spent most of my time far out in the boonies and well away from big airfields, I cannot say with any certainty that they were never there. But, it seems plausible during the early days of the war.


ps: I did little research and came up with this about Operation Bullseye.

https://thelexicans.wordpress.com/category/history/page/3/