(Continued. The beginning in № 3 2005)
Supersonic strategic bomber CONVAIR B-58 HUSTLER. Not waiting for the completion of flight tests, August 1, 1960 the U.S. air force has adopted a strategic bomber b-58A HUSTLER. Probably, this decision was more political than military. And it was associated with adopting in the summer of 1960 the first Soviet supersonic bomber Tu-22. By the way, his prototype under the designation “105” first took to the air on June 21, 1958, a year and a half later American aircraft.