The U.S. Air Force’s B-58 Hustler Bomber Could Hit Mach 2 But Now Collects Dust in Museums While the B-52 Keeps Flying

The U.S. Air Force’s B-58 Hustler Bomber Could Hit Mach 2 But Now Collects Dust in Museums While the B-52 Keeps Flying

The B-58 Hustler Hit Mach 2 and Set 19 Speed Records — The Air Force Retired It After 10 Years and Kept the B-52 for 70 The B-58 Hustler was the U.S. Air Force’s first operational supersonic bomber—it had an impressive max airspeed of Mach 2.0. We saw it in person last year at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, and we have to say, it gives us goosebumps.  Arriving on-scene during the first half of the Cold War—just a few years after the …