| 55-663 |  | YB-58A-CF
TB-58A-CF | | 305th BW | YES | | First flight 8/12/57; made first B-58 supersonic pod drop on 9/30/57; made first B-58 Mach 2 pod drop on 12/20/57; used by NASA for SST sonic boom test in 1962; converted to TB-58A and served with 305th BW; grounded in 1969 following fire in cockpit area. Red & white paint scheme. | On static display at Grissom AFB IN.
Grissom Air Museum
1000 W. Hoosier Blvd.
Peru IN 46970
(765) 689-8011
www.grissomairmuseum.com |
| 55-665 |  | YB-58A-CF | Snoopy I | Edwards AFB | YES | | First flight 9/28/57; first test aircraft delivered to the USAF on 2/15/58; on 2/15/59 modified to test AN/ASG-18 radar system and associated GAR-9/AIM-47 missile for the F-108 Rapier and later the YF-12A programs. | In derelict condition on the Edwards AFB photo test range for many years. Recent (2005) satellite photographs place the airframe appx. 1 mile northeast of the intersection of Lancaster Blvd. and East Avenue B. This would be about 1/2 mile south of the south end of dry lakebed runway 35.
1 S. Rosamond Blvd.
Edwards AFB CA 93524
(661) 277-3510
www.edwards.af.mil |
| 55-666 |  | YB-58A-CF | | Convair/Carswell AFB | YES | | First flight 3/20/58; used as the GE J79-GE-5 engine test aircraft using a special centerline pod - on 11/8/58 flew 32 minutes at sustained Mach 2 with the YJ79-GE-5s; made longest B-58 early test program flight of 11 hours 15 minutes on 8/16/62. | Formerly on static display at Chanute AFB IL wearing serial number 61-2059, 55-666 was shipped to Castle Air Museum in Atwater California arriving on August 17, 2017 and is in multiple phases of restoration.
Castle Air Museum
5050 Santa Fe Drive
Atwater, CA 95301
www.castleairmuseum.org |
| 55-668 |  | YB-58A-CF
TB-58A-CF | Wild Child II
Peeping Tom | 43rd BW last Hustler assigned to 43rd. | YES | | First flight 5/13/58; used for various special projects - Hughes AN/APQ-69 SLAR Goodyear AN/APS-73; orignally scheduled to be first airframe fitted with GE J79-GE-9 engines for B-58B; converted to TB-58A and became last Hustler assigned to 43rd BW. | Arrived at MASDC 1/16/70 but was saved and transported by C-5A to Southwest Aerospace Museum Forth Worth TX and later moved to Lone Star Flight Museum Galveston TX. After surviving a tornado, was moved to Little Rock Air Force Base, Jacksonville Ark. and is on display.
www.littlerock.af.mil |
| 59-2437 |  | B-58A-CF | Firefly II
Rigley's Baby | 43rd BW | YES | | Assigned to 43rd BW. Involved in accident on 7/16/68 right main landing gear collapsed. AF pilot was Maj. George R. Tate (survived); AF nav/bombardier Capt. Ray G. Walters (survived); AF DSO Capt. Francis Mosson (survived). | Grounded after an accident at Little Rock AFB. Sat in derelict condition at LRAFB for a number of years airframe stripped including removal of engines; later moved to San Antonio Texas and on display at the former Kelly AFB TX main gate. It appears that the engine housings were built for the purpose of completing the aircraft for display as they are not the correct shape.
143 Billy Mitchell Blvd.
Building 43 Suite 6
San Antonio TX 78226
(866) KELLYUSA
www.kellyusa.com |
| 59-2458 |  | B-58A-CF | Cowtown Hustler | 43rd BW | YES | | Assigned to 43rd BW; won the Bendix and Bleriot Trophies. | Restored and on display at the USAF Museum at Wright-Patterson AFB Dayton OH.
National Museum of the USAF
1100 Spaatz St.
Wright-Patterson AFB OH 45433
(937) 255-3286
www.wpafb.af.mil/museum |
| 61-2059 |  | B-58A-CF | Can Do Greased Lightning | 305th BW | YES | | Assigned to 305th BW; flew an 8028 n. mile mission from Tokyo to London non-stop at an average speed of 938 mph. | Static display at the Strategic Aerospace Museum Offut AFB Bellevue NE.
Strategic Aerospace Museum
28210 West Park Highway
Ashland NE 68003
(402) 944-3100
www.strategicairandspace.com |
| 61-2080 |  | B-58A-CF | | 305th BW | YES | | Last B-58A built. First Flight 10/23/62; accepted by the AF and delivered on 10/26/62; assigned to 305th BW. | Arrived at MASDC 1/6/70 but saved and placed on static at Pima Co. Aerospace Museum Tucson AZ.
Pima County Aerospace Museum
6000 E. Valencia Rd.
Tucson Arizona 85706
(520) 618-4800
www.pimaair.org |
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