Darrell

We couldn't catch you but in a front quarter attack we ran a Pk of
about 98%. F-89J and MB-1 Atomic Air to Air Rocket.

Big John
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On Wed, 5 Jul 2006 10:03:39 -0700, "Darrell S"
wrote:

You are correct. By the time the B-58 became operational the Russian radar
and missile defense systems improved to the point that high altitude, mach
2, attacks would have been suicide. The operational tactics changed to high
subsonic low altitude attack which made the mach 2 capability of the B-58
relatively unusable for combat. All the design features necessary for mach
2 flight such as the narrow fuselage made it impractical to add terrain
avoidance radar for IFR low altitude.

We practiced our low altitude high speed tactics in Oil Burner routes (now
Olive Branch) at 600 knots on the deck. Great sport.