You're making an assumption that might not be true. The sortie in
question
might not come back to that base. A Post-Strike Recovery Base might not
be home but a place that might have some chance of still being in
existence such as a bare bones strip somewhere.

Would the speed of the aircraft be a factor? Harder to turn around a mach 2
B-58 isn't it?

In the early 70's I heard the assumption was that every runway that could
support a B-52 in the US would be hit with a nuke.


Tex Houston