KDR wrote:
Darrell S wrote:
Probably 2 refuelings since the B-58's were first kept in Texas and later in
Arkansas and Indiana.
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Darrell R. Schmidt
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http://members.cox.net/dschmidt1/
"KDR" wrote in message
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A 1968 letter from Defense Secretary Clifford to State Secretary Rusk
at http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/frus/jo...b/xii/2262.htm mentioned
that the air bases in Spain were originally built for SAC operations
and some B-58 bombers and accompanying tankers were earmarked for
forward deployment there.
How many refuels were needed for a fully-laden B-58 to bomb its target
in the USSR and come back to Spain?
On a side note, Vice Admiral Gerald E. Miller wrote in his book
"Nuclear Weapons and Aircraft Carriers" that the Navy RA-5C Vigilantes
- operating from carriers in the Bay of Biscay - were assigned to
targets in Eastern Europe.
Thanks for the reply but what I want to know is the number of required
refuelings when the B-58s flew from bases in Spain to bomb targets in
the USSR and come back to Spain.
Issue was if the balloon was that far up, the Spanish base would be
history.