1121 (MSN 78) assigned to 305th Bombardment Wing, Bunker Hill, later Grissom AFB, IN. Named 'Can Do'. To MASDC as BQ0041 12/22/69. Scrapped Aug 11, 1977.

16 Feb 62: TOS USAF; assigned to the 305th Bomb Wing, Bunker Hill (later Grissom) AFB, IN. The plane set numerous speed records during its career, the last of which was on 16 Oct 63 flying 8,028 miles from Tokyo to London in 8 hrs, 35 min, 20.4 sec, averaging 938 mph. Speed record from Tokyo to Anchorage averaged 1,093 mph. 1969: Flew to Offut AFB, NE for display at the SAC Museum. 1997: Disassembled and trucked to the new museum facility in Ashland, NE.

16 Feb 62: TOS USAF; assigned to the 305th Bomb Wing, Bunker Hill (later Grissom) AFB, IN. The plane set numerous speed records during its career, the last of which was on 16 Oct 63 flying 8,028 miles from Tokyo to London in 8 hrs, 35 min, 20.4 sec, averaging 938 mph. Speed record from Tokyo to Anchorage averaged 1,093 mph. 1969: Flew to Offut AFB, NE for display at the SAC Museum. 1997: Disassembled and trucked to the new museum facility in Ashland, NE.

Ca.1961: TOS USAF: assigned to the 43rd Bomb Wing (SAC), Carswell AFB, TX. 5 Mar 62: Set transcontinental speed record by flying non-stop from Los Angeles to New York and back. Crew awarded Bendix and Mackay trophies. 9/64: Unit moved to Little Rock AFB, AR. 12/69: 2750th Air Base Wing (Air Force Logistics Command), Wright-Patterson AFB, OH; the plane was then ferried to Wright Field to await the construction of the new Air Force Museum.

Ca.1961: TOS USAF: assigned to the 43rd Bomb Wing (SAC), Carswell AFB, TX. 5 Mar 62: Set transcontinental speed record by flying non-stop from Los Angeles to New York and back. Crew awarded Bendix and Mackay trophies. 9/64: Unit moved to Little Rock AFB, AR. 12/69: 2750th Air Base Wing (Air Force Logistics Command), Wright-Patterson AFB, OH; the plane was then ferried to Wright Field to await the construction of the new Air Force Museum.

Actually 55-666. 20 Mar 58 first flight as YB-58A. Used as test aircraft by Convair. 8 Nov 58: Flew 32 minutes at sustained Mach 2 with YJ79-GE-5 engines. 28 Apr 59: TOS USAF, but retained by Convair as a test and evaluation aircraft. 1 May 59: Converted to YRB-58A. 11/62: 6510th Operational Maintenance Squadron (AFSC), Edwards AFB, CA. 5/64: 3345th Maintenance and Support Group (ATC), Chanute AFB, IL. 5/65: Redesignated GRB-58A. 1967: Museum status; displayed at base air park. 1993: Chanute Air Museum. Marked as 61-2059. 10/15: Chanute Museum closed. 2017: Moved to Castle Air Museum, Castle AFB, CA.

Taken on an early evening visit to the museum. First flight 23 October 1962. Assigned to the 305th Bomb Wing based at Bunker Hill and later at Grissom IN. Retired to storage at MASDC on 01 Jun 1970 with inventory code BQ0050. Later moved to the Pima Air & Space Museum for display.

Rainy day photo. 1957: TOS USAF. 12 Mar 57: Carried by a B-36 to Wright-Patterson AFB, OH; assigned for static testing. 12 Aug 57: First flight. 9/57: 6592nd Test Squadron, Carswell AFB, TX. 1958: Converted to first RB-58A and tested recon pod. 1962: Loaned to NASA for sonic boom testing. Ca.1963: Converted to TB-58A; 305th Bomb Wing, Bunker Hill AFB, IN. 1/69: Suffered substantial damage due to a cockpit fire. Repaired only for display as a gate guard. 1987: Moved to the new Grissom AFB museum collection.

Slide taken when Chanute AFB was still active. This is actually GRB-58A 55-666 painted as B-58A 61-2059. This a/c was originally built as a YB-58A. Transferred to Chanute in May 1964 as a ground instructional airframe. Redesignated GRB-58A in May 1965. Put on display at the base in 1967. After the Chanute Air Museum closed in 2015, this a/c was moved in August 2017 to the Castle Air Museum in California.

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The worlds first supersonic bomber on display at the Pima Air & Space Museum. Constructed as a B-58A-20-CF and delivered to the USAF as 61-2080 in October 1962. Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number BQ0050 in June 1970. Loaned to Pima in 1972.