AHC: Export options for the B-58 Hustler

[jsb]

My question is apart from the USAF, what other Air Forces could potentially operate the Hustler?

I just can't really see it, they are super expensive and USAF only build 116 (26!!!! Lost in accidents...) we are talking B2 like assets in cost to run...?

 

[TimothyC]

There's a perfectly obvious solution to the question of what role the Convair B-58 would fill if exported to another nation. It's the same as one that was seriously studied by Convair OTL for domestic use.

Of course, it happens to be batshit insane....

Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you:

A supersonic passenger jet built on the Hustler airframe.

e of pi and myself did what I think is a fun little timeline about that getting built as an interim American SST.

 

[Blue cat]

Like a US equivalent of tu-128/28 fiddler ?

Yeah but with higher performance. I could see supersonic / long endurance interceptors having a greater role to play in an alternate time line where SAM’s are not as common or manned interceptors are seen as more desirable for some reason.