The B-58 was a very impressive aircraft. We had one come in at Minot in the 60's. It shook the whole base when the engines were running. We don't hear much about it now like we do the B-52. I have a personal story about my first encounter —- Our old base commander took over one of the B-58 bases. He brought one in…

I was at Minot in early 60's & worked on this bomber (007) out of the 450th AEMS, ECM shop. Surprised to hear it was there up until the 2000. So much has changed on the aircraft since then. The nose radon looks so different. We had to open it every flight to service one of our systems.