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Edwards AFB Convair B-58 Hustler, Mojave Desert, California
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NOTE: This area is restricted access unless you have military base access. Make sure to read signs. Rogers Lake Bed is off-limits since planes do land there.
This one of several photographic targets which can be seen using public roads/tracks on the outside of the base. It is officially part of the AFFTC museum.
Convair B-58 Hustler, nicknamed "Snoopy" (it has the famous dog drawn on both sides of its fuselage) and with serial number 55-0665
It was placed in the Precision Impact Range Area (PIRA), in the middle of the Mojave Desert at the wouth end of Edwards AFB (and Rogers Dry Lake). It to be used as a target for radar calibration.
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