YB-60 | |
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![]() YB-60 prototype, Convair B-36F in the background | |
General information | |
Type | Strategic bomber |
Manufacturer | Convair |
Status | prototype only |
Primary user | United States Air Force |
Number built | 1 complete, 1 nearly complete |
History | |
First flight | 18 April 1952 |
Developed from | Convair B-36 |
The Convair YB-60 was a prototype heavy bomber built by Convair for the United States Air Force in the early 1950s. It was a purely jet-powered development of Convair's earlier mixed-power B-36 Peacemaker.