Father, I crave violence~

Here shown is an aircraft dropping her bombs on a bombing run against consolidated Al-Qaeda bases on the middle East. (Concept)

Fictional.

The United Glider Association object 166 Eagle is a turboprop heavy bomber concept for the United States Air Force for a bomber proposal dated year 1952, with a mission to penetrate and bomb soviet cities, heavy military installments and factories. Despite being innovative at the time, no aircraft were built due to the aircraft's powerplant and its enormous wingspan.

However, the USAF could give the Eagle a chance to be designated as XB-57A (rw filled by Martin Canberra), a variant with eight jet engines. As the jets are slightly underpowered to propel the aircraft, the project was permanently shelved.

Just in May 2019, the USAF decided to revive the project to compensate for the retirement of the Rockwell B-1 Lancer from service, with forty being ordered.
Such operational aircraft will be designated as the YB-3 as a flying platform for cruisr missiles.

Variants

Object 166
- Turboprop project. 78 bombs.
XB-57
- Turboprop project. 91 bombs.
XRB-57
- Turboprop project, 40 bombs plus two F4D Skyray or F7U Cutlass or four XF-85 Goblins.
XB-57A
- Eight-jet project. 91 bombs.
XB-57B
- Turboprop project, modified to carry the Mk 24 nuke.
Y1B-3A
- Turboprop project with modern avionics, 78 bombs, two are being built.

SPECIFICATIONS

Fuel capacity:
Engine: 4x 10,000hp turboprop driving contra-rotating props or 8x J40 jet engines

Maximum speed:
Cruise speed:
Landing speed: ~250 kph TAS
Climb rate:
Range:
Service ceiling: ~15,600 meters. One flight reached 20,100 meters.

Armament:
78-91 bombs or 1-4 nuclear bomb
2x 0.50 cal at the remotely-controlled tail gunner