 RASCAL Test Launches at White Sands Missile Range

In early 1956, the USAF limited DB-47E production to just two aircraft.In May 1957 the USAF decided to field only one instead of two DB-47 squadrons equipped with the RASCAL missile.Strategic Air Command leadership believed the RASCAL was already obsolete., By December 1957, the USAF 445th Bomb Squadron of the USAF 321st Bomb Wing was training with the RASCAL.