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The only B-47 that that took off from Little Rock AFB to the UK across the Atlantic Ocean
The B-47 Stratojet
The first XB-47 prototype, which was built to fulfill a 1944 need, flew in December 1947 and outperformed its rivals. It had...
When 18 MiG-15s prevented TARZON-loaded B-29s to destroy two bridges over the Yalu River
After WWII B-29 saw military service again in Korea between 1950 and 1953, battling new adversaries: the Soviet-built MiG-15 jet fighters
When the huge VB-13...
The California Parachute slowed down the descent of Little Boy and Fat Man
In a sense, Little Boy and Fat Man—as well as other bombs of the same kind—had parachutes. Not a textile one, but a California...
The XB-58 Hustler prototype was carried by the enormous B-36 Peacemaker.
Convair was able to move the XB-58 prototype from Fort Worth, Texas, to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, for testing, using a modified...
Bombing Japan cost the lives of 414 B-29s. About two Superfortresses were destroyed in accidents and crashes for each that the enemy destroyed
During World War II, the Pacific theater saw the bulk of the use of B-29s. Up to 1,000 Superfortresses dropped bombs on Tokyo at...