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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...
The pilot and bombardier of the B-47 remembers carrying the biggest nuclear bomb ever manufactured toward Spain
The B-47 that flew the largest Nuclear Bomb ever built to Spain
The first XB-47 prototype, built to fulfill a 1944 need, flew in December...
The story of the XB-52 and YB-52, the scrapped B-52s prototype
The designations XB-52 and YB-52 were assigned to these prototype B-52 aircraft. X stands for "experimental," and Y stands for "prototype."
The B-52 was the...
The B-47 Stratojet served as the strategic air command’s backbone throughout the early Cold War
The USAF operated 28 B-47 bomb wings and four RB-47 reconnaissance wings, totaling 1,357 B-47s and 175 RB-47s, during the height of their use...
A Soviet MiG-19 shot down an American Elint aircraft over the Barents Sea
Before swinging back to launch a cannon strike, the MiG-19 broke away from the RB-47H during the maneuver. The aircraft was shot down after...