The B-47 set the stage for subsequent jet bombers ... please help me through the next two hours,” Robbins prayed before the XB-47’s first flight. Robbins' fears were alleviated, however ...

X-47B First Flight The X-47B, an unmanned combat vehicle built as a demonstration aircraft for the U.S. Navy, had its inaugural flight at California's Edwards Air Force Base on February 4, 2011.

The first reconnaissance variant of the B-47 came to be known as the RB-47B ... General Curtis LeMay. The flight was looking for the deployment of the new MiG-17 aircraft to airfields in the ...