The Boeing B-47 Stratojet (Boeing company designation Model 450) is a retired American long-range, six-engined, turbojet-powered strategic bomber designed to fly at high subsonic speed and at high altitude to avoid enemy interceptor aircraft. The primary mission of the B-47 was as a nuclear bomber capable of striking targets within the Soviet ...

The Boeing B-47 Stratojet was the first swept wing jet bomber and the first to be designed to carry nuclear weapons. The design of the B-47 relied on swept wing data captured from Germany after World War II. Boeing engineers had envisioned a jet-powered plane as early as 1943.

2012年1月3日 · B-47B The B-47B in flight The B-47B (Model 450-11-10) was the first true production Stratojet. Eighty-seven B- 47Bs had been contracted for by the Air Force in November of 1949, but the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950 brought increased demands for Stratojets and the Stratojet

The advent of the B-47 had a strange effect on the squadron. LeMay had introduced the concept of the spot promotion into SAC for especially well-qualified crews. In the B-47, the radar observer would be the key to high performance, and there began an imme-diate jockeying among the senior aircraft comman-ders to get the best radar observers for ...

1986年6月17日 · The B-47 served the United States Air Force from 1951 to 1977. From the first flight of the Boeing XB-47 Stratojet prototype, 17 December 1947, to the final flight of B-47E 52-166, was 38 years, 6 months, 1 day. Douglas-built B-47E-25-DT Stratojet 52-166 on final approach to land at Castle Air Force Base, 17 June 1986. The approach chute is ...

2013年2月1日 · The B-47 required much closer attention than previous aircraft to preflight planning, fuel distribution, trim settings, and airspeed control. It was deceptively easy to fly, but extremely precise operation was required during takeoff, in …

The Boeing Model 450 B-47 Stratojet was a long-range, six-engined, jet-powered strategic bomber designed to fly at high subsonic speeds and at high altitudes to avoid enemy interception. The B-47's mission was primarily to drop nuclear bombs on the Soviet Union. With its engines carried in pods...

The arrowlike shape of the XB-47 introduced a new look into the field of heavy, high performance aircraft and on December 17, 1947, the swept wing bomber lifted from the runway on its first flight. The testing that followed proved the soundness of the radical design, and production contracts were awarded that eventually made the Stratojet the ...

A B-47 and F-94 fly into Ladd AFB, Alaska, in 1951. In 1958, SAC’s arsenal of of the versatile B-47 peaked at 1,367 bombers in 28 wings and 176 reconnaissance mod-

View a gallery of different views of the B-47 by clicking on the "Gallery Pictures" or view those on this page. Gallery Pictures. Fly-by of 2nd Bomb Wing B-47’s participating in General Twining’s retirement ceremony when he retired as Chairman, Joint Chief of Staff. Some times it took some extra hands to close the heavy brake chute door.