The B-47 was so aerodynamically clean that generating the drag necessary to slow down and land safely required the use of drogue parachutes. The B-47 Stratojet, a Cold War-era strategic bomber, ...
In 2001, a Department of Energy hydrographic survey suggested that the bomb was buried between five and 15 feet of silt. The Air Force has continually assured the public that... The B-47 was so ...
The Boeing B-47 Stratojet changed strategic aviation by proving that a swept-wing jet bomber could carry nuclear weapons at speeds and altitudes that left earlier bombers behind. Its radical design, ...
When the Boeing B-47 Stratojet entered service, it marked a turning point in aviation history. As the United States Air Force’s first jet-powered, swept-wing bomber, the B-47 blended World War II-era ...