U.S. defense strategy evolves with 6th-generation aircraft, including the B-21 Raider and F-47, promising advances in stealth ...

MINOT AIR FORCE BASE – Nearly six decades after his last flight, retired U.S. Air Force Maj. Gary Lee stood on the flightline ...

It looked ahead while built from the past. The B-47 Stratojet fused WWII engineering with jet-age innovation to become the USAF’s first swept-wing nuclear bomber—and the backbone of Strategic ...

Originally designed as a medium bomber, the B-47 also had a lesser known and more secretive role in the Cold War, serving in a reconnaissance role as the RB-47 to monitor the Soviet military and ...

[U.S. Air Force] One of the more extreme engine conversions of the platform, the Chase XC-123A incorporated turbojets in pods like the Boeing B-47 Stratojet. [U.S. Air Force] ...

You can thank the lessons learned from the B-47 for that innovation. However, they came at a high cost: Approximately 10 percent of the B-47 fleet—203 aircraft and, sadly, 464 flight crewmembers—were ...

We had P-39s flying under the Ambassador Bridge, but this sounds pretty far-fetched.” Boeing B-47B rocket-assisted take off on April 15, 1954. (U.S. Air Force photo) The RB-47 Stratojet ...

In the tense climate of the Cold War, the United States Air Force’s B-47 Stratojet emerged as a pivotal force in maintaining a strategic edge. Introduced in 1951 as America’s first jet-powered bomber, ...

The Boeing B-47 Stratojet collided with a F-65 Sabre jet during training, and the pilot of the Stratojet was concerned that the bomb would break loose and detonate. Pilot Colonel Howard Richardson ...