The B-47 Stratojet was introduced in 1951 as a long-range, high-altitude, jet-powered strategic bomber. The B-47 was designed to avoid enemy interceptor aircraft and deliver nuclear weapons deep ...
The aircraft was capable of only daylight photography ... This RB-47 was retired from active service in 1966. The post Boeing's B-47 Stratojet Goes Cold War Spying: The story of the RB-47 appeared ...
11033243.2 At the end of the Second World War in August 1945 large numbers of U.S. bombers were scrapped. This included not only the B-17 and the B-24, but also the, at that time still modern, B-29.