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| Boeing B-47
Stratojet Gallery - Postcards |
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B-47, one of the Air Force's newest bombers, demonstrates a jato
takeover from Write-Patterson flight line.
The b-47 is a medium bomber stroto-jet in the 600 mph class |
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Combat ready crew of the 321st Bombardment Wing,
Pine Castle Air Force Base,
near Orlando, Florida. |
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Boeing B-47 Stratojet
The world's fastest operational bomber. Built at Boeing's
Wichita Division, these six-jet a-bomb carriers put the punch in
Uncle Sam's air arm. The Stratojet travels "in excess of 600
mph" with more than 20,000 pounds of bombs. |
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Boeing B-47E "Stratojet"
The Stratojet, the world's first swept-wing bomber made its initial
flight on December 7,1947 and normally carried a crew of three men.
The B-47E on display at the Air Force Museum, Wright-Patterson AFB,
Ohio is the last Series "E" aircraft built. |
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Plattsburgh Air Force Base; Plattsburgh, New York
Home of the 820th Air Division. A B-47 "Stratojet" bomber from
the Strategic Air Command takes a "long pull" of fuel from a KC-97
"Stratotanker". This method of refueling is known as the
flying boom system. |
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| Sheppard AFB |
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| MacDill AFB |
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