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 ...

Influenced by the research and application of swept-wing design by the Germans in World War Two, the first Boeing XB-47 took flight on Dec. 17, 1947, the 44-year anniversary of the first flight at ...

This included not only the B-17 and the B-24, but also the, at that time still modern, B-29. This piston engine bomber was further developed into the B-50, fitted with more powerful piston engines.

It was jettisoned from a B-47 bomber during a 1958 nighttime training mission conducted by the U.S. Air Force that went horribly wrong. Despite searching the area for about 10 weeks, the military ...