Key Points – The Boeing B-47 Stratojet, developed in the late 1940s as the first US jet-powered medium bomber, was a technological marvel featuring a revolutionary swept-wing and podded-engine ...

Summary: The B-47 Stratojet, the U.S.’s first jet bomber, was introduced in 1951, marking a significant transition in military aviation. -Designed for high-altitude, long-range missions to ...

Meet the B-47: The Boeing B-47 Statrojet was the first pure jet strategic bomber; yes, the B-36 did have four General Electric J47 turbojet engines, but six piston-driven engines outnumbered them ...

The B-47 first flew in 1947 and was the Air Force's primary medium range nuclear bomber until 1965. The B-47 could cruise at 550 miles an hour and carry 25,000 pounds of bombs.

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 ...