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The B-47 Stratojet Was Too Well-Designed for Its Own Good
The B-47 was so aerodynamically clean that generating the drag necessary to slow down and land safely required the use of ...
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The Dawn of Discipline
The introduction of the B-47 coincided with the massive makeover of the Strategic Air Command by General Curtis E. LeMay. He assumed command of SAC in 1948, and found that the pell-mell of post ...
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Exit Strategy
Not just the B-47 but a long list of tactical fighter-bombers would employ the startling new maneuver, which was called toss bombing. In 1952 the Strategic Air Command had identified more major ...