The Boeing B-47 Stratojet (Boeing company designation Model 450) is a retired American long-range, six-engined, turbojet-powered strategic bomber designed to fly at high subsonic speed and at high altitude to avoid enemy interceptor aircraft. The primary mission of the B-47 was as a nuclear bomber capable of striking targets within the Soviet ...

September 27, 2010 - Strategic Air Command (SAC) Museum, Ashland, NE. Quick and dirty, blink-and-you'll-miss-it, tour. My Dad didn't come in with me as he'd given me the annotated tour...

The RB-47H carried a crew of six, with the pilot, co-pilot and navigator in a pressurized section in the nose. The three electronic warfare officers (EWOs), also known as “Ravens” or “Crows,” were stationed in what would be the bomb bay in a normal B-47.

An inside look at the USAF's first jet bomber by: Walter J Boyne Source: Flight Journal. The XB-47 first flew on December 17, 1947, with test pilots Bob Robbins and Scott Osler at the controls. (Osler was the first pilot to lose his life in a B-47 in a freak accident with the canopy.) The few people watching that

The B-47 Stratojet is one of the most important aircraft ever designed by The Boeing Company. It was the world's first large swept-wing aircraft, ushering in a long line of jet bombers and civil transports.

Take a quick look around the January 2013 SASM Aircraft of the Month- The B-47E Stratojet.

Emigrant Peak B-47 Crash Memorial – Montana from Homefire Productions on Vimeo.

Being a great fan of the B-47, having seen hundreds in England during my teenage years, I find the stories from ex air and ground crews to be compelling reading – sometimes answering some of the questions I’ve pondered over for many years.

The B-47 was the first first true modern bomber to fill the ranks of General Curtiss Lemay's new Strategic Air Command. With long range, high altitude capabilities, the "Stratojet" became the backbone of SAC in the early 1950s.

The B-47 medium bomber became the foundation of the Air Force's newly created Strategic Air Command, and many were adapted for several specialized functions. One became a missile carrier, others were reconnaissance aircraft or trainers or carried remote controls for other aircraft.