Summary and Key Points: The B-47 Stratojet is one of the least-celebrated Cold War bombers — and one of the most influential.
As we continue the Boneyard Files series, which showcases some of the retired aircraft that once rested at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona, in the late 1960s, today’s story features ...
In 2001, a Department of Energy hydrographic survey suggested that the bomb was buried between five and 15 feet of silt. The Air Force has continually assured the public that... The B-47 was so ...
The B-47 was so aerodynamically clean that generating the drag necessary to slow down and land safely required the use of drogue parachutes. The B-47 Stratojet, a Cold War-era strategic bomber, ...