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Boneyard files: Boeing B-47 Stratojet – the final landing of the SAC veteran

A look at the Boeing B-47 Stratojet at Davis-Monthan in the late 1960s, covering its swept-wing design, Cold War role, and high-risk reconnaissance missions.
The National Interest

Boeing B-47 Stratojet: America’s First Jet Bomber That Broke All the Rules

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. In ...
The Aviationist

Boeing’s B-47 Stratojet Goes Cold War Spying: The story of the RB-47

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 its ...