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B-47 Stratojet: The Mother Jet

The Boeing B-47 Stratojet was the United States Air Force's first jet-powered and first swept-wing bomber. This iconic and ...
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 ...
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, ...