Having all the capabilities of the aforementioned aircraft as well as superior speed made the B-47 an ideal reconnaissance platform. The first reconnaissance variant of the B-47 came to be known ...

While two 1,780-gallon drop tanks increased range, they also marred the bomber’s clean lines and produced drag. USAF I got my first glimpse of a Boeing B-47 on an April morning in 1954 ...

This early jet bomber emerged from a wartime effort by the ... By the time it was ready to fly, more advanced jet bombers, ...