Boeing B-47 Stratojet: : True Stories of the Cold War in the Air (Schiffer Military History)

by: Mark Natola (Author)

Publisher: Schiffer Military History

Publication Date: 2002/8/16

Language: English

Print Length: 288 pages

ISBN-10: 0764316702

ISBN-13: 9780764316708

Book Description

During the early days of the Cold War, the Boeing B-47 Stratojet was America’s “”big stick”” with more than 1500 operational aircraft available to attack targets withing the Soviet Union, and was the world’s first operational swept-wing, multi-jet engine bomber. Beginning with the maiden flight of the XB-47 in 1947, and concluding with the final flight of any B-47 in the 1986, B-47 True Stories details the development and operational history of a remarkable aircraft that the USAF initially did not want. Eventually, more than 2000 Stratojets were built by Boeing, Lockheed, and Douglas aircraft companies.

About the Author

During the early days of the Cold War, the Boeing B-47 Stratojet was America’s “”big stick”” with more than 1500 operational aircraft available to attack targets withing the Soviet Union, and was the world’s first operational swept-wing, multi-jet engine bomber. Beginning with the maiden flight of the XB-47 in 1947, and concluding with the final flight of any B-47 in the 1986, B-47 True Stories details the development and operational history of a remarkable aircraft that the USAF initially did not want. Eventually, more than 2000 Stratojets were built by Boeing, Lockheed, and Douglas aircraft companies.