Summary: The B-47 Stratojet, the U.S.'s first jet bomber, was introduced in 1951, marking a significant transition in military aviation. -Designed for high-altitude, long-range missions to deliver ...

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 ...

The reconnaissance version of the B-47 had fired guns in anger and had been fired upon, the only taste of combat the type would experience, the bombers leading a much more peaceful existence.