Boeing B-47 Stratojet:: True Stories of the Cold War in the Air

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.

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 ...