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

by Mark Natola

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780764316708
Publisher:	Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
Publication date:	08/16/2002
Series:	Schiffer Military History Bks.
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)