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B-47 Stratojet
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strategic bomber aircraft family by Boeing
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It sits within the topics 1940s United States bomber aircraft, 1950s United States bomber aircraft and Aircraft first flown in 1947.
Its subject is documented across 37 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Type
- Strategic bomber / reconnaissance
- National origin
- United States
- Manufacturer
- Boeing
- Status
- Retired
- Primary user
- United States Air Force
- Number built
- 2,042
- Introduction date
- June 1951
- First flight
- 17 December 1947
- Retired
- 1969 (B-47E), 1977 (EB-47E)
- Developed into
- Boeing XB-56
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Country of origin
- United States
- Developer
- Boeing
- Manufacturer
- Boeing
- Image
- Boeing XB-47D Stratojet testbed for Wright YT49 turboprop engine.jpg
- Height
- 8.54
- Length
- 32.65
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- Commons category
- Boeing B-47 Stratojet
- Commons gallery
- B-47 Stratojet
- total produced
- 2032
- first flight
- 1947-12-17
- service entry
- 1951-06-00
- service retirement
- 1969-00-00
- wingspan
- 35.37
- native label
- B-47 Stratojet
- cruise speed
- 896
- vehicle range
- 7478
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Encyclopedic overview
The Boeing B-47 Stratojet (Boeing company designation Model 450) is a retired American long-range, six-engined, turbojet-powered strategic bomber that was designed to fly at high subsonic speed and at high altitude to avoid enemy interceptor aircraft. The primary mission of the B-47 was as a nuclear bomber capable of striking targets within the Soviet Union.
Development of the B-47 can be traced back to a requirement expressed by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) in 1943 for a reconnaissance bomber that harnessed newly-developed jet propulsion. Another key innovation adopted during the development process was the swept wing, drawing upon captured German research. With its engines carried in nacelles underneath the wing, the B-47 represented a major innovation in post–World War II combat jet design, and contributed to the development of modern jet airliners.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “B-47 Stratojet” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.