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Amidst the tensions of the Cold War, the B-47 was produced en masse, with over 2,000 units eventually joining the U.S. Air Force’s Strategic Air Command (SAC), reaching a peak in the late 1950s.
The Strategic Air Command air crews who flew the B-47 loved it, and feared it. The Air Force’s first jet-powered bomber allowed SAC commander Gen. Curtis LeMay to build a formidable nuclear ...