North American B-45 Tornado
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The North American B-45 Tornado is an early American jet bomber designed and manufactured by aircraft company North American Aviation. It has the distinction of being the first operational jet bomber
Static display of RB-45C, AF Ser. No. 48-037
A preserved USAF B-45C Tornado at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, Dayton, Ohio
A USAF B-45C Tornado in flight
Flightline photo of B-45A-5-NA Tornadoes of the 47th Light Bomb Wing, Langley Air Force Base, Va., before transatlantic flight to Sculthorpe, England, in July 1952.
Convair XB-46
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The Convair XB-46 was a single example of an experimental medium jet bomber which was developed in the mid-1940s but which never saw production or active duty. It competed with similar designs, the No
North American B-45 Tornado
…rising tension with the Soviet Union impelled the USAAF to assign a higher priority to jet bomber development. By mid-1946, both the XB-45 and the rival Convair XB-46 were nearing completion but the Boeing XB-47 and Martin XB-48 were at least two years out. Thus, the USAAF chose to evaluate the first two designs. The…
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XB-46 aileron and spoiler detail