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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 to enter service with the United States Air Force (USAF), as well as the first multiengine jet bomber to be refueled in midair.
The Tornado was the first USAF four-jet bomber, and although the B-45 was available for combat in Korea, it was the RB-45 reconnaissance version that was used. First flown in April 1950, the Tornados managed to outrun and outmaneuver MiG's on numerous occasions, however they too eventually became targets.
List of surviving Boeing B-29 Superfortresses; Beechcraft L-23 Seminole; Bell H-13 Sioux; Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress; Boeing B-29 Superfortress; Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter; Douglas C-124 Globemaster II; Douglas F3D Skyknight; Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer; Curtiss C-46 Commando; Douglas A-1 Skyraider; Douglas A-26 Invader; Douglas C-47 ...
North American B-45 Tornado, a U.S. Air Force bomber aircraft of the late 1940s Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title formed as a letter–number combination.
The Battle of Suwon Airfield was the first aerial battle of the Korean War occurring on 27 June 1950 over Kimpo Airfield and Suwon Airfield.The battle, between aircraft of the United States and North Korea, ended in a victory for the US Air Force after nine of its aircraft successfully shot down seven North Korean People's Air Force aircraft.
The 47th Bombardment Wing, Light, equipped first with the Douglas B-26 Invader was assigned on 19 November 1948, from Biggs Field for transitioning to the North American B-45 Tornado. The B-45 was the USAF's first operational jet bomber, and the first jet aircraft to be refueled in the air.
The United States flew a long-range B-1B bomber over the Korean Peninsula on Wednesday for its first precision-guided bombing drill with South Korea in seven years, the South's military said. The ...
China's road to the Korean War: The making of the Sino-American confrontation (Columbia University Press, 1994). [ISBN missing] Crane, Conrad C. "To avert impending disaster: American military plans to use atomic weapons during the Korean War." Journal of Strategic Studies 23.2 (2000): 72–88. Dingman, Roger. "Atomic diplomacy during the ...