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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.
North American B-45 Tornado reconnaissance bomber: 1947: retired 1959: 143: 10,000: North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco light attack: 1965: operational: 370: 230: North American T-28 Trojan light attack: 1949: retired 1994: 1,948: 540: North American XA2J Super Savage bomber: 1952: retired prototype: 1: 4,800: North American XB-70 Valkyrie ...
Douglas A-26C Invader (Later B-26C) flown by the 47th Bomb Group from early 1945 into the postwar era, before being replaced by the B-45 in 1948. Constituted as 47th Bombardment Group (Light) on 20 November 1940, and activated on 15 January 1941. Operational squadrons of the group were: 84th Bombardment Squadron 1941–1949
North American Aviation (NAA) was a major American aerospace manufacturer that designed and built several notable aircraft and spacecraft. Its products included the T-6 Texan trainer, the P-51 Mustang fighter, the B-25 Mitchell bomber, the F-86 Sabre jet fighter, the X-15 rocket plane, the XB-70 bomber, the B-1 Lancer, the Apollo command and service module, the second stage of the Saturn V ...
B45 or B-45 may refer to: Bundesstraße 45, a German road; B45 (New York City bus), in Brooklyn, USA; HLA-B45, a HLA-B serotype; North American B-45 Tornado, a U.S. Air Force bomber aircraft of the late 1940s
[1] [12] In May, it was attached to the 405th Fighter-Bomber Wing, which had just been activated. [1] The squadron began to re-equip with North American B-45 Tornado light bombers. In December 1953, the squadron moved to RAF Sculthorpe, England, where it was attached to the 47th Bombardment Wing.
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 North American B-25 Mitchell is an American medium bomber that was introduced in 1941 and named in honor of Brigadier General William "Billy" Mitchell, a pioneer of U.S. military aviation. [2] Used by many Allied air forces, the B-25 served in every theater of World War II , and after the war ended, many remained in service, operating ...