B-47 Stratojet

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The B-47 Stratojet was a pioneering American jet-powered strategic bomber of the early Cold War era, notable for its swept-wing design and role in nuclear deterrence.

All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
B-47 Stratojet canonical 17
Boeing B-47 Stratojet 3
B-47 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (64)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States bomber ⓘ
jet-powered bomber ⓘ
military aircraft ⓘ
strategic bomber ⓘ
armament conventional bombs ⓘ
nuclear bombs ⓘ
bombLoad 10800 kg ⓘ
conflict Cold War ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
crew 3 ⓘ
crewPosition co-pilot ⓘ
navigator ⓘ
pilot ⓘ
cruiseSpeed 855 km/h ⓘ
defensiveArmament tail guns ⓘ
designation B-47 ⓘ
linked to: B-47 Stratojet
designer Boeing ⓘ
developedFrom Boeing Model 450 ⓘ
engineModel General Electric J47 ⓘ
engineType turbojet ⓘ
era Cold War ⓘ
firstFlight 1947-12-17 ⓘ
fullName Boeing B-47 Stratojet ⓘ
linked to: B-47 Stratojet
height 8.45 m ⓘ
influenced Boeing 707 ⓘ
Boeing B-52 Stratofortress ⓘ
Douglas DC-8 ⓘ
introduced 1951 ⓘ
landingGearType bicycle landing gear ⓘ
length 32.92 m ⓘ
manufacturer Boeing ⓘ
maximumSpeed 977 km/h ⓘ
notableFeature bicycle landing gear ⓘ
pod-mounted engines ⓘ
swept wings ⓘ
numberBuilt 2042 ⓘ
numberOfEngines 6 ⓘ
operator Royal Air Force ⓘ
United States Air Force ⓘ
primaryMission long-range nuclear strike ⓘ
primaryUser United States Air Force ⓘ
range 6480 km ⓘ
retired 1969 ⓘ
role electronic warfare ⓘ
nuclear deterrence ⓘ
reconnaissance ⓘ
strategic bombing ⓘ
secondaryMission electronic intelligence ⓘ
photo-reconnaissance ⓘ
serviceCeiling 12500 m ⓘ
status retired ⓘ
tailConfiguration conventional tail ⓘ
tailGunCaliber 12.7 mm ⓘ
tailGunType M3 Browning machine gun ⓘ
usedBy Strategic Air Command ⓘ
United States Air Force ⓘ
variant B-47A ⓘ
linked to: B-47 Stratojet

B-47B ⓘ
linked to: B-47 Stratojet

B-47E ⓘ
linked to: B-47 Stratojet

EB-47 ⓘ
RB-47 ⓘ
wingConfiguration swept wing ⓘ
wingspan 35.05 m ⓘ
wingSweepAngle 35 degrees ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (27)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

B-50 Superfortress → successor → B-47 Stratojet ⓘ
Rolls-Royce Olympus → usedInAircraft → Boeing B-47 Stratojet (testbed) ⓘ
subject linked to: Rolls-Royce Olympus turbojet
linked to: B-47 Stratojet
General Electric J47 → usedInAircraft → Boeing B-47 Stratojet ⓘ
linked to: B-47 Stratojet
Convair B-36 Peacemaker → successor → Boeing B-47 Stratojet ⓘ
linked to: B-47 Stratojet
Walker Air Force Base → basedAircraftType → B-47 Stratojet ⓘ
subject linked to: Walker Air Force Base (former)
Whiteman Air Force Base → hostedAircraft → B-47 Stratojet ⓘ
B-47 Stratojet → variant → B-47A ⓘ
linked to: B-47 Stratojet
B-47 Stratojet → variant → B-47B ⓘ
linked to: B-47 Stratojet
B-47 Stratojet → variant → B-47E ⓘ
linked to: B-47 Stratojet
B-47 Stratojet → designation → B-47 ⓘ
linked to: B-47 Stratojet
B-47 Stratojet → fullName → Boeing B-47 Stratojet ⓘ
linked to: B-47 Stratojet
Strategic Air Command → notableAircraft → B-47 Stratojet ⓘ
subject linked to: SAC
B-45 Tornado → successor → B-47 Stratojet ⓘ
Blytheville Air Force Base → basedAircraftType → RB-47 Stratojet ⓘ
linked to: B-47 Stratojet
B43 nuclear bomb → deployedOn → B-47 Stratojet ⓘ
Mark 4 nuclear bomb → deploymentPlatform → B-47 Stratojet ⓘ
Mark 5 nuclear bomb → compatibleAircraft → B-47 Stratojet ⓘ
Mark 6 nuclear bomb → deployedOn → B-47 Stratojet ⓘ
Mark 21 nuclear bomb → compatibleAircraft → B‑47 bomber ⓘ
linked to: B-47 Stratojet
Mark 28 nuclear bomb → deployedOn → B-47 Stratojet ⓘ