The B-47 Strat-O-Jet Association was formed in 1996 to preserve the legacy of the Boeing B-47 and to honor the men who flew and maintained it throughout the darkest days of the Cold War. Soon after forming the Association, we decided to make an Internet Presence and became the B-47.Com During the 1950s and early 1960s the B-47 played a vital role as a mainstay of the United States nuclear deterrent forces. The B-47s and their crews stood on nuclear alert during the Cold War, prepared to strike the Soviet Union and its client states with only a few minutes warning. B-47 Stratojets eventually equipped twenty-eight of Strategic Air Command’s medium bombardment wings and also flew vital strategic reconnaissance missions.
The swept-wing, multi-jet engine design of the Boeing B-47 Stratojet bomber provided a model for commercial jet airliners from the time of its introduction in the late 1940s through the 1960s. Commercial aircraft such as the Boeing 707, the Boeing 747 and the Douglas DC-8 owe their aerodynamic profiles to this Cold War bomber.
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Jim Diamond
The B-47 STRATOJET ASSOCIATION Feb 21, 2002
has an exempt status under section 501 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code as an organization described in section 501 (C) (3).
Anyone desiring any information on the B-47 STRATOJET ASSOCIATION about the above exempt status should contact:
Bob Griffiths, Treasurer
303 Double Eagle Rd.
Burgaw, NC 28425-8559