wanttaja@ssc-vax.UUCP (Ronald J Wanttaja) (08/31/84)
> It wasn't a "new B-49", by the way, it was the B-47, which I believe > was the US's 1st all-jet bomber, and was superseded only by the B-52. Nice guess, but I think the B-45 Tornado was the USAF's first jet bomber in operational service. Kinda looked like a Douglas A-26 with twin podded jets in each wing instead of prop engines. Ron Wanttaja (ssc-vax!wanttaja)