The B47 was the aircraft upon which Strategic Air Command SAC based its capability pending the development and delivery of the B52. First proposed during WWII as a highspeed pistonpowered reconnaissance platform the B47 evolved into what would become the first sweptwing medium jet bomber and SACs most numerous operational aircraft. Given its pioneering role as a jet bomber and the ongoing evolution of SACs mission and US national security the B47 had more than its share of teething proble