LC control no. | sh2009007178 |
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Topical heading | North American Tornado (Jet bomber) |
Variant(s) | B-45 (Jet bomber) Tornado (Jet bomber) |
See also | Jet bombers North American airplanes (Military aircraft) |
Found in | Work cat.: 2009026356: Fredriksen, J.C. The B-45 Tornado, 2009: ECIP data view (North American B-45 Tornado; America's first jet bomber; used in strategic reconnaissance and atomic-weapon strike missions from its 1944 development to the Cold War) Wikipedia, July 23, 2009 (North American B-45 Tornado; United States Air Force's first operational jet bomber and first jet aircraft to be refuelled in the air; part of U.S. nuclear deterrent for several years in early 1950s; succeeded by Boeing B-47 Stratojet; served in U.S. Air Force's Strategic Air Command from 1950 to 1959; manufactured by North American Aviation; primary users: United States Air Force, Royal Air Force [Great Britain]) |