List of surviving Boeing B-47 Stratojets
The Boeing B-47 Stratojet is an American jet-engine Strategic Bomber used by the United States Air Force from 1951 until 1977. Of the 2,032 aircraft built, 23 survive today, none of which are airworthy, and all of which are located in the United States.
Surviving aircraft
Serial | Location (geographic) | Location (corporate) | Service | Post-service | Photo |
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46-0066 | United States Southern California |
Air Force Flight Test Museum | Test aircraft. | Formerly displayed at the Chanute Air Museum. Under restoration.[1] | |
50-0062 | United States Pooler, Georgia |
Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum | Was operated by the Strategic Air Command's Training Wing. | ||
51-2075 | United States Southern California |
Air Force Flight Test Center, Edwards AFB | Used as a photographic target. | ||
51-2120 | United States Knob Noster, Missouri |
Whiteman AFB | Operated by SAC's 509 BW. | ||
51-2315 | United States Peru, Indiana |
Grissom Air Museum | [2] | ||
51-2360 | United States Ogden, Utah |
Hill Aerospace Museum | Built at Boeing Witchita plant. Delivered 10 April 1953. Converted B-47E. | Displayed at New England Air Museum in Windsor Locks, Connecticut. Severely damaged during storm. Transferred to Hill AFB in 2002. Currently under restoration.[3] | |
51-2387 | United States Wichita, Kansas |
Kansas Aviation Museum | Converted B-47E. | ||
51-7066 | United States Seattle, Washington |
Museum of Flight | converted to a WB-47E. | Restored to bomber configuration for display.[4] | |
51-7071 | United States Altus, Oklahoma |
Hightower Park | Former 96th Bombardment Wing, Medium aircraft. | ||
52-0412 | United States Abilene, Texas |
Dyess AFB | Converted from B-47E; later operated by the US Navy's Fleet Electronic Warfare Support Group(FEWSG) as a Government Owned/Contractor Operated aircraft (with tail # 24120) until retired in 1977. | ||
52-0595 | United States Little Rock, Arkansas |
Little Rock AFB | |||
53-2275 | United States Riverside, California |
March Field Air Museum | [5] | ||
53-2276 | United States Bossier City, Louisiana |
Barksdale Global Power Museum | Former 303rd Bombardment Wing, Medium aircraft. | ||
53-2280 | United States Albuquerque, New Mexico |
National Museum of Nuclear Science and History | In the 1960s this aircraft was used as a test bed at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base under the designation JB-47E. It was the first USAF aircraft with a fly-by-wire control system. | Transferred to the NMUSAF in 1969 and displayed until 2003. In 2013 it was transferred to the National Museum of Nuclear Science & History in Albuquerque, New Mexico for permanent display.[6] | |
53-2385 | United States Plattsburgh, New York |
Plattsburgh International Airport | |||
53-4213 | United States Wichita, Kansas |
McConnell AFB | Operated by Strategic Air Command's 98th Bombardment Wing, Medim & 308th Bombardment Wing, Medium. One of the last B-47s operated at the former Lincoln AFB, Nebraska before departing on 7 December 1965; 53-4213 participated in Operation "Fast Fly" which was the retirement of the last B-47s in USAF service. | ||
53-4257 | United States Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
Tinker AFB | |||
52-0166 | United States Atwater, California |
Castle Air Museum | Strategic Air Command operated by the 9th Bombardment Wing, 509th Bombardment Wing, Medium & 40th Bomb Wing, Medium; last used by the United States Navy as a photographic training target at NAWS China Lake, California. | Performed the last flight of a B-47 in June 1986 from NAWS China Lake to Castle AFB.[7] | |
52-1412 | United States Ashland, Nebraska |
Strategic Air Command and Aerospace Museum | Assigned to the 301st Bombardment Wing, 97th Bombardment Wing, 384th Bombardment Wing, 321st Bombardment Wing, and 70th Bombardment Wing prior to its retirement in 1964. | Currently undergoing gradual restoration.[8] | |
53-2104 | United States Pueblo, Colorado |
Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum | Last role was as a TF34 engine testbed designated a NB-47E. | Civil registered for delivery flight to Pueblo Memorial Airport in 1979. | |
53-2135 | United States Tucson, Arizona |
Pima Air and Space Museum | Converted to an EB-47E; formerly operated by the 376th Bombardment Wing, Medium. | [9] | |
53-4296 | United States Valparaiso, Florida |
Air Force Armament Museum | Former 55th SRW aircraft; returned to duty from MASDC, Davis-Monthan AFB, for tests of F-111 radar system by the Air Force Avionics Laboratory, then retired to Eglin AFB, ca. 1976; RB-47 nose and F-111 radome replaced by standard B-47E nose, making it a bastardized configuration. | ||
53-4299 | United States Dayton, Ohio |
National Museum of the United States Air Force | This RB-47H was delivered to the USAF in October 1955. The aircraft served with the 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing from 1955 until its retirement in 1966. It was deployed to several locations, including Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, and Yokota Air Base, Japan. It also flew missions over the former Soviet Union. | The aircraft was delivered to the museum in 1998. After extensive restoration by museum personnel, it went on display in 2003, marked as it appeared in 1960.[10] |
References
- β "XB-47 Stratojet (46-066) - Flight Test Historical Foundation". Flight Test Historical Foundation. Retrieved 2017-07-29.
- β "B-47B STRATOJET BOMBER | 1000 West Hoosier Blvd. Peru, IN". www.grissomairmuseum.com. Retrieved 2017-07-29.
- β B-47E "StratoJet", New England Air Museum in Windsor Locks, Connecticut
- β "Boeing WB-47E Stratojet | The Museum of Flight". www.museumofflight.org. Retrieved 2017-07-29.
- β "March Field Air Museum In Riverside, CA - B-47E Stratojet, Boeing". www.marchfield.org. Retrieved 2017-07-29.
- β "Heritage Park | The National Museum of Nuclear Science & History". www.nuclearmuseum.org. Retrieved 2017-07-29.
- β "Our Collection". www.castleairmuseum.org. Retrieved 2017-07-29.
- β "B-47E βStratojetβ β Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum". sacmuseum.org. Retrieved 2017-07-29.
- β User, Super. "STRATOJET". www.pimaair.org. Retrieved 2017-07-29.
- β "Boeing RB-47H Stratojet > National Museum of the US Air Forceβ’ > Display". www.nationalmuseum.af.mil. Retrieved 2017-07-29.
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