An early B-47E on approach at Lincoln Photo: Jim Dunlap 

Boeing B-47E Stratojet
Class: Medium-Bomber
Crew: 3 (Pilot, Co-Pilot, Navigator/Bombardier)
Maximum Speed: 606 mph
Combat Radius: 2,013 miles
Service Ceiling: 33,100 ft
Armament: 2 20mm Cannon in tail
                 25,000 lb bomb load including 2 nuclear free-fall bombs or 28 500 lb conventional bombs
Length: 107 ft
Wingspan: 116 ft
Height: 28 ft

Produced at three assembly plants, Boeing - Wichita, Douglas - Tulsa, Lockeed - Marietta

Service at Lincoln AFB December 7, 1954 - December 7, 1965
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