47th Bombardment Wing - B-45 tornadoes
47-082 was withdrawn from operational use at RAF Sculthorpe on July 7,1958 and was sent to Boulhaut AB, Morocco for fire practice use. 47-089 was withdrawn from operational use at RAF Sculthorpe on May 13,1958 and was sent to Etain AB, France for fire practice use. 47-050 was stricken off charge at North American Aviation in Inglewood,CA on April 5,1957. 47-061 was withdrawn from operational use at RAF Alconbury on April 4,1958 and was sent to RAF Bentwater for fire practice use. 47-058 was withdrawn from operational use at RAF Sculthorpe by October 1958 and was sent to RAF Greenham Common for fire practice use. 47-081 was withdrawn from operational use at RAF Sculthorpe on July 7,1958 and was sent to Ben Guerir AB, Morocco for fire practice use. 47-068 was sent to Giebelstadt AB, Bavaria, Germany, probably in 1958 for fire practice use.
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North American B-45 TornadoNorth American B-45 Tornado byl první americký proudový bombardér v operační službě. Bylo to také první letadlo, které provedlo tankování paliva za letu. Typ B-45 byl v raných 50. letech důležitou součástí americké politiky jaderného odstrašení. Byl ale rychle nahrazen pokročilejším typem Boeing B-47 Stratojet. B-45 a jeho průzkumná varianta RB-45 sloužily v americkém strategickém letectvu v letech 1950–1959. .. pokračovat ve čtení