Boeing B-47A 49-1900 NACA and KC-135Qs assigned to SAC

and KC-135Qs assigned to SAC wings played a vital role in keeping the Blackbird flying its high-altitude

designed to run paired with an EA to provide additional power on heavy passenger trains

the 28th BW flew some of the most demanding and secretive missions of the era — deep penetration reconnaissance flights probing Soviet air defenses and gathering strategic intelligence across the vast Eurasian landmass

and the TF-51D served alongside these aircraft as a familiar

Boeing B-47A 49-1900 NACA and KC-135Qs assigned to SACThese are 1 72 scale decals for Boeing B 47A 49 1900, operated by NACA (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics) as an aeronautical research aircraft. The B 47 Stratojet was a revolutionary design when it entered service, introducing swept wings and podded jet engines to American bomber aviation. NACA acquired early B 47A airframes to study the aircraft's advanced aerodynamic characteristics, contributing to the foundational research that would