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The North American B-45 Tornado is an early American jet bomber designed and manufactured by aircraft company North American Aviation.It has the distinction of being the first operational jet bomber to enter service with the United States Air Force (USAF), as well as the first multiengine jet bomber to be refueled in midair.
North American B-45 Tornado reconnaissance bomber: 1947: retired 1959: 143: 10,000: North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco light attack: 1965: operational: 370: 230:
B45 or B-45 may refer to: Bundesstraße 45, a German road; B45 (New York City bus), in Brooklyn, USA; HLA-B45, a HLA-B serotype; North American B-45 Tornado, a U.S. Air Force bomber aircraft of the late 1940s
Tornado bomber may refer to North American B-45 Tornado , a first generation jet bomber aircraft Panavia Tornado , a 1970s multi-role aircraft which in the IDS variant is used as an interdictor
As an interim measure, the USAF decided to put the North American bomber into production on a limited basis as the B-45 Tornado. The expectation was that B-45 production would be terminated if either of the remaining two designs in the competition, the Boeing XB-47 and the Martin XB-48, proved superior.
Full all-weather capability and a secondary reconnaissance role also had to be included in the design. The American contenders included the Martin XB-51, the North American B-45 Tornado and AJ Savage. To expedite the process, only projects based on existing aircraft were considered and unusually, the service considered foreign aircraft.
Production orders finally went to the North American B-45 Tornado, and even this airplane served only for a couple of years before again being replaced by the much more modern Boeing B-47 Stratojet, although the B-45 had the inherent performance – especially if it was not burdened with a payload – for it to then serve as a reconnaissance ...
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