The Boeing B-47 Stratojet bomber first flew on 17 December 1947 and was America's first swept-wing all-jet bomber. More than 2,000 B-47s were produced, more than any other Free World bomber since World War II. This aircraft, a TB-47B training version with serial number 50-0062, was built by the Boeing Airplane Company at Wichita, Kansas, and delivered to the U.S. Air Force on 7 February 1952. It was first assigned to Strategic Air Command's training wing at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. In January 1957 it was redesignated as a JTB-47B for use as a flying test platform and transferred to Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, where it remained for the rest of its service life. In April 1967 it was dropped from the U.S. Air Force inventory and allocated for museum use. During the 1950s and early 1960s, the B-47 played a vital role as a mainstay of the United States nuclear deterrent forces, with B-47s and their crews standing on nuclear alert during the Cold War, prepared to strike the Soviet Union and its client states with only a few minutes warning. Stratojets eventually equipped twenty-eight of Strategic Air Command's medium bombardment wings and also flew vital strategic reconnaissance missions. Its swept-wing, multi-jet-engine design provided a model for commercial jet airliners from its introduction in the late 1940s through the 1960s, and aircraft such as the Boeing 707, Boeing 747, and Douglas DC-8 owed their aerodynamic profiles to this Cold War bomber. Painted to represent a B-47 assigned to the 303rd Bomb Wing, this aircraft also serves as a tribute to the World War II Eighth Air Force veterans of the 303rd Bomb Group stationed at Molesworth Base in England, whose generosity made its restoration possible.