In 1958 the KB-29s were upgraded to the jet-assisted KB-50Js which were specially equipped with two General Electric J47 turbojet engines that enabled the tankers to match the speed of the faster jet fighters during refueling
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The 47th moved into the jet age in 1949, when the North American B-45 Tornado, bomber replaced the B-26s.
47th United States Congress | The West Wing | V-1 flying bomb | Royal Flying Corps | Air Training Command | Air Education and Training Command | flying boat | Monty Python's Flying Circus | Red Wing, Minnesota | Left-wing politics | flying ace | Wing Commander | Reserve Officers' Training Corps | wing | V-12 Navy College Training Program | The Flying Nun | training | Flying Tigers | The West Wing (television) | The Flying Burrito Brothers | Air Training Corps | X-wing | United States Army Training and Doctrine Command | United Nations Institute for Training and Research | Green Wing | Flying Dutchman | Fixed-wing aircraft | Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress | Wing Commander (rank) | United States Olympic Training Center |