The Forgotten 1950s Jet Race

The dawn of the jet age was fueled by intense Cold War military demands that permanently altered the commercial aviation landscape. In the 1950s, the US Air Force required a swept-wing jet tanker capable of keeping pace with their new fleet of fast bombers. Enter the secretive Boeing Dash 80 prototype, a massive gamble that eventually led to the legendary KC-135 Stratotanker and the passenger-carrying 707.

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