Today in History – July 29, 1952 – RB-45 Tornado makes first non-stop trans-Pacific flight.
29 July 1952 – A USAF RB-45 Tornado makes the first non-stop trans-Pacific flight, having been refueled twice by KB-29s along the way. The North American B-45 Tornado was an early American jet-powered bomber designed and manufactured by aircraft company North American Aviation. It has the distinction of being the first operational jet bomber to enter
