The B-29 would go on to be used in the Korean War of the 1950s. However, high-altitude winds made it impossible to bomb Japan ...

The Korean War provided the first confrontation between ... 9th Bomb Wing to Guam as an atomic task force immediately." Ten B-29s, loaded with unarmed atomic bombs, set out for the Pacific.

The Korean War was a period of major development for jet fighters and helicopters and obsolescence for WWII bombers.