The upgrades are part of a plan to keep the B-52s in service until at least 2050, but they're delayed with cost overruns.

March 6th, 1944. Twenty-three thousand feet over Germany. A B-17 Flying Fortress faced twelve Messerschmitt Bf 109s. In the ...

In the wake of World War 2, the United States emerged as an industrial powerhouse after supplying its own military and its ...

The Swoose is one of the most iconic aircraft of World War 2. Originally called Ole Betsy, this B-17D Flying Fortress aircraft was part of the team that flew the first U.S. bomber mission during the ...

The appearance of the bombers in mass was the turning point in the aerial warfare of World War II. The era of sportsmanlike, ...

A new paper explores how managing cognitive load distribution is vital for navigating complex technologies and enabling their ...

The U.S. military flew three B-52 bombers on missions near the coast of Venezuela on Wednesday, according to a Global Strike Command spokesperson and a U.S. official, as the Trump administration ...

On December 2, 2022, the U.S. Air Force officially unveiled its new bomber: the Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider. Painted in bone white, built in a flying wing design, the B-21 was touted as the world's ...

COALITION, A PACIFIC JUNCTION MAN KILLED IN WORLD WAR TWO WILL BE LAID TO REST NEXT WEEK. SECOND LIEUTENANT BLAINE WILCOX WAS AN ARMY AIR FORCE FLIER DURING A BOMBING MISSION IN GERMANY IN OCTOBER OF ...

EVERETT — Thatcher Johnson has spent years building stuff. A former aerospace repair worker, Johnson had built replica airplane equipment, replica plane seats and a full 737 flight simulator in his ...

The gunners of the B-17 Flying Fortress were a different breed. These men endured unimaginably low temperatures, near-constant bombardment by heavy ordnance and cramped conditions to do a job that ...