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Bomber Aircraft: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
The B-17 Flying Fortress was created amidst the rising need for strategic bombers that were fast, operational at high ...
OSHKOSH – An Oshkosh woman is being honored for her contributions to EAA. Colleen Lambrecht received the Henry Kimberly ...
I think many of us do not appreciate the magnitude of sacrifice made during World War II where 405,000 US soldiers died.
A U.S. Army branch dedicated to identifying soldiers considered missing in action successfully located the remains of a ...
Odd-looking airplanes may still be able to fly. These five have odd-looking wings, no wings at all, or strangely shaped ...
For the most part, propulsion technology had evolved into piston engines with forward-mounted propellers, as can be observed ...
The purchase, unveiled in Washington, is transparently aimed at preparing the navy to conduct offensive operations against ...
Those of you who have followed my posts over the years will have picked up that I am an engineer and a (private) pilot. I ...
The B-17 flying fortress Sentimental Journey, a Second World War heavy bomber, was welcomed by special guests including veterans, Penticton Mayor Julius Bloomfield and host Penticton Flying Club ...
After World War II ended, there were a significant number of leftover C-47s, and even DC-3s, that were no longer needed by ...
A salvage company operator long tasked with removing a sunken, World War II-era ship from the Mississippi River faces a lawsuit about illegal dumping nearby.