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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 ...
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 ...
For the most part, propulsion technology had evolved into piston engines with forward-mounted propellers, as can be observed on most World War II-era aircraft, like the North American P-51 Mustang and ...
However, despite these upgrades, it is slated to be eventually replaced by the forthcoming B-21 Raider stealth bomber. Late last year, a new B-1B Lancer featuring an array of technological ...
The use of the B-2 Spirit bomber is significant, one aviation expert told Military.com, pointing out the use of the long-range stealth plane signals a strong message not just to the Houthis ...
The US military carried out a series of airstrikes against the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen on Wednesday, using B-2 stealth bombers to hit targets underground. The Pentagon suggested the B-2 ...
The B-21 Raider is the U.S. Air Force's planned next-generation stealth bomber intended to replace the aging B-2 Spirit. While it features advanced radar-absorbent materials and cutting-edge ...
The US military carried out fresh airstrikes on Yemen-based Houthi rebels on October 17. The US forces used B-2 stealth bombers for the first time to attack deep underground bunkers of the Houthis ...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Seven people died and six others were injured after a suicide bomber detonated an unidentified device at a café outside a police training school in Somalia’s capital ...
Bomb-dropping drones are nothing new but this latest model takes the technique another step forward ... that the newly emptied chamber is replaced by a full one. If used as a bomber, once all the ...
The US deployed its highly advanced B-2 Spirit stealth bomber to strike underground Houthi weapons facilities in Yemen, a significant escalation in response to the group’s recent attacks on ships in ...