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 ...

A U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress bomber has been spotted sporting an ... was converted to the NB-52B and retired on 17 December 2004. since then it is on permanent display at the west gate ...

Under the same dating system the B-17 Flying Fortress was a 1934 airplane, the B-29 Superfortress a 1940 model.

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 ...

What if the B-21 Raider Bomber Was Cancelled ... a substantial fleet of bombers was also introduced. Roughly 13,000 B-17 Flying Fortresses, 18,000 B-24 Liberators, 10,000 B-25 Mitchells 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 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 ...