America at the end of the Second World War was a wildly different place. Brimming with self-confidence after having just defeated the greatest set of rivals the ...
bombs. By World War II, bombers became some of the most important aircraft of the conflict, and it was a Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber that dropped the first atomic bomb used in warfare.
The two principal variants of the aircraft, which were designated by manufacturer Handley Page as the O/100 and the O/400 differed only in range and payload capabilities. These bombers were used ...
In order to better combat that threat, the Pentagon devised the Convair B-36 “Peacemaker” long-range bomber ... Convair, originally Consolidated Aircraft Corporation (it eventually merged ...
The B-21 Raider is the first new American bomber aircraft in more than 30 years. Almost every aspect of the program is classified. As evening fell over the Air Force’s Plant 42 in Palmdale ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs will get a familiar flyover ahead of the AFC Championship game against the Buffalo Bills. The team announced that the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber from ...
and that firm responded with the B-25. War fever caused the Air Corps to forego a prototype test stage and both bombers went from the drawing board straight into production. The consequences were ...
Pitched as a dual-threat stealth bomber, the B-21 Raider is estimated to cost $692 million per aircraft (including support and spares), the programme is backed by a supportive FY2025 NDAA.