Various land-based fighters were converted to become seaplanes during the Second World War. A few were very impressive, like ...

The bat-winged aircraft finally soared over the historic stadium at about 3 p.m., after Indiana University took a 17-0 ...

Opponents to Israel’s war against Hamas following the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks have criticized Boeing and other American firms ...

The site at the former Kelly Air Force Base has a long history with the old B-52 Stratofortresses. They were maintained there ...

Historic color footage of the Memphis Belle B-17 bomber with her famous flight crew and other B-17s during WWII. Memphis Belle is the nickname of the Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress that was one of the ...

The Boeing B-52 is on track to become the first jet-powered aircraft to reach 100 years of continuous service, a milestone it will hit in the 2050s, thanks in part to its strategic reinvention and ...

A damaged Northrop Grumman B-2 stealth bomber has returned to frontline duty with the US Air Force (USAF) more than four years after an accident sidelined it from service. The Air Force Life Cycle ...

The B-17 Flying Fortress and B-24 Liberator waged parallel bombing campaigns across Europe, but one aircraft proved 80 percent more efficient. Better handling, tighter formations and superior ...

In the near future, the US Air Force’s B-52 bombers will be equipped with Rolls-Royce F130 turbofan engines, dramatically expanding their range. The B-52 Stratofortress first flew in the 1950s, yet it ...

Some utterly brilliant engineering has gone into the grim task of creating bombers in Britain. While many formidable British bombers did go into service, such as the Lancaster, Canberra and Victor, ...

During the Battle of Midway, a crippled U.S. Army B-26 bomber flew so close over Japan’s flagship Akagi that its crew believed it was a suicide attack — years before Japan’s own “kamikaze” missions ...

For some families, the end of World War II brought long-awaited reunions with returning soldiers. For others, it marked the traumatic realization that their loved ones were among the many still lost ...