The XB-41 Liberator tried to turn a B-24 bomber into a heavily armed escort gunship, but weight and speed limits doomed the ...

In the U.S. Operation Epic Fury against Iran, the more than 60-year-old B-52 "flying fortresses" continued to prove their value as a versatile airborne missile launcher, carrying dozens of precision ...

Crunching the numbers of two defense aerospace juggernauts.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A U.S. Air Force B-17 'Flying Fortress' bomber flies through the sky. A man in Marengo, Illinois, is on a mission to fully restore ...

As he plunged toward the unforgiving earth, Army Air Forces Sgt. James Raley was stuck. It was January 1944, and the tail section of the B-17 Flying Fortress bomber nicknamed “Skippy” where Raley was ...

The bomb a detectorist found in Lommel (Limburg) at the weekend probably came from an American B17 bomber that was on its way ...

More than 10 Airmen from D-M volunteered to clean and learn about different World War II aircraft, such as the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, May 11. The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is a four-engine ...

CHICAGO - In a dramatic scene that could have played out in Europe during World War II, a restored B-17 Flying Fortress bomber made an emergency landing Monday in a west suburban cornfield after an ...

BOUNTIFUL, Utah (KSTU) — On July 8, 1944, Lieutenant George F. Wilson Jr was flying in a B-17G “Flying Fortress” bomber when a hail of antiaircraft fire struck the aircraft, killing the pilot and ...