Could battleships return? We explain how missiles, cost, and naval strategy killed the concept and why it isn't likely ...
Where is Kurdistan and how were it's people involved in World War Two? Did Germany try to annex South Tyrol from Italy? And why did Hitler have that Moustache? Find out in this episode of Out of the ...
A crew had just watched their bombs drop over Kyushu, Japan when flak hit their aircraft and an engine caught fire. Before their B-29 bomber exploded, one man died on board and another was fatally ...
A World War Two codebreaking machine and its Royal Navy operators have been commemorated in wool. Yarn bomber Clare Reeves, who works at Bletchley Park's learning centre, crocheted and knitted the ...
The B-17 bomber, also known as the Flying Fortress, helped change the course of World War II. Manufactured by Boeing, over 12,000 were made for combat. It was dubbed a flying fortress due to its ...
SALEM, Ore. — In Salem, a group of volunteers are on a years-long mission to restore a B-17 bomber that long sat on top of a Milwaukie gas station. "Everybody knew where the bomber was," Terry Scott, ...
Do you think you can spot an F-22 Raptor from a MiG-29 Fulcrum just by its outline? The art of silhouette recognition has long been essential for pilots and military personnel identifying enemy assets ...
University of Arizona Army ROTC Cadet Jonny Ellwanger knew he was signing up for something important when he was picked to join an archaeological dig at the crash site of an American B-17 bomber shot ...
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - Tours begin on Wednesday of a rare World War II bomber. The B-29 Super Fortress named “FiFi,” flew into the Springfield-Branson National Airport on Monday. It’s part of the ...
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — One of the rarest World War II bombers will be heard flying in the skies in Springfield next week. According to the Springfield-Branson Airport, Springfield will be a stop for the ...
Because of its ability to attack targets that were hundreds of miles away from its airbases in England, the bombers of World War II were vital assets to the Allied war effort. Tasked with the ...