The Air Ministry was looking for a high-altitude, high-speed bomber, for which English Electric would propose the twin-jet A.1, later to be named “Canberra”, after the capital of Australia ...
The stealthy Northrup Grumman B-21 Raider is the most recent manned jet aircraft to join the United States Air Force's bomber fleet. Compared to the first jets over 80 years ago, it's almost alien ...
But the war ended before the F-82 “Twin Mustang” became operational, and the advent of jet fighters ultimately made the idea obsolete. Just five examples of this unique piece of history are ...
Russia’s National Defense Management Center said earlier that an Su-27 jet had been scrambled to intercept two US В-1В strategic bombers over the Baltic Sea WASHINGTON, May 23. /TASS/.
In fact, the bomber's lack of top-end speed was by design, with its twin turbofan engines stripped of afterburners to reduce the jet's infrared emissions. Staying subsonic was actually an ...