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.

A strategic bomber represents a medium-to-long-range weaponized system or aircraft explicitly designed for dropping a series of air-to-ground ordnance onto a distant target to impede and demolish ...

The U.S. military is flying surveillance aircraft along the southern border with Mexico to collect intelligence and conduct reconnaissance, according to U.S. defense sources familiar with ...

A B-52 BOMBER IS FORCED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY STOP AT OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE THIS WEEK. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FOUR HOURS INTO TRAINING ON A FLIGHT OUT OF LOUISIANA ON WEDNESDAY, WHEN IT EXPERIENCED ...

Feb. 2 (UPI) --An aircraft tug collided with a plane that had just landed at O'Hare International and overturned, critically injuring the driver. The Federal Aviation Administration said the ...

U.S. and Philippine fighter aircraft have staged a joint patrol and training over a disputed South China Sea shoal where Chinese fighter jets fired flares last year to drive away a Philippine ...

The Army helicopter and regional American Airlines jet that collided over Washington are both workhorse aircraft that operate around the world on a daily basis.There were 60 passengers and four ...

The meta-problem with the aircraft carrier is straightforward enough. Every new development in missile technology makes it harder and harder to claim that aircraft carriers are worth the ticket price.

CHICAGO (CBS) --A worker at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport was critically injured Saturday night when an aircraft tug collided with a plane that had just landed and was approaching a gate ...