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 ...

Strategic bombers have long been among the largest and most powerful aircraft ever built, ...

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 ...

An iconic Avro Lancaster flies over RAF Fairford during the Royal International Air Tattoo, forming up with a Hawker Hurricane and a Supermarine Spitfire from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight.

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, ...

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 ...

Allied ingenuity produced a number of great fighter aircraft that would prove instrumental in their victory in World War 2 The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt and Lockheed P-38 Lightning were each capable ...

History enthusiasts can get a small glimpse at World War II air battles this weekend in the Inland Empire. They can get up close to — and fly inside — a bomber and a jet fighter visiting Chino through ...

Malcolm Rubin grew up in Elmira and, after studying at Cornell University, joined the U.S. Army Air Forces. Rubin was a bombardier on a B-24 Liberator bomber that was shot down in November 1944 over ...

On foggy nights during World War Two, runways were lit with fire to help guide bombers home. For thousands of RAF pilots, the ...