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Push-pull engine configurations have been a feature on some military aircraft since the First World War. One of the earliest examples was the Kennedy Giant, an experimental British heavy bomber ...
Though the B-17D was eased into the water in the trough between waves, it still struck with such force that bolted-down ...
A leaked image of China's J-36 stealth jet reveals triple engines, a bomber-style cockpit, and internal weapons bays—hinting at a revolutionary sixth-generation fighter. Explore what this means for ...
Boxer is a chonky boi, eeerm, a large aircraft.” With that acid remark, established aviation correspondent Bill Sweetman, ...
America's latest nuclear-armed delivery platform breaks cover as the US Air Force releases a rendering of its cutting-edge ...
Rarely does a fighter jet’s cockpit spark as much debate as its engines or its weapons bays, but China’s new J-36 has managed ...
A man in Marengo, Illinois, is on a mission to fully restore a World War II-era B-17 bomber—a project he’s been diligently working on in a roadside barn for the past 40 years.
This aircraft type has been in use by the group since 1965. Hurricane Hunters in the United States Air Force previously operated the B-17, B-25, B-29 and B-47 modified bomber aircraft prior to ...
Inverted WWII dive bomber found 3 miles deep in Pacific Ocean, with bomb still locked to its wing, NOAA Ocean Exploration says. It’s inside the sunken aircraft carrier Yorktown.
¶ McDonnell Aircraft’s F101 Voodoo, a big, 45,000-lb., long-range (estimated at 1,500 mi.) bomber-escort which can also be used as an interceptor or fighter-bomber.
The Ju 88 packed a payload of up to 1,400 kgs (3,100 lbs) of ordnance internally in two bomb bays rated at 900 kgs (2,000 lbs) and 500 kgs (1,100 lbs), or up to 3,000 kgs (6,600 lbs) externally ...
The aircraft believed to potentially be the H-20 stealth bomber was flying higher, and its fighter “chase plane” was not in close company. This makes the limited footage harder to analyse and ...