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 Lodestar is a military variant of the Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar, a twin-engine transport aircraft developed in the United ...

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 ...

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 ...

Early Development of B-17 Bomber With Different Engines. Development of the B-17 bomber began in the 1930s for the US Army Air Corps (USAAC). Its first version, the Model 299, had four Pratt and ...

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 ...