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In 1957, cameras captured something extraordinary: a 130,000-pound B-47 Stratojet bomber executing what appears to be an aerial backflip with a nuclear bomb.
With the tragic accident of Air India Flight 171 at Ahmedabad on June 12, 2025, the focus has fallen on safety and ...
A small military aircraft serving the African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia crashed Wednesday at the airport in the capital, Mogadishu.
According to existing documentation, the U.S. has lost nearly a dozen nuclear bombs, but some analysts suggest the number could be higher.
MINOT AIR FORCE BASE – Nearly six decades after his last flight, retired U.S. Air Force Maj. Gary Lee stood on the flightline ...
Was the B-47 Stratojet just too good for its own time, or did its revolutionary engineering compel an entire generation of pilots and designers to reconsider what was possible and survivable in ...
Long-serving Yellowstone County Commissioner John Ostlund died in a plane crash Thursday afternoon. Ostlund was a popular figure, a longtime Republican and staunch conservative voice in Montana ...
Authorities say at least five people were injured when a small skydiving aircraft went off the end of a runway at an airport in New Jersey. A Federal Aviation Administration ...
Russia launched 550 drones and missiles across Ukraine overnight in the largest aerial assaults since the war began. The ...
The YF-93 was designed to be the next generation of escort for bomber planes, but alas, it was not to be. The Boeing B-47 Stratojet was deemed fast enough not to require escorts.
President Trump’s executive order, Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History, ignited debate over the question of who ...
The crash in India of a Boeing 787-8 passenger jet carrying 242 people bound for London has resurfaced concerns about safety in the skies. WSJ's Andrew Tangel answers audience questions over the ...