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The Air Force’s B-21 Raider Bomber Nightmare Has Just Begun
The U.S. Air Force needs more stealth bombers. Only 19 of the radar-evading B-2 Spirit war birds and the B-52 has served for ...
Are B-2 bombers a message to Iran? 'We'll let them decide,' Pentagon chief says
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said it was up to Iran to decide whether the recent US movement of B-2 bombers was a ...
Cold war dark secrets: When US B-52 bomber dropped 4 deadly Nuclear bombs on…, Hiroshima atom bomb was…, the county was…
A B-52 bomber returning to North Carolina, Spain collided mid-air with a KC-135 tanker during a refueling maneuver, resulting ...
Silent Bombers, Screaming Missiles: The Tense Balance of Iran and America
Short-Range Ballistic Missiles (SRBMs) like the Fateh-110, Zolfaghar, and Dezful — with ranges between 300 and 700 kilometers ...
A lesson buried in the Mediterranean: How a mid-air collision dropped four US nuclear bombs on Spain in 1966
On the morning of January 17, 1966, an American B-52 bomber on a secret mission over Cold War-era Europe collided mid-air ...
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Air Force B-52J Bomber: Years Behind Schedule and Won’t Fly Until 2033
The U.S. Air Force’s B-52J bomber upgrade program, now equipped with Rolls-Royce F130 engines, aims to modernize the ...
'We thought it was the end of the world': How the US dropped four nuclear bombs on Spain in 1966
After two planes collided, three hydrogen bombs hit a Spanish village, and one fell into the sea nearby. Two years later, ...
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The U.S. Air Force’s Convair B-36 Peacemaker Was a Monster
The most unique feature of the B-36 was its unusual hybrid propulsion system, combining both propeller and jet engines.
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The $6 Billion Build-up of Bombers in the Indian Ocean
The U.S. bombers at the Diego Garcia military base in the Indian Ocean is likely setting off alarm bells for the Middle East.