When discussing historic bombers in American history, the B-36 Peacemaker ranks at the top in terms of size and design flaws. The B-36 was developed in 1941 during World War II and began its service ...

The size and complicated design of the B-36 Peacemaker caused perpetual headaches for her aircrew—and maintenance crews on the ground. Last week, The National Interest took a look at the origin story ...

Today the Russian Aerospace Forces operates the Tupolev Tu-95 (NATO reporting name “Bear”), a long-range bomber that first entered service in 1952. It remains the only propeller-powered bomber in ...

Our younger generations may not be aware that our Air Force operated a huge, ten-engine bomber over the period 1948-1959. During that period, the USAF received 380 of the special bombers, designated ...

Out in the Arizona desert stands a forgotten symbol of the nuclear age. The nuclear age started in the West, which has its share of Cold War relics: the Trinity test site in New Mexico, the uranium ...

America at the end of the Second World War was a wildly different place. Brimming with self-confidence after having just defeated the greatest set of rivals the country had ever faced, inundated with ...

Barnsley, Eng.: Air World Pen and Sword / Philadelphia: Casemate, 2025. Pp. 304. Illus., plans, tables, biblio., index. $54.95. ISBN: 1526787318 The First ...