Most modern aircraft use four jet engines, but the B-52 bomber has eight. The reasons start in one frantic weekend its ...

The B-52's 66% mission-capable rate beats the B-1's 46%, which explains why the Air Force is keeping it in service through ...

The B-1 Lancer was designed to combine speed, payload, and maneuverability in a way no bomber had before. Capable of flying ...

The damaged B-2 was able to fly to Northrop Grumman's Palmdale facility so repairs could begin, which ended up saving around ...

The small number of B-2s in the Air Force’s inventory—and the labor-intensive process of maintaining its stealth coating—put ...

Consolidated's most famous aircraft in World War II were the B-24 Liberator and the PBY Catalina patrol plane. However, ...

Surprisingly, the United States Air Force is actually not the largest operator of strategic bombers. The People's Liberation ...

The Spirit of Georgia was damaged following a landing mishap in September 2021, but was successfully repaired and is back in ...

B-2 tail number 89-0129 has been restored to flight status after extensive repairs to damage caused by a landing gear collapse in 2021, boosting the USAF's limited stealth bomber capability.

The United States nuclear-capable bomber fleet saw its capabilities bolstered when a B-2 stealth aircraft—the same type used to strike Iran in June—that was significantly damaged in an incident four ...

The “temporarily” relocated unit was originally slated to last 10 months and has nearly concluded, as Ellsworth AFB announced ...