The Air Force’s newer bombers were tailored for narrow mission sets that have aged poorly in the 21st century, while the B-52 Stratofortress remains extremely adaptable.

There are currently 76 B-52s in the US Air Force fleet—and many of these graduates are young enough to be the grandchildren of the original pilots of those aircraft.

Unlike fighter aircraft which become out of date quite quickly the B-52 has been subjected to various upgrades which has enabled it to remain a capable front line aircraft. The B-1 Lancer was a ...

Decades before the Space Shuttle, the U.S. backed the X-20 Dyna-Soar: a reusable, skip-glide spaceplane born from WWII German concepts and accelerated by the Sputnik shock. -Boeing’s delta-wing craft ...

In principle, it will be the most advanced plane in the world when it starts being deployed, though that's still a ways off.

Luke Diaz is a freelance military writer with experience on active duty with the US Navy as well as defense and industrial engineering. He is a former Naval Flight Officer who performed tactical air ...

The Commemorative Air Force in the US flies the only two airworthy Boeing B-29s, the most expensive weapon of World War Two.

The C-17 is designed to take off from relatively short runways and can maneuver in tight spots. Boeing built the C-17 to land ...

Though the U.S. military has cutting-edge technology and constantly evolving weapons development, the military also maintains ...

Defense tech giant Palantir is selling T-shirts and tote bags as part of a bid to encourage fans to publicly endorse it.

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