Suffering an arduous start in the CBI Theater, the B-29 would initially struggle to prove its worth, the victim of teething problems from its rapid development and production, along with supply issues ...

A dramatic account of a B-29 called Aquar 52 credits its gunners with destroying 14 Japanese fighters during a January 1945 ...

Most of the older performance aircraft still in use by the military - including the F-15, F-16, U-2 spy plane, B-52 and B-1 bomber, are off-limits to the general public. A ride in one usually is ...

What You Need to Know: The American-made B-29 Stratofortress, designed to replace the B-17 and B-24, revolutionized aerial warfare with its long-range capabilities, pressurized cabins, and heavy ...

In 1945, the B-29 Superfortress unleashed one of the most devastating bombing campaigns in history against Japan. Through ...

SHIZUOKA, Japan — Around 60 American airmen trekked to a hilltop on Saturday to remember fallen bomber crews and Japanese citizens killed in a World War II air raid on this city 90 miles southwest of ...

Departing in the predawn darkness of Aug. 6, 1945, a modified B-29, designated with radio call sign ‘Dimples 82’, was carrying a single bomb. Enola Gay was about to change the world. Approximately a ...