The legendary B-17 bomber was so much more than just a means for dropping bombs on Nazi Germany during the Second World War.

Suspended beneath the belly of the B-17 bomber, the ball turret was a claustrophobic sphere of glass, guns, and guts.

The B-17 Flying Fortress symbolized American air power in WWII—but flying it over Europe was anything but glorious. Facing ...

Hiking to the site of the 1943 military plane crash on what is now known as Bomber Mountain in 2014, Sylvia Bruner was ...

GOODYEAR, Ariz. — A piece of history can be seen in Goodyear for the next few days. The B-29 DOC is one of only two remaining ...

Hiking to the site of the 1943 military plane crash on what is now known as Bomber Mountain in 2014, Sylvia Bruner was ...

The reason for such a large crew was a series of complex ... more than the payload of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress used extensively during World War II. The original B-36 was not built to ...

Donald Dacier, the last surviving member of the World War II B-29 bomber crew "Ready Teddy," has died at 99. Dacier, a decorated veteran who served as a gunner on 35 missions, was known for his ...

Months earlier, Bennington lost planes over Chica Jima, whose pilots and crew were taken ... eight fighters and 11 dive bombers took off from her deck that morning between 10:17 and 10:42.

Last man out. In 1946, shortly after leaping from a plummeting B-24 bomber and hiding in caves from Nazi patrols for six ...