The famous WWII-era B-29 Superfortress bomber is the only aircraft to ever drop nuclear weapons in combat, as it was the aircraft which dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The aircraft was ...

During World War II air gunners made up a staggering share of bomber crew losses, leading British scientists to quietly question whether removing gun turrets and gunners could actually save lives.

"Star Wars" is pretty much World War II in space. Not just because of the overarching plot involving an evil empire and dogfights between airplanes/spacecraft, but because so much of the first movie — ...

The Airacuda was the first military airplane produced by the Bell Aircraft Corporation. It was built in the 1930s as a pre-war design that attempted to fulfill a United States Army Air Corps ...