In 1963, the Lockheed A-12 (code-named “Archangel”) became America’s first supersonic stealth plane. Incredibly fast, much ...

Stand-Out Bomber Vulcan remains a stand-out bomber ... By 1984, however, the Vulcan was outmatched by modern aircraft and missile systems. As a result, it was retired from active service with ...

Convair, originally Consolidated Aircraft Corporation (it eventually ... It is no small thing to say that the B-36 was the midwife of the modern bomber age. Quite literally, in fact, given its ...

While that aircraft isn't likely to enter the inventory ... The B-52 has remained a key component of the U.S. Air Force's strategic bomber fleet. The modern version of the B-52 is the B-52H ...

Unfortunately, the upgrades needed to bring the aging aircraft up to the Air Force's modern standards are causing ... but getting that into the bomber and making it airworthy has proven challenging.

The aircraft's first flight is projected ... the B-2 Spirit. But the new bomber also boasts several modern updates. "The way it operates internally is extremely advanced compared to the B-2 ...

In contrast to tactical bombers and ground attack aircraft, which find extensive ... drills and patrols on account of the changing modern warfare nature is facilitating the engineering of sub ...

Two U.S. Air Force B-1 bomber aircraft and three Philippine Air Force FA-50 fighter jets joined the brief patrol and training, which involved practicing how to intercept a hostile aircraft ...