This footage shows a Convair B-36 Peacemaker aircraft making a low pass over Fort Worth, Texas, as the strategic bomber completes what is known as a "buzz job." Recorded by Lt. Col. Frank F.

Key Points and Summary - The Convair B-36 Peacemaker, the largest bomber ever to serve in the U.S. military, was a technological marvel that became the flashpoint for the "Revolt of the Admirals" in ...

The dangers of using atomic energy to operate military aircraft. Robert Bernier Anything seemed possible during the Atomic Age: (clockwise, from top left) the Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Lab, cutaway ...

Since its founding in 1947, the U.S. Air Force has operated a variety of aircraft. It has plenty of bombers, fighters, transport planes, and more, but not everything the Air Force flies is exceptional ...

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On 26 March 1950, a U.S. Air Force Convair B-36 bomber took off with tank-style tracks instead of tires for its landing gear. Military planners were concerned that the B-36, at that time the heaviest ...

The Convair B-36 Peacemaker was a massive strategic bomber built by the United States after the end of World War II. A B-36A-1-CF bomber, 44-92004, the first B-36A built (Photo: U.S. Air Force). One ...

America at the end of the Second World War was a wildly different place. Brimming with self-confidence after having just defeated the greatest set of rivals the country had ever faced, inundated with ...

In addition to the Fuel Cell Hangar, the company is presently constructing four other facilities in support of the B-21 Raider at Ellsworth AFB. These include a Radio Frequency Hangar, Weapons Loader ...

During the 1950s, an aircraft (XC-99) was parked at Kelly AFB. I believe it was the prototype (cargo version) of the Convair B-36 intercontinental nuclear bomber, flown by the Strategic Air Command ...

The B-36 Peacemaker was a giant aircraft for its day. It was a six-to-10-engined aircraft with the longest wingspan of any combat aircraft ever built—just massive at over 230 feet! It was a unique ...