What was the largest American bomber built during World War II? Most would answer the B-29 Superfortress, the four-engine heavy bomber designed by Boeing and which was used to carry the atomic bombs ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: By the time the first prototype was built it was apparent the XB-19 was already obsolete given the quick advancements that occurred during the war. While it was the ...

In the early 1960s, the U.S. Air Force developed the XB-70, the largest, fastest bomber ever built. The ambitious airplane was eventually shot down not by enemy missiles, but advances in enemy air ...

The experimental legacy of the iconic XB-70 Valkyrie, which made its first flight on Sept. 21, 1964. An article published on the U.S. Air Force website commemorates the 60th anniversary of the first ...

During the Cold War era from the late 1940s to the early 1990s, the skies above Southern California’s Mojave Desert served as a testbed for the newest, biggest, fastest and deadliest military aircraft ...