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Longshore in the command gunner position of his B-29.

The Other B-29 Missions

The big bomber's little-known errands of mercy.
October 27, 2011 | By Guy Longshore

In his flight jacket with 17th Bomb Group patch, Dick Cole looks ready to fly Panchito, a restored B-25J, at a Raider gathering in Punta Gorda, Florida, last March.

The Raiders Remember

In an annual ceremony, the last of the Doolittle Raiders recall their part in victory over Japan.
September 2011 | By Paul Hoversten

Jamie Stowell the sole female cadet enjoyed her turn at a 50 caliber machine gun Im not a gun nut she says But oh my God Its just astonishing power

Two Days in the Life of a B-24 Crew

Take a fantasy flight in a real, live Liberator.
July 2011 | By Stephen Joiner

Northrop Grummans portrait of the future for naval aviation the X47B on the runway in Palmdale California

*Pilot Not Included

Military aviation prepares for the inevitable.
July 2011 | By Michael Milstein

Last November the Curtiss SB2C 5 moved into its new digs at the Museum’s Steven F Udvar Hazy Center where it awaits restoration

In the Museum: Wanted: TLC for Misunderstood Warbird

Challenging the Helldiver’s bad reputation.
July 2011 | By Rebecca Maksel

Before hose and reel refueling took hold the Navy tried a system of rigid tubing

Above and Beyond: Warner and the Whale

How we turned the A3D into a tanker.
July 2011 | By Hadley Dixon

A formation of Westland Wapitis flies over the mountainous landscape of the North West Frontier Province In 1933 a Wapiti became the first airplane to fly over Mt Everest

The Bombing of Waziristan

In this rugged hiding place, outlaws like Osama bin Laden are rarely run to ground. The British learned that lesson in 1939.
July 2011 | By Graham Chandler

When they weren’t operating Norden bombsights (center), B-25 nose gunner/bombardiers enjoyed splendid views.

Take a Ride in a B-25

From engine fumes to exhilaration, here’s what to expect.
May 2011 | By Phil Scott

<i>Ciao!</i> Italy’s military precision jet team, Frecce Tricolori (“Tricolor Arrows”), makes its first visit to North America with performances on August 2 and 3 at the Experimental Aircraft Association’s 34th Fly-in Convention in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The

1986

The year we were born.
May 2011 | By Paul Hoversten

Media coverage of the Bay of Pigs fiasco was unbridled. Far right: the narrator, as a staff sergeant in the Alabama Air National Guard in the 1950s.

Above and Beyond

Mission: Cuba. Status: Top secret.
May 2011 | By James Storie

During the war, Wendover Army Air Base was one of the country

Wendover’s Atomic Secret

How B-29 crews trained to drop the bomb.
March 2011 | By Carl Posey

F/A 18V

100 Years of Naval Aviation

The Navy's first pilot and 10 more milestones.
March 2011 | By The Editors

Operation Halyard was managed by the U.S. Office of Strategic Services’ Nick Lalich (front row, third from left) and radio operator Arthur Jibilian (back row, second from left).

The Great Escape

For U.S. airmen trapped in Yugoslavia during World War II, building a secret airstrip was their only way out.
January 2011 | By Phil Scott

After the B-52D crash was solved, over 200 “cause unknown” aircraft losses were attributed to the same condition.

Above and Beyond: Fire and Ice

November 2010 | By Leonard R. Scotty

Thirty-eight WASPs died in service. Mary Hartson (left, with Hardman, center) was killed in a BT-13 crash in 1944.

Flying Bombers in World War II

Stories my mother told me.
August 2010 | By Melissa Jordan

Purists point out that the present incarnation of B-36J no. 52-2827 isn’t 100 percent accurate.

Monster Bomber

At the Pima Air and Space Museum, the B-36 is the largest U.S. warplane ever rebuilt.
August 2010 | By The Editors

Inside the Enola Gay

Close-up photographs of the legendary World War II aircraft.
May 18, 2010 | By The Editors

The Douglas marketing team used this model to present the 1211-J to the U.S. Air Force in 1950

The Do-Everything Bomber

With its bid to replace the Convair B-36 bomber, did Douglas promise too much?
January 2010 | By John Aldaz and Sir George Cox

The authors daughter, spellbound by a Hercules C-130

Flights and Fancy: Like Father, Like Daughter

January 2010 | By David Unekis

Boeing B-47

The Dawn of Discipline

A B-47 pilot remembers when an airplane—and Curtis LeMay—stiffened the spine of the Strategic Air Command
July 2009 | By Walter J. Boyne


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