Today’s column is the second of two on the deadly crash of a B-17G “American Maid” bomber in Nazi Germany and the memorial celebration held nearly 80 years later with the crew’s families and ...

Family members gathered today to fulfill a promise decades in the making — bringing him back to the place he left as a young ...

The B-17 Flying Fortress was a workhorse heavy bomber employed by the United States and one of the most legendary planes of World War II. The bomber entered service in the 1930s and continued ...

The United States produced so many weapons during World War II that it was nicknamed “The Arsenal of Democracy.” One weapon it didn't make, however, was a really, really big bomb. Faced with the ...

The US Air Force now fields some of the most advanced bombers that have ever flown and is working on the next one to join its fleet. Those aircraft, a cornerstone of the US's ability to dominate ...

Federal investigators are looking into what caused a vintage Boeing B-17 bomber to crash in Connecticut on Wednesday, killing seven people and injuring at least seven others. The nearly 75-year-old ...