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 ...

Maj. John “Lucky” Luckadoo, the last surviving B-17 pilot of the Eighth Air Force’s famed “Bloody Hundredth” Bombing Group, died in his home Sept. 1, his family announced. He was 103. “The Major left ...

The original Nine-O-Nine was a decorated veteran of the air war over Europe. The second plane served as a water bomber and nuclear test target. The restored "Nine-O-Nine" crashed in 1987 and was ...

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 ...

The term "barn find" usually applies to cars or motorcycles that have been rediscovered after being stored in barns and outbuildings for many years. It's rarely used when it comes to aircraft, simply ...

Remnants of Hurricane Florence kept the Madras Maiden away from East Tennessee on Monday, but the 74-year-old B-17 bomber is still expected to offer rides and ground tours at Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge ...