The bulk of the United States' industrial war effort in World War II went into the production of aircraft and naval vessels. The Army's vehicles, like tanks, were a comparatively small part of the ...

The B-17G Flying Fortress that Art Lacey bought never saw combat in World War II—but spent decades overlooking a gas station in western Oregon. A particular Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, known today as ...

August 28, 1943 - Eight B-17F “Flying Fortresses” Bombers were returning to the Army Airfield Base in Harvard on Aug. 28, 1943 when three collided. One of the bombers crash landed and two were ...

SEATTLE — A B-17 Bomber aircraft, an icon of World War II, made quite the impression on its flight into Seattle on Monday. Like the aircraft's name, it is a 'sentimental journey' for both the aircraft ...

Bombing Europe in World War II was one of the most war’s dangerous jobs. Professor Thomas Childers of the University of Pennsylvania says being a British or American bomber pilot flying against ...

World War II was won, some historians say, with precision daylight bombing by U.S. Army Air Corps pilots flying B-17 bombers from their bases in England. But those long-range bombing runs wouldn't ...

An 8th Air Force B-17 drops bombs over Marienburg, Germany, in 1943. In the 2020s, uncrewed aerial systems, better known as drones, have become a standard part of modern military tactics. But eight ...