The B-24 Liberator was faster and longer-ranged, but the B-17 Flying Fortress could take more punishment and bring its crew ...

The B-17 Flying Fortress and B-24 Liberator waged parallel bombing campaigns across Europe, but one aircraft proved 80 ...

SALEM, Ore. — In Salem, a group of volunteers are on a years-long mission to restore a B-17 bomber that long sat on top of a Milwaukie gas station. "Everybody knew where the bomber was," Terry Scott, ...

Germany and the US built some of the largest aircraft in World War II, although many of their designs were unsuccessful.

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that the extraordinary B-17 Flying Fortress bomber played an enormous part in the Allied victory in World War II. The B-17 was the most prolific bomber in the U.S ...

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 ...

DALLAS — John "Lucky" Luckadoo, of Dallas, the last surviving B-17 bomber pilot from the 100th Bomb Group during World War II, has died at the age of 103. Presbyterian Village North in Dallas, where ...

In the 2020s, uncrewed aerial systems, better known as drones, have become a standard part of modern military tactics. But eight decades ago, the U.S. military embarked on a short-lived project to ...