Noted historically by high-ranking military personnel as a "billion dollar blunder," the B-36 Peacemaker was a Cold War-era bomber with a litany of issues.

The Convair B-36 Peacemaker, the largest bomber ever to serve in the U.S. military, was a technological marvel that became ...

The size and complicated design of the B-36 Peacemaker caused perpetual headaches for her aircrew—and maintenance crews on the ground.

B-36 Peacemaker Security The Enormous B-36 Peacemaker Was Built to Fight Around the World With a wingspan of 240 feet, the B-36 instantly became the largest bomber ever mass-produced.

When the B-21 enters the service, this site will be the main operating base for the stealth bomber. Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri will be a secondary base, and Dyess Air Force Base in Texas ...

-Produced by Consolidated Vultee, the B-36’s colossal 230-foot wingspan and six powerful Pratt & Whitney engines allowed it to reach over 40,000 feet and carry up to 86,000 pounds of bombs ...

Rolls-Royce has won a potential 17-year, $2.6 billion contract to provide replacement engines for the U.S. Air Force’s fleet of Boeing-built (NYSE: BA) B-52H Stratofortress bombers. The Air ...

Before it gets retired and replaced by the upcoming B-21 Raider, Naveed Jamali, a former spy, Navy veteran, author and host of Newsweek's web series "Unconventional" took his crew to Ellsworth Air ...

The B-52 is a very old aircraft. It was introduced in 1952, and to keep it operational for this long serious modernization efforts had to be taken from time to time. None of them, of course, is as ...

The B-1 is powered by four engines that push out over 30,000 lbs. of thrust each. With such a high workload, they occasionally need maintenance. We got to watch.