Some 4,000 feet of rubber and metal tubing coursed through the B-24, shunting fuel and fluids through the aircraft. The B-24 carried 18 rubber fuel cells, 12 in the center wing and three more in ...

But before the design could be ordered the war concluded. The B-24’s slab-sided fuselage earned the aircraft its nickname, the “Flying Boxcar.” The fuselage was constructed around two ...

When you think of unconventional aircraft, flying wings have had plenty of time in the sun over the last few decades. With striking designs like the B-2 Spirit and F-117A Nighthawk on the flight ...

Satellite images seen by AFP showed that Washington had between March 26 and Wednesday doubled the number of B-2 bombers at a US ... in-flight refuelling aircraft at the Diego Garcia base, within ...