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Comparing B-17 and B-24 aircraft
In this video, we compare two iconic USAF WW2 heavy bombers: the Consolidated B-24 Liberator and the Boeing B-17 Flying ...
The U.S. crews involved in attacking the nuclear site at Fordo probably trained for years. But dropping 30,000-pound bombs ...
This is the story of Academy Award winning actor - and most notably, B-24 Liberator pilot in the 8th Air Force, Jimmy Stewart ...
The US bombing mission that targeted three nuclear facilities in Iran over the weekend was a massive undertaking that ...
The B-2 Spirit bomber pilots and crew involved with the strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities last month have been invited to ...
When Bill Hanchett died in 2016, his son found a bundle of letters and postcards to family that he had written while in the Army Air Forces during World War II. The letters tell a story of the war ...
When the crews released their weapons bay doors to drop the bombs, the shape of the stealth craft changed and made them more ...
B-2 bomber pilots and air support personnel train extensively, often for years, to be ready to carry out an operation like ...
In the years before they flew their 37-hour mission to strike Iran’s nuclear site at Fordo, the U.S. Air Force pilots spent at least 24 hours straight in a B-2 bomber flight simulator that is a ...
Very few pilots know what it's like to fly a B-2 stealth bomber for more than 30 hours straight. But a couple of those who do ...
During his time at Whiteman, mission-qualified pilots were trained on a long-duration simulator to help them plan their sleep cycles, but those simulators typically lasted for only 24 hours.
Experienced B-2 pilots told the outlet that the tense moment was punctuated by the aircraft quickly rising up into the air as it dropped the explosives, which weigh 15 tons apiece.