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F-4G escorts B-52 raid without tanker support
As the F-4G crew prepared to take off in ‘Michelob 61’ (F-4G 69 0270, which ended Desert Storm credited with five radar kills), they...
The B-52H cost per flying hour is $69,708 compared with $169,313 for the B-2A
The Legendary B-52: America's Enduring Strategic Bomber
Since its maiden flight in 1955, the B-52 has established itself as a symbol of American air power...
Mission to Lorient: Early B-17 Combat Operations
A harrowing account of unescorted bomber missions over Nazi-occupied France in 1943, when survival odds were fifty-fifty
The First Mission—May 17, 1943
The 92nd Bomb Group...
Richard R. Ayesh’s journey as a B-17 Flying Fortress bombardier
From Wichita factory worker to B-17 Flying Fortress bombardier—Richard R. Ayesh's transformation during WWII, from enlistment struggles to combat training.
WWII aircrew sanitation at operational altitude
Military Aviation Museum tackles aviation's most human problem in groundbreaking exhibit
Every military aviator knows that combat operations don't pause for basic human needs. But...