#Bomber
Why America's Oldest Strategic Bombers Are More Valuable Than Ever
The weary warbirds that continue to defend the skies.
How A $1.1 Billion Upgrade Just Turned A Remote Australian Airbase Into The US Air Force's Answer To Guam
The USAF growing footprint in Northern Australia's outback.
The US Air Force Is Spending $996 Million On Drone Wingmen Because It Can't Keep Its Fighter Pilots
The USAF faces a growing pilot shortage as airlines compete for aviators, but CCAs could help offset the widening gap.
Why The US Air Force Replaced 33 Feet Of A B-1B Bomber's Spine 3 Months Early
The USAF's radical fleet overhaul is exceeding expectations.
5 US Air Force Bases Still Flying Some Of The Service's Longest-Serving Aircraft Types
US Air Force bases are home to aircraft that have served for decades, continuing to perform vital missions long after en...
Inside The Specialized Shelters Being Built To Protect The B-21 Raider From Harsh Winters
Ellsworth AFB is undergoing a major infrastructure overhaul as specialized facilities take shape ahead of the B-21 Raide...
Inflatable Decoys & Dispersal: How Air Forces Now Protect Parked Aircraft
Modern stealth aircraft are extraordinary pieces of equipment in the air, but on the ground, they are just juicy targets...
6 Military Aircraft That Struggled In Early Combat But Became Wartime Legends
From troubled beginnings to wartime legends, these aircraft overcame mechanical, technological, and tactical failures to...
The $60,000-Per-Hour Math Behind Moving A Third Of America's B-1B Fleet To England
Moving one-third of America's B-1B fleet to England cut flight times, reduced costs and transformed Fairford into a key ...
The US Air Force Bomber Fleet Has Shrunk From 500 To 140 Jets As Demand Hits Record Highs
The US Air Force has far fewer bombers than it did at the end of the Cold War, but these aircraft are being deployed mor...
Why The B-52 Modernization Program Is $3 Billion Over Budget
The latest and greatest version of the BUFF is getting pricier.
Will Russia Even Be A Strategic Bomber Power By 2030? Its Intended Replacement Still Hasn't Flown
Russia's place as one of the 'big three' strategic bomber nations is looking increasingly shaky out to 2030 as its Sovie...
7 Bomber Aircraft Still Flying Combat Missions Years After Their Intended Retirement Date
Why the world's largest warbirds are also some of the oldest.
Why The US Air Force Almost Never Launches The B-1B, B-2, & B-52 Together From One Base
Why the USAF rarely launches the B-1B, B-2, and B-52 together—and why Guam's Andersen AFB is uniquely equipped to make i...
The US Air Force Bolted Jet Engines Onto Its Largest-Ever Bomber, But It Still Wasn't Enough To Save It
One of the overlooked and innovative engineering aspects of the B-36 Peacemaker was its use of four turbojets to supplem...
Why The B-1 Lancer Can't Fly Supersonic At Every Weight
The B-1B is better not thought of as a supersonic bomber, but as a subsonic bomber capable of limited supersonic dashes ...
How The US Air Force Added 15 Years To The B-1B Lancer's Life In Just 22 Days Per Jet
How a radical process improvement just saved the B-1 from the Boneyard.
These 6 Indo-Pacific Air Force Bases Would Decide The Opening Hours Of A Major War
Analyzing the defense of the West-Pac island chains.
The $48.6 Billion B-52J Upgrade Just Locked In 2 Small American Towns Through 2050
The upgraded B-52 will keep two small towns at the center of US nuclear deterrence strategy for years to come, while the...
Why The US Air Force Still Flies A Strategic Bomber With A Cockpit Designed In The 1960s
The B-52 began its service life in the 1950s; it's still flying today because it's easy to modernize and it can carry an...