NASA's modified B-29 Mothership launched the X-1 and D-558, enabling the first Mach 1 and Mach 2 flights and advancing ...

The famous WWII-era B-29 Superfortress bomber is the only aircraft to ever drop nuclear weapons in combat, as it was the aircraft which dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The aircraft was ...

Eighty-three years ago today, on September 21, 1942, the Boeing B-29 Superfortress took to the skies for the very first time. This four-engine heavy bomber represented a major leap forward in ...

The National Museum of the US Air Force in Dayton, Ohio, features around 350 planes and missiles in its collection, but there's one aircraft in the World War II Gallery that attracts a particularly ...

Departing in the predawn darkness of Aug. 6, 1945, a modified B-29, designated with radio call sign ‘Dimples 82’, was carrying a single bomb. Enola Gay was about to change the world. Approximately a ...

Suffering an arduous start in the CBI Theater, the B-29 would initially struggle to prove its worth, the victim of teething problems from its rapid development and production, along with supply issues ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BAY COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) – Two of the nation’s most iconic warbirds still flying today, just touched down in Bay County. The B-29 ...

A World War II-era plane was on a scientific mission when it crashed into Lake Mead, the massive reservoir on the Arizona-Nevada border. The B-29 aircraft was discovered in 2003. As Frani Halperin of ...

CINCINNATI (WKKRC) - History enthusiasts and aviation fans had a unique opportunity to explore World War II-era aircraft at Lunken Airport as part of the B-29 History Restored Tour. The event, which ...

BAY COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) – Two of the nation’s most iconic warbirds still flying today, just touched down in Bay County. The B-29 Super-Fortress, known as “Doc,” alongside the legendary P-51 Mustang ...