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That spectacular B-52 nighttime crash happened more than a half-century ago, on Aug. 29, 1968. The bomber's seven occupants parachuted from the plane before impact, and no injuries were reported ...
A group of U.S. military officers partnered with Japanese hikers in southeastern Japan last week to recover parts of a B-29 Superfortress that crashed in the waning days of World War II.
The Boeing B-29 Superfortress is a four-engined propeller-driven heavy bomber designed by Boeing and ... one was destroyed in a crash in 2008, and another was lost in a crash in 2022.
In October 1938, in one of his last acts before he was killed in an airplane crash ... In fact, major B-29 components were made in over sixty new factories. The bomber’s enormous nacells ...
A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer bomber assigned to the 28th Bomber Wing crashed at approximately 5:50 ... support of a CONUS-to-CONUS mission, Aug. 29, 2023, at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South ...
The crash was a massive setback for a program ... now the backbone of America’s current airborne operations. A B-29 bomber crew seen through the cockpit window. The B-29 was a whirlwind platform ...
A B-1B Lancer bomber crashed while trying to land Thursday evening ... there have been a total of 29 Lancer Class A mishaps -- the term used for the deadliest and most expensive incidents ...
A B-1B bomber crashed and burned on a runway at Ellsworth ... the Defense Department disclosed Tuesday. March 29, 1989 Some crew members didn’t get to fly nearly the number of hours per month ...