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The B-29 Goes Atomic: A Look at Operation Silverplate
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 ...
From World War II through the Korean War, the B-29 delivered bombs to distant parts of the world, including two atomic bombs.
Aviation Republic on MSN
The weirdest B-29 fight of the war was against a Japanese floatplane
In May 1945, a Japanese E13A floatplane found itself in a fight it was never designed to win. Built for reconnaissance and anti-submarine patrols, it was still operating as Japan’s position collapsed.
The air show scheduled for Shaw AFB has been postponed at the same time U.S. military assets are involved in Iran.
Congress must act to prevent another deadly midair collision.
FLYING Magazine on MSN
Used Aircraft Guide: Aero Vodochody L-39 Albatros
Unique machine is where general aviation meets the fighter jet dream.
Three additional deceased service members on the aircraft were assigned to the 121st Air Refueling Wing at Rickenbacker Air ...
A powerful storm system will bring gusty winds and the chance for thunderstorms to the Flint area late Sunday into early ...
Six US service members are dead after a US Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker, a refueling aircraft crashed in western Iraq on Thursday, the US military said, adding that the incident was “not due to ...
Air Force Times on MSN
‘My God what have we done': Enola Gay pilot's combat notebook is for sale
Capt. Robert A Lewis wrote the account during and in the immediate aftermath of dropping the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan.
The defense ministry detected 26 Chinese military aircraft around the island Saturday.
South Korean police raid transport ministry as probe into Jeju Air crash intensifies - South Korean president orders new inquiry into aviation disaster that killed nearly 180 people ...
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