The B-29 Superfortress was not just a bomber, but a technological leap pushed into combat before it was ready. Built at enormous cost and rushed into service through the chaotic “Battle of Kansas,” it ...

The World War II-era plane was on a scientific mission when it crashed into Lake Mead. The National Park Service wants to protect a B-29 bomber that sits at the bottom of Lake Mead A World War II-era ...

The B-52 Stratofortress carries eight engines for one simple reason: the technology of the 1940s, when it was designed, wasn't capable of powering it with anything less. Engineers didn't have much ...

MOCKSVILLE - History was being made in Tokyo Bay that day in September 1945, and Leo "Sheek" Bowden Jr. was slated to play a small role in the formal end of World War II.

Pearl Harbor survivor Ken Schubring enlisted when he was just 17. "Everything seemed to lean toward that being in the cards sooner rather than later," the 103-year-old told WANF-TV this week, days ...

"Star Wars" is pretty much World War II in space. Not just because of the overarching plot involving an evil empire and dogfights between airplanes/spacecraft, but because so much of the first movie — ...

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A crew had just watched their bombs drop over Kyushu, Japan when flak hit their aircraft and an engine caught fire. Before their B-29 bomber exploded, one man died on board and another was fatally ...

Leo Sheek Bowden Jr., 99, who served as a technical sergeant in the U.S. Air Force during World War II, sits for a portrait on Tuesday, Nov. 4, in the history room at the Davie County Public Library ...