Delays continue to plague the development of the Stratofortress' successor, but once it does enter service, the Boeing B-52J ...

the KC-135 Stratotanker is a military version of the 1950s-era 707 commercial passenger jet. The Air Force inventory of 732 aircraft are more than 50 years old and have been retrofitted several ...

While military aircraft topped out around 40,000 feet ... The testing of the U-2 ended in the late 1950s; but, Area 51 has continued to serve as the testing ground for many aircraft, including ...

The AC-130 has humble origins. Essentially it is a 1950s cargo plane, the C-130 Hercules, decked out with guns, advanced avionics, guns, and more guns. Able to fly faster and higher than a ...

In the late 1950s the U.S. Army began thinking that soldiers flying over battlefields was the way to victory in the future.

Despite initial challenges, the Ranger supported advanced airframes, contributing to U.S. military ... edge aircraft carriers of its time. The Forrestal-class ships, first built in the 1950 ...

On January 26, 1950, taking off in frigid cold with precious ... A few weeks later, all the US military aircraft were rerouted to the Gulf of Alaska to search for a missing bomber carrying a ...