In 1963, the Lockheed A-12 (code-named “Archangel”) became America’s first supersonic stealth plane. Incredibly fast, much ...

Stand-Out Bomber Vulcan remains a stand-out bomber ... By 1984, however, the Vulcan was outmatched by modern aircraft and missile systems. As a result, it was retired from active service with ...

Convair, originally Consolidated Aircraft Corporation (it eventually ... It is no small thing to say that the B-36 was the midwife of the modern bomber age. Quite literally, in fact, given its ...

While that aircraft isn't likely to enter the inventory ... The B-52 has remained a key component of the U.S. Air Force's strategic bomber fleet. The modern version of the B-52 is the B-52H ...

The aircraft's first flight is projected ... the B-2 Spirit. But the new bomber also boasts several modern updates. "The way it operates internally is extremely advanced compared to the B-2 ...