Northrop’s B-2 Spirit was awarded the U.S. Air Force’s Advanced Technology Bomber contract in 1981 and was designed in ...

The U.S. Air Force plans to launch an analysis of alternatives study next year for a New Heavy Bomber aircraft amid continued work on a classified proof-of-concept that is starting this year, budget ...

In the late 1950s, the U.S. spent $800 million building a Mach 3.1 strategic bomber that could cruise above 70,000 feet and ...

The survival of a factory that built Sunderland flying boats and Stirling bombers during the Second World War has been sealed ...

Military power used to be limited by distance, but that stopped being true when long-range strike aircraft entered the ...

The B-1B 86-0115, now renamed "Apocalypse II," returned to service at Dyess AFB after being previously retired in 2021. The U ...

Stealth bombers flew roughly 37 hours to bomb Iran's nuclear sites this weekend. The longest B-2 flight was a 44-hour bombing mission to Afghanistan in October 2001. The Iran mission required a large ...

The U.S. Air Force has revived a retired Rockwell B-1B Lancer as it reversed its long-term plan for the swept wing bomber fleet. The service announced May 6 that a B-1B retired in 2021 and sent to the ...

The bomber is a menacing sight for any pilot or target on the receiving end of its payload. Aerial combat is only around a century old, but it quickly bisected itself into two distinct aircraft types.

Upgrades, new engines, and modern radar are keeping the B-52 Stratofortress on track to become the first jet aircraft to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The US military struck Iranian nuclear sites in an operation named Midnight Hammer. The operation involved deception tactics, ...

The Air Force is exploring what comes after the B-52 as future wars demand more range, stealth, and firepower.