Bombers

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A B-2 bomber drops a JDAM.

Air Force B-2 bomber tests ship-killer bomb off of Norway

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Sep 13, 2025

An 8th Air Force B-17 bomber flies over a bombed target in 1943.

The Army Air Forces tried to use remote-controlled bombers as attack drones in World War II

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jul 7, 2025

A U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress, flies alongside a KC-10 Extender after receiving fuel on Jan. 6, 2021.

US sending destroyers, B-52 bombers to the Middle East

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Nov 2, 2024

A US. Air Force B-2 Spirt assigned to the 509th Bomb Wing, Whiteman Air Force Base receives fuel from a U.S. Air Force KC-135 assigned to the 185th Air Refueling Wing, Iowa Air National Guard in the sky over northwest Missouri on August 29, 2018. U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Vincent De Groot

B-2 bombers strike Iran-backed Houthi targets in Yemen

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Oct 17, 2024

B-1B ejection seat crash

The ejection seats in a B-1B saved a crew of four this week. They haven’t always worked.

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Jan 5, 2024

Air Force shows off its Rapid Dragon cruise missile system on China’s doorstep

By Max Hauptman

Posted on Jul 26, 2023

B-1Bs Lancer bomber payload upgrade

The Air Force wants to load up the B-1B Lancer with more bombs than ever before

By Jared Keller

Posted on May 23, 2023

military call signs

Here’s why raunchy military call signs keep showing up on flight trackers

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jan 10, 2023

Former POW recalls captivity in Vietnam on New Year’s Eve 1972, months before his release

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Dec 31, 2022

Patriot Missiles

The US is officially sending Patriot missiles to Ukraine

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Dec 21, 2022

B-2 Spirit makes emergency landing, catches fire, following malfunction

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Dec 11, 2022

b-21 raider air force

Here’s your first look at the new B-21 Raider stealth bomber

Posted on Dec 3, 2022

Why the Air Force sometimes uses explosives to get B-52 bomber engines running

Posted on Nov 14, 2022

Watch an Air Force B-52 Stratofortress go toe-to-toe with a flock of birds

Watch an Air Force B-52 Stratofortress go toe-to-toe with a flock of birds

Posted on Nov 10, 2022

That time the Air Force designed a tiny fighter jet to launch from strategic bombers

That time the Air Force designed a tiny fighter jet to launch from strategic bombers

By Max Hauptman

Posted on Oct 27, 2022

Here’s how the US military can win a war against China

Here’s how the US military can win a war against China

By David Geaney

Posted on Aug 17, 2022