After pulling out of a 500-miles-an-hour nosedive, the veteran pilot, Jerry Neal, said he suddenly saw a rock bar on the ...

This article was previously published in the Oct. 17, 2025 edition of “Stars and Stripes.” Several summers ago I was relaxing on our back porch in central Pennsylvania. I heard a very familiar rumble ...

Witness a complete WWII strategic bombing mission over Germany, from the initial briefing to the perilous return, in this ...

Pre-war air doctrine claimed massed, gun-bristling bombers could penetrate enemy airspace without escorts. Reality hit hard ...

The Flying Fortress cumulatively dropped more bombs than any other plane during World War II, but those numbers came at a ...

This is the story of B-24 Liberator "Extra Joker" and how she became a photo of death. Extra joker was a part of the 451st ...

Frances Masters, 103, will be honored with a bronze statue at Royal Oak Memorial Park this Veterans Day for her WWII service ...

SEATTLE — Ninety years to the day of the first flight of the B-17, one of the last surviving Flying Fortress bombers roared into Boeing Field where it all began. “Sentimental Journey,” a ...

The B-17 bomber, also known as the Flying Fortress, helped change the course of World War II. Manufactured by Boeing, over 12,000 were made for combat. It was dubbed a flying fortress due to its ...

SALEM, Ore. — In Salem, a group of volunteers are on a years-long mission to restore a B-17 bomber that long sat on top of a Milwaukie gas station. "Everybody knew where the bomber was," Terry Scott, ...