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Life inside the B-17 Flying Fortress

During the Second World War, the skies were a battlefield that was just as deadly as any foxhole. One of the key components ...
A spur-of-the-moment cross-country flight turns into a rare hands-on encounter with two iconic WWII bombers. This episode captures the journey, the aircraft, and what it feels like to climb through a ...
Various land-based fighters were converted to become seaplanes during the Second World War. A few were very impressive, like ...
The Boeing Factory in Everett, Washington, is the world's largest building - spanning 98 acres – and it is so big it even ...
A massive factory built to construct the world's biggest airliners has its own fire department, shops, and even a nursery ...
The contract for the two dozen aircraft—altogether worth $8.6 billion—has led to complaints from some pro-Palestinian groups, who are worried about how they might be used.
MINOT AIR FORCE BASE – Minot Air Force Base carries the name of the city of Minot but a number of other names were suggested ...
In 2025, Kern County lost a number of pioneers. We lost veterans of World War II and Vietnam, giants of education, pillars of ...
A number of remarkable individuals left Kern County in 2025. Here are their stories. Doug DeRoo was one of Bakersfield’s best ...
The B-52 Stratofortress carries eight engines for one simple reason: the technology of the 1940s, when it was designed, wasn't capable of powering it with anything less. Engineers didn't have much ...
The actor Clark Gable, who starred in films like Idiot's Delight and Strange Cargo, was based at RAF Polebrook for a while ...
The site at the former Kelly Air Force Base has a long history with the old B-52 Stratofortresses. They were maintained there ...