Today the Russian Aerospace Forces operates the Tupolev Tu-95 (NATO reporting name “Bear”), a long-range bomber that first entered service in 1952. It remains the only propeller-powered bomber in ...

Only six airplanes were deployed, but Moscow and most of the Soviet Union fell under the combat radius of the nuclear-capable ...

Key Points and Summary - The Convair B-36 Peacemaker, the largest bomber ever to serve in the U.S. military, was a technological marvel that became the flashpoint for the "Revolt of the Admirals" in ...

Watch on DVD or Blu-ray starting August 11th, 2015 - Buy Cold War Peacemaker: The Story of the Convair B-36 DVD ...

Barnsley, Eng.: Air World Pen and Sword / Philadelphia: Casemate, 2025. Pp. 304. Illus., plans, tables, biblio., index. $54.95. ISBN: 1526787318 The First ...

The commercial market dominated aircraft interest and production during the 1930s. The Clipper ships were the big thing to travel in and much of the travel was restricted to the richer part of our ...

A Convair B-36J Peacemaker, the largest bomber ever built by the United States, was slowly rolled out onto the grounds of the Pima Air and Space Museum on Wednesday, July 1 at 9:15 am. The plane has ...

Only a few airplanes could be pointed to and said in confidence were designed by an absolute mad lad. But among these names, one stands out as being especially bizarre, bonkers, and certifiably loony ...

The impressive footage in this post shows a Convair B-36 Peacemaker strategic bomber performing a low pass over Fort Worth neighborhood. Neighbors in the Ridglea area south of Carswell Air Force Base ...

The B-36 could reach over 400 mph with "six turning and four burning," as the slogan went. Today, only four examples remain in existence, with none in airworthy condition due to the complexity of the ...

Cold War Peacemaker is the amazing and unique story of the development of the B-36 very-long-long-range nuclear bomber. From its beginnings during WWII, through construction in a former wild-west ...