December 1944, Saipan. You are assigned to a real crew position aboard the B-29 Superfortress "Rosalia Rocket." In this interactive historical mission, you will take off, form up at 32,000 feet, and ...

Most of the older performance aircraft still in use by the military - including the F-15, F-16, U-2 spy plane, B-52 and B-1 bomber, are off-limits to the general public. A ride in one usually is ...

BAY COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) – Two of the nation’s most iconic warbirds still flying today, just touched down in Bay County. The B-29 Super-Fortress, known as “Doc,” alongside the legendary P-51 Mustang ...

The B-29 Superfortress was designed to bomb Japan from 30,000 feet, but the biggest killer wasn’t enemy fighters or flak—it was the plane itself. Crews depressurized in combat to avoid catastrophic ...

Suffering an arduous start in the CBI Theater, the B-29 would initially struggle to prove its worth, the victim of teething problems from its rapid development and production, along with supply issues ...

TAKACHIHO, Miyazaki -- A relative of a B-29 U.S. bomber co-pilot who died in a crash on a mountain here shortly after the end of the Pacific War visited this town for the first time this summer to ...

Nearly two years before the attack on Pearl Harbour brought the United States into the Second World War, the US Army Air Corps asked American aircraft manufacturers to design a bomber that could fly 3 ...

When it comes to the military aircraft that have shaped world history, there may be no single airplane model with a greater impact than the Boeing B-29 Superfortress. The B-29 didn't just push the ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KAKE) - The B-25 known as “Yellow Rose” will be part of the static display inside the B-29 DOC Hangar, Education and Visitors Center in Wichita through next week. “Yellow Rose” is ...

AIRING SUNDAY MORNING AT 11:00 ON KMBC NINE. WELL, THIS WEEKEND YOU CAN CHECK OUT SOME HISTORIC PLAINS AT NEW CENTURY AIR CENTER. THERE’S ONE PLANE, THOUGH, IN PARTICULAR WITH AN AWFUL LOT OF HISTORY.

WICHITA, Kan. (KAKE) — The B-29 DOC Hangar Education and Visitors Center in Wichita will host tours and ride flights for the C-47 warbird this weekend, along with ground and cockpit tours of the B-29 ...

OME, Japan — A California man recently climbed a forested mountainside in western Tokyo to honor the memory of his great-grandfather, one of five American airmen killed when their B-29 Superfortress ...