The U.S. Air Force long has kept the same three bombers in rotation, but that will soon change. The United States has the most robust fleet of strategic bombers on Earth. For a generation, the U.S.
4-engines were mainly the purview of strategic bombers during WWII. The Allied examples were more famous, but the Axis also made their fair share. After my slightly controversial article on World ...
Twenty seven gauges and 12 levers spread across the instrument panel in the cockpit, used to control the bomber's speed and fuel. The four engines could put out a total of 4,800 horsepower ...