The Vickers Swallow was decades ahead of its time—but it never left the drawing board. Designed in the 1950s as both a ...

While the U.S. had two strategic bombers at the end of the 1950s, neither craft possessed the range or speed to reach the Soviet Union and evade their interceptors. With its six inline turbojet ...

The remarkable thing about the B-52 is the aircraft’s age. The eight-engine bomber has been in service since the 1950s—and there are plans to keep the bomber in service until the 2050s ...