Known for dropping the first atomic bomb on Japan in 1945, the B-29 remains the only aircraft to have deployed nuclear weapons in combat. -With a 141-foot wingspan, the Stratofortress could carry ...
bombs. By World War II, bombers became some of the most important aircraft of the conflict, and it was a Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber that dropped the first atomic bomb used in warfare.
An American Airlines regional passenger jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter collided midair and crashed into the Potomac River near Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday night.
The crew’s Boeing B-29 Superfortress was part of a U.S. air raid on Omuta, a nearby city with munition factories, early on July 27, 1945. The bomber, whose serial number was 42-94098 ...
2/4: Jeremy Ott, a B-29 aircraft scanner for FIFI, cleans the plane's windows in preparation for weekend flights Friday morning. The plane is in Duluth through Sunday with tour hours from 9 to 5.