It was in 1947 that Chuck Yeager, a United States Air Force officer, became the first person to break the sound barrier. On October 14, 1947, the Bell X-1, a sleek, rocket-powered aircraft was dropped ...
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.
Embraer S.A. ERJ recently disclosed that five A-29 Super Tucano aircraft options have been turned into firm orders by the Uruguayan Air Force and the Uruguayan Ministry of National Defense.