In August of 1945, B-29s dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, effectively ending WWII in the Pacific theatre. Only two of those bombers are still flying.

Quiz time! Which secret American military project during World War II proved even more expensive than the $2 billion Manhattan Project which developed U.S. atomic bombs? That would be the $3 billion B ...

The Boeing B-29 Superfortress is one of the most iconic aircraft in aviation history. While it is often remembered for dropping nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and for launching experimental ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — A four-engine, propeller-driven heavy bomber built in 1945 is coming to Knoxville. B-29 Doc is one of only two B-29 Superfortress aircraft still flying today. It landed at ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - “Doc” returned to Wichita Tuesday, Aug. 24 after being docked for several weeks in Michigan with engine trouble. Doc, one of only two B-29s flying today was back in the air ...

“The Boeing B-50A Superfortress was the result of a program started in mid-1943 when Pratt & Whitney offered to adapt a B-29 for its more powerful R-4360 radial engines…Although the end of WWII ...