Bombers Archives — Avgeekery.com https://avgeekery.com/category/blog/military-aviation/bombers/ Aviation News and History From An Informed Perspective Fri, 05 Jan 2024 05:08:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://avgeekery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/cropped-avgeekerylarge1-32x32.jpg Bombers Archives — Avgeekery.com https://avgeekery.com/category/blog/military-aviation/bombers/ 32 32 104229628 B-1 Bomber Crashes at Ellsworth AFB, Crew Safe https://avgeekery.com/b-1-bomber-crashes-at-ellsworth-afb-crew-safe/ Fri, 05 Jan 2024 04:10:34 +0000 https://avgeekery.com/?p=33715 A B-1 Lancer crew is safe on the ground tonight, following ejection from their bomber at Ellsworth AFB in South Dakota. Details are few, Air Force officials confirmed the crash…

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]]> 33715 How a Paperclip Saved the World’s Fastest Bomber https://avgeekery.com/how-a-paperclip-saved-the-worlds-fastest-bomber/ Wed, 03 Jan 2024 03:17:14 +0000 https://avgeekery.com/?p=33661 In the 1960s, the USAF was operating two XB-70 Valkyries. They remain the world’s fastest bombers to ever fly. Each surpassed Mach 3, conducting research to test aerodynamics, propulsion, and…

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]]> 33661 WATCH: SLUFs, BUFFs, and Warthogs Go Hog Wild Over Wisconsin https://avgeekery.com/watch-slufs-buffs-and-warthogs-go-hog-wild-over-wisconsin/ https://avgeekery.com/watch-slufs-buffs-and-warthogs-go-hog-wild-over-wisconsin/#respond Tue, 28 Dec 2021 19:54:40 +0000 https://avgeekery.com/?p=26768 These Videos Capture Air National Guard Units Beating Up a Wisconsin Target Range Hardwood Air-to-Ground Weapons Range (R-6904), near Finley, WI is one of fourteen Air National Guard (ANG) bombing…

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]]> https://avgeekery.com/watch-slufs-buffs-and-warthogs-go-hog-wild-over-wisconsin/feed/ 0 26768 Invader: The Medium Bomber With the Identity Problem https://avgeekery.com/invader-the-medium-bomber-with-the-identity-problem/ https://avgeekery.com/invader-the-medium-bomber-with-the-identity-problem/#respond Thu, 07 Oct 2021 17:18:35 +0000 https://avgeekery.com/?p=26386 The Douglas A-26/B-26 Invader Fought in Three Big Wars and Many Smaller Ones The Douglas A-26 Invader was created as a replacement for the company’s previous twin-engine attack aircraft, the…

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]]> https://avgeekery.com/invader-the-medium-bomber-with-the-identity-problem/feed/ 0 26386 WATCH: Strategic Air Command Goes Hollywood https://avgeekery.com/watch-strategic-air-command-goes-hollywood/ https://avgeekery.com/watch-strategic-air-command-goes-hollywood/#respond Tue, 05 Oct 2021 17:43:19 +0000 https://avgeekery.com/?p=26370 The Film “Tall Man Five Five” Was a Tour de Force for SAC and the B-58 Produced for Convair and General Electric by Herschensohn Productions of Hollywood, with aerial photography…

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]]> https://avgeekery.com/watch-strategic-air-command-goes-hollywood/feed/ 0 26370 The XB-19: When Bigger Didn’t Necessarily Mean Better https://avgeekery.com/the-xb-19-when-bigger-didnt-necessarily-mean-better/ https://avgeekery.com/the-xb-19-when-bigger-didnt-necessarily-mean-better/#respond Thu, 30 Sep 2021 17:02:16 +0000 https://avgeekery.com/?p=26300 Lessons Learned Designing and Building the XB-19 Were Applied to the B-29 and the B-36 The Douglas XB-19 was the largest four engine propeller-driven aircraft ever flown. It was the…

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]]> https://avgeekery.com/the-xb-19-when-bigger-didnt-necessarily-mean-better/feed/ 0 26300 BREAKING: Rolls-Royce F130 Engines Will Power Up the B-52H Fleet https://avgeekery.com/breaking-rolls-royce-f130-engines-will-power-up-the-b-52h-fleet/ https://avgeekery.com/breaking-rolls-royce-f130-engines-will-power-up-the-b-52h-fleet/#respond Sat, 25 Sep 2021 15:47:26 +0000 https://avgeekery.com/?p=26224 The Program Will Provide New Engines and Other Updates to Keep BUFF Flying Through the 2050s According to the US Air Force, “The Department of the Air Force has awarded…

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]]> https://avgeekery.com/breaking-rolls-royce-f130-engines-will-power-up-the-b-52h-fleet/feed/ 0 26224 WATCH: Modern-Day BUFF Ops Halfway Around the World and Back https://avgeekery.com/watch-modern-day-buff-ops-halfway-around-the-world-and-back/ https://avgeekery.com/watch-modern-day-buff-ops-halfway-around-the-world-and-back/#respond Tue, 31 Mar 2020 22:24:50 +0000 https://www.avgeekery.com/?p=21306 Global Thunder Highlights Are One Way to Ease Those Lockdown Blues “Global Thunder is an annual command and control exercise that provides training opportunities for all of U.S. Strategic Command’s…

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