When you're the U.S. Military, you go big or go home. But as it happens, even the Air Force has a limit when it comes to this ideology. It's hard to judge where they draw this line. But the massive, ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: In the 1950s and ‘60s, American plane-makers went crazy developing new fighters, bombers and reconnaissance aircraft for the U.S. armed services. Some of the most ...

In the early 1950s, the U.S. Air Force wanted a turbojet-powered heavy strategic bomber to lug atomic bombs across oceans. Convair had built the piston-engine B-36 for the Air Force and decided that ...