A rare World War II-era plane, the B-17G Flying Fortress named "Sentimental Journey," has touched down at the Chico Air ...

A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is seen colliding with a Bell P-63 Kingcobra in midair during an airshow at Dallas Executive Airport in Dallas, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022.Larry Petterborg/AP Two military ...

In the spring of 1945, the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress that would become the “Yankee Lady” was delivered to the U.S. Army Air Corps just as World War II was coming to an end. The aircraft would never ...

EUGENE — A strong jerk and a plume of smoke served as a signal that the engines on the World War II B-17G Aluminum Overcast bomber had started up. Inside, the machine gun turrets rumbled with the ...

A rare airworthy B-17 bomber, “Sentimental Journey,” returned to Boeing Field to celebrate the Flying Fortress’s 90th anniversary with public tours, honoring its legacy and historic production. On ...

Though it wasn't the bomber that actually ended the Second World War (that distinction and honor belongs to another Boeing ...

COEUR d’ALENE, Idaho - If you’re looking for something to do this weekend, you can tour or fly in two World War II aircrafts at the Coeur d’Alene Airport, which are almost 80 years old. The B-17 and B ...

The legendary B-17 Flying Fortress has been the focus of many movies and videogames. One of the oldest videogames centered around the famed bomber dates from 30 years ago. Called B-17 Flying Fortress, ...

Boeing Plant No. 2 in Seattle, built in 1936, produced over 6,981 B-17 Flying Fortresses, along with other aircraft. The plant expanded significantly during World War II, employing around 30,000 ...

"Lucky" was just a wide-eyed 21-year-old lieutenant when he manned the B-17 controls and took to the sky for his first bombing mission over Nazi Germany.

(Reuters) - A World War Two-era B-17 bomber trying to make an emergency landing at an airport near Hartford, Connecticut, crashed and burned on Wednesday, killing seven people on board and closing the ...

For 60 years, a World War II-era B-17 Flying Fortress sat atop an Oregon service station, serving as a canopy for customers stopping to refuel. It only made it there after an incredible cross country ...