The B-52 Stratofortress

In 1921, one of the most prosperous Black communities in America was attacked, burned, and nearly erased from public memory. The Greenwood District of Tulsa, known as Black Wall Street, became the site of one of the worst acts of racial violence in American history. The number of ...  Show more

Before the United States entered the Second World War, it had a problem. The military was spread out all over Washington, D.C., and had difficulty functioning. The solution was a new massive building. Built in just 16 months during the urgency of World War II, the Pentagon began ...  Show more

One of the lowest points of World War 2 for the Allies was autumn 1943, when bombing runs from England to Germany were ramping up. Hundreds of B-17s flew out to strike military targets, but they flew unescorted due to being the only planes with enough range (fighters could only m ...  Show more

60 years ago, a B-52 carrying two nuclear weapons crashed in North Carolina. 

In 1944, Nazi Germany launched the V1s against the UK. The V1 was a pilotless, jet-propelled flying bomb - the first of its kind in the world and a precursor to the modern cruise missile. The V1 was also the first of Hitler's secret "revenge weapons" which he hoped would change t ...  Show more

The F-35 Lightning II, a trillion-dollar, highly capable 5th generation fighter, has been described by the U.S. Air For ...