The famous WWII-era B-29 Superfortress bomber is the only aircraft to ever drop nuclear weapons in combat, as it was the aircraft which dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The aircraft was ...
Of the nearly 4,000 B-29 bombers produced, just two are still in the air. Aviation photojournalist Mike Killian flew on one of them, FiFi. Read the account of his experience here.
Warren Morris recalls the events of more than 67 years ago as the best experiences of his young life. Morris, a Tulsa lawyer and real estate appraiser who will turn 89 in October, looked across the ...
Some of the most iconic aircraft from World War II are in Tulsa. The Commemorative Air Force Air Power History Tour partnered with the Tulsa Air and Space Museum to bring the B-29 Superfortress "Fifi" ...
The world's only two airworthy Boeing B-29 Superfortresses, "Doc" and "FIFI," will both attend EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, from July 21-27. This rare gathering is highlighted as an "only at ...
Only some 66,000 World War II veterans - out of some 16 million who served - remain with us.Celebrate and honor them while we ...
When it comes to the military aircraft that have shaped world history, there may be no single airplane model with a greater impact than the Boeing B-29 Superfortress. The B-29 didn't just push the ...
SEATTLE — Ninety years to the day of the first flight of the B-17, one of the last surviving Flying Fortress bombers roared into Boeing Field where it all began. “Sentimental Journey,” a ...