Some of the most advanced warplanes ever built never fought the conflicts they were designed to win. They were shaped around ...

History has shown that wars are capable of evolving faster than aircraft design cycles. Platforms optimized for nuclear ...

We explore the rise and fall of the XB-70 Valkyrie, a Mach 3 nuclear bomber that promised to outrun missiles and redefine ...

The small number of B-2s in the Air Force’s inventory—and the labor-intensive process of maintaining its stealth coating—put ongoing maintenance costs as high as $200,000 per flight hour. The B-2 ...