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Here's Why George Patton Sent American Bombers To Attack A Hawaiian Volcano

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The Bomber You Never Heard Of: Meet the B-50 Bomber

Weird History: In 1935 Patton Dispatched Bombers to Attack a Hawaiian Volcano—Did it Work?

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World War II Game Changer: Meet America's B-29 Superfortress

Why America's B-50 Bomber Was Much More Than An Evolved B-29 Superfortress

The Bell Aircraft Company X-2 (46-674) drops away from its Boeing B-50 mothership in this photo. Lt. Col. Frank "Pete" Everest piloted 674 on its first unpowered flight on August 5 1954. He made the first rocket-powered flight on November 18, 1955. NASA.

Fact: The Air Force's B-50 Bomber Is the Killer Weapon Your History Book Missed

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Meet the Hustler: The B-58 Bomber was Stunning to Look At (But Was a Total Failure)

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1 Way Mission: The Terrible Odds B-17 Bombers Faced When Bombing Nazi Germany

Why the U.S. Navy Feared Russia's Deadly Cold War Bombers

The Amazing B-50 Superfortress Bomber: The First Plane to Fly Around the World

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In a Nuclear War, This Plane Would Be America's Most Lethal 'Weapon' of All

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The B-21 Will Fly in December 2021 and Extra B-52s Are Coming out of Retirement

South Korea Fires 360 Warning Shots, 10 Flares At Russian Bombers

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Strange History: 50 German Focke-Wulf FW 190 Fighters Were Buried in Turkey and Are Still There

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Flying U.S. B-17 Bombers over Nazi Germany Was Nearly a Death Sentence

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Think the B-2 or F-35 Is Deadly? This Plane Could Kill Billions of People

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The Age of Stealth: Nuclear Bombers 70 Years after Hiroshima

Russia vs. America: A Nuclear Bomber Showdown

Exposed: How Russia Almost Built a Supersonic Amphibious Bomber