Category: Bomber

Lancaster | Documentary

This film is only available in the United States because of territorial licensing. Winning a war is not easy. “Lancaster” tells the story of the iconic World War II bomber through the words of the last surviving veterans. Starting with The Blitz, we follow our 38 contributors as they join up, learn to fly, and…


Pentagon Debuts New Stealth Bomber, the B-21 Raider, Amid Rising China Threat

WASHINGTON—America’s newest nuclear stealth bomber is making its public debut after years of secret development and as part of the Pentagon’s answer to rising concerns over a future conflict with China. The B-21 Raider is the first new American bomber aircraft in more than 30 years. Almost every aspect of the program is classified. Ahead…


Suicide Bomber Strikes at a Center of Taliban Power, Kills 4

KABUL, Afghanistan—A suicide bomber struck at a center of Taliban power Wednesday, setting off a blast at a government ministry in the Afghan capital of Kabul and killing at least four people. The explosion went off in the afternoon as workers and visitors were praying inside a mosque of Afghanistan’s Interior Ministry, which is responsible…


NTSB: Pilot Error Likely Caused Vintage Bomber’s Fatal Crash

HARTFORD—Pilot error probably caused the 2019 crash of a World War II-era bomber in Connecticut that killed seven people and wounded six others, the National Transportation Safety Board said in a report released Tuesday. It cited inadequate maintenance as a contributing factor. The four-engine, propeller-driven B-17G Flying Fortress bomber with 13 people aboard crashed at…


Prosecutors Seek Life Term for Would-Be NYC Suicide Bomber

NEW YORK—A Bangladeshi immigrant who set off a pipe bomb attached to his chest in New York City’s busiest subway station should spend the rest of his life behind bars for a “premeditated and vicious” terror attack committed on behalf of ISIS terrorist group, prosecutors said Thursday. In papers filed in federal court in Manhattan,…


3 Russian Military Pilots Killed by Faulty Ejection Seats

MOSCOW—Three members of a Russian warplane crew died Tuesday when their ejection seats accidentally activated during preflight checks, the military said. The Russian Defense Ministry said that the incident happened Tuesday at a military airbase in the Kaluga region, about 145 kilometers (90 miles) southwest of Moscow. It said the crew of a Tu-22M3 long-range…


Diver Captures Stunning Photos of WWII ‘Flying Fortress’ Wreck on the Ocean Floor off Coast of Croatia

A diver has taken a set of striking images showing downed WWII planes off the coast of Croatia. One of the planes, a bomber, took its last flight in November 1944, while en route to Vienna. But before it could reach its destination, it sustained too much damage and had to be forcibly landed in…


FBI: Nashville Bomber Sent Material to ‘Acquaintances’

Before he blew himself up in a Christmas Day attack that devastated blocks of downtown Nashville, Anthony Warner sent materials about his views to people he knew, federal investigators said Saturday. In a statement to The Associated Press, FBI Special Agent Jason Pack said authorities are “aware the suspect sent materials which espoused his viewpoints…