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Watch testing of the B-47A Stratojet in 1953
Testing in 1953 of the B-47A Stratojet, a version of the swept-wing bomber built...
Video: NASA/Dryden Research Aircraft Movie Collection
Watch B-52H Stratofortress bomber flying over the Mojave Desert, California
U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress bomber flying over the Mojave Desert in California,...
Video: NASA/Dryden Research Aircraft Movie Collection
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U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress
U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress dropping bombs during a training exercise.
U.S. Air Force
P-51
Four U.S. Army Air Forces P-51 Mustang fighter airplanes in formation over the Italian...
Hulton Archive/Getty Images
The first stealth aircraft
The F-117 Nighthawk was first delivered to the U.S. Air Force in 1982, after development...
Derrick C. Goode/U.S. Air Force
Martin P6M SeaMaster
The Martin P6M SeaMaster, a jet-powered flying boat designed in the 1950s for use...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Normandy Invasion: Allied bombardment of Pointe du Hoc
Medium bombers of the 9th Air Force striking Pointe du Hoc on June 4, 1944, the beginning...
U.S. Air Force/National Archives, Washington, D.C.
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