We trace how the atomic age transformed aerial warfare - from the B-29 that ended World War II to the gargantuan B-36, the B-52’s long shadow, and the supersonic experiments that followed. Drawing on ...

The Air Force launched multiple B-52 bombers in what it called a “bomber attack demonstration” off the coast of Venezuela.

Key Points and Summary - Decades before the Space Shuttle, the U.S. backed the X-20 Dyna-Soar: a reusable, skip-glide spaceplane born from WWII German concepts and accelerated by the Sputnik shock.