This footage shows a Convair B-36 Peacemaker aircraft making a low pass over Fort Worth, Texas, as the strategic bomber ...

When discussing historic bombers in American history, the B-36 Peacemaker ranks at the top in terms of size and design flaws. The B-36 was developed in 1941 during World War II and began its service ...

With a wingspan of 240 feet, the B-36 instantly became the largest bomber ever mass-produced. The B-36 “Peacemaker,” the largest warplane ever constructed, first took to the skies more than eight ...

As the war in Europe raged, American war planners recognized that if Britain fell to the Nazis, then the U.S. would lose their launching pad into Europe—and thus their ability to conduct strategic ...

This was the world's first intercontinental bomber, developed in the late 1930s. Though it never made it to series production ...