At least 5 with ties to Charlotte died in American Airlines DC crash, including crew
The plane collided with a military helicopter over the Potomac, killing 67 people. The four-member plane crew was based in Charlotte.
Crew, plane safe after Air Force B-52 makes emergency landing at Offutt Air Force Base
A 65-year-old B-52 Stratofortress landed safely at Offutt Air Force Base about two hours after declaring an emergency over ...
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Russian Bomber Mission Prompts Japanese Fighter Scramble
A pair of Russian Tu-95 bombers escorted by two Russian fighter aircraft carried out a eight-hour flight over the Sea of ...
York veteran Harold Pressel was awarded a Purple Heart 80 years after wounds in WW II
Harold "Bud" Pressel was awarded the Purple Heart he earned in 1944 when his bomber was shot down over Germany and he was ...
'They finally gave us closure': WWII sergeant's remains coming home 80 years after death
A World War II soldier killed on a bomber plane in France more than 80 years ago will finally come home with an assist from his niece in Oxnard. Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Felix Shostak, then 24, of ...
Did you know men from Louisiana flew high as Tuskegee Airmen in World War II?
The historic, all-Black unit included more than 15,000 Black pilots, mechanics and cooks from throughout the nation, ...
York WWII vet, 100, to finally get his Purple Heart 80 years after his plane was shot down
The crew had to bail.  Pressel bailed from the plane, landing hard in a cornfield. The free fall caused his ...
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Avro Lancaster vs. Halifax: Which was Britain’s Best WWII Heavy Bomber?
The Avro Lancaster was definitely the most famous British bomber of WWII, but was it the best? When one thinks of the Royal ...
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The 10 Young Men Who Died Giving Wyoming's Bomber Mountain Its Name
Bomber Mountain in Wyoming’s Big Horn Mountains paid dearly to earn its name when a B-17 Flying Fortress crashed into it in ...