Introducing the B-17 Flying Fortress: During WWII, the U.S. Army Air Corps recognized the need for a new bomber able to reinforce the service’s fleets in Hawaii, Panama and Alaska.

The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress was an iconic symbol of American aviation during World War II. It holds a storied history as ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from B-17 Flying Fortress the Bloody 100th Manage and take control of the 10-man crew of a B-17 Flying Fortress as they attempt to complete 25 harrowing ...

This particular bomber was produced at the end ... Anderson, himself a corporate pilot from Las Vegas, said seeing the B-17 and its cockpit gave him a better understanding of what his uncle ...

In this Sept. 29, 2004, file photo, the Nine-O-Nine, a Collings Foundation B-17 Flying Fortress, flies over Bristol. The lawsuit contends the pilots also failed to “run-up” the engines prior ...

he became a bomber pilot and flew a Consolidated B-24 Liberator, a large, heavy, four-engine bomber that went faster, higher and farther than the B-17 Flying Fortress model it succeeded.

Thus it was that on October 2nd a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress crash-landed after technical troubles. Incidentally, this is the very same airplane which we covered only a number of days ago.

The Commemorative Air Force plans to fly its World War II planes into Pangborn Memorial Airport, after roughly two-years.