National Museum of the USAF

The Hangar Oct 28, 2026

The Convair B-36 Peacemaker, the Ten-Engine Cold War Deterrent That Never Dropped a Bomb in Anger, and the Last One Standing in Dayton

The Convair B-36 Peacemaker was the most powerful piston-engine bomber ever built - ten engines, a 230-foot wingspan, and a nuclear deterrent mission it never had to execute.

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The Hangar Oct 17, 2026

The Doolittle Raiders, the Silver Goblets, and the Last Toast in Dayton

How 80 men flew B-25 bombers off a carrier deck to bomb Tokyo in 1942 - and kept a 71-year promise to honor their fallen.

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The Hangar Sep 16, 2026

The Memphis Belle, the B-17 That Came Home from Twenty-Five Missions, and the Thirteen-Year Restoration That Rescued Her from Four Decades of Neglect

The Memphis Belle completed 25 combat missions over occupied Europe in 1943, then spent four decades deteriorating outdoors before a 13-year restoration saved her.

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