The cockpit of the Millennium Falcon looks like pure science fiction, but its layout and feel are rooted in a very specific World War II machine. Long before Han Solo and Chewbacca were flipping ...

"Star Wars" is pretty much World War II in space. Not just because of the overarching plot involving an evil empire and dogfights between airplanes/spacecraft, but because so much of the first movie — ...

The Boeing B-29 Superfortress is one of the most iconic aircraft in aviation history. While it is often remembered for dropping nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and for launching experimental ...

The National Museum of the US Air Force in Dayton, Ohio, features around 350 planes and missiles in its collection, but there's one aircraft in the World War II Gallery that attracts a particularly ...

Of the 3,900 B-29 bombers built between 1943 and 1946, only two are still flying, and both are kept in the air by not-for-profit organizations. FiFi, owned and operated by The Commemorative Air Force ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A specialized diving team recently explored one of Arizona's most intriguing underwater mysteries: a B-29 bomber that has sat at ...