The retrofitted and final production model engines produce a combined 44,000 horsepower, one of the only aircraft ever powered by both types of engines. The B-36 lacked inflight refueling ...

The “Peacemaker” was born from the U.S. Army Air Force’s requirement for a strategic bomber with intercontinental range. Although the B-36 was developed to fulfill WWII needs initially ...

It was back in November 1941 that Consolidated’s Model 36 design bested ... replaced by the B-52 Stratofortress. Of the 385 B-36 aircraft constructed, only four complete airframes survived ...