Built for raw power, these mechanical monsters had extraordinary horsepower, massive wingspans, and up to 12 engines, pushing ...

The Convair B-36 Peacemaker was one of the largest strategic bombers ever built, designed to carry America's nuclear weapons across enormous distances. But during one extraordinary Cold War incident, ...

Convair’s Model 49 was a 1960s proposal for an Army escort aircraft that combined vertical takeoff with the speed and firepower of a fixed-wing aircraft. Its enclosed, counter-rotating rotors and ...

Chris earned a Master’s degree in Defense and Strategic Studies (Highest Honors) from the University of Texas at El Paso. His graduate work concentrated on Global and National Security, Low-Intensity ...

The B-36 was first conceived in 1941 as a transatlantic bomber to strike Europe from bases in the US. By 1943, the focus switched from the European Theater to the Pacific for use against the Japanese ...

Responding to the US Army Air Forces’ requirement for a strategic bomber with intercontinental range, Consolidated Vultee (later Convair) designed the B-36 Peacemaker during World War II. The airplane ...

Luke Diaz is a freelance military writer with experience with active duty experience in the US Navy as well as defense and industrial engineering. He is a former Naval Flight Officer who performed ...