[Andrew] and his brother had some time (and a lot of ping pong balls) on their hands, so they decided to have some fun and built a remote-controlled ping pong ball turret. Arduino aside, the turret is ...

Imagine being crammed into a ball turret that's only 42 inches in diameter. Doesn't sound too fun, right? Well, imagine that ...

Bud Porter has watched throughout the last five years as an army of volunteers at the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force have slowly restored its B-17G to its original combat configuration ...

The mystery deepens. New evidence reveals the iconic damage to the B-17's ball turret was not from a fighter's bullet, but from flak shrapnel during the bomb run over Magdeburg. This video uses pilot ...

After watching the awesome clip of a Lancaster flying over London, many readers have sent links to other footage worth a look. For instance, the extremely interesting video in this post gives a ...

DOVER, Del.- The Air Mobility Command Museum shifted the spotlight from artifacts and exhibits today to honor a real-life hero from World War II. WWII veteran William Bieber, famed for his bravery as ...

Jerry Duran is sitting at his dining room table, explaining what it’s like to man the ball turret of a B-17 bomber, and feigns like he's going to draw his knees to his chest. At 92, they don’t bend ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Following is a condensed version of a Grand Island Independent article in late 1944. It was submitted by Bill Boyd’s daughter, Pam Boyd Jardine of Grand Island, who wrote: “He, like so ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – In 1942, Congress voted to lower the age of those who could be drafted to 18. Richard Gibbs was one of the first 18-year-olds to go to WWII. He said once he got his orders, the ...

The way Frank Mazikowski keeps the quips coming, it’s hard to tell sometimes when he’s being serious. But this time, he swore, he wasn’t kidding: “It was when ISIS started screwing around,” said ...

The war in Gaza is now 1 year old. It has expanded into Lebanon and Iran, and God knows where else it will spread. At least 42,000 people have died, the vast majority civilians. Ceasefire talks have ...