The B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay as it moved over the bomb pit on the North Field of Tinian air base, North Marianas Islands, early August, 1945. The plane was loaded with an atomic bomb, codenamed ...

Originally struggling to achieve success in the China Burma India Theater, the Boeing B-29 Superfortress made its mark once ...

The US Air Force plans to bring the Pacific island airfield that launched the atomic bombings of Japan back into commission as it tries to broaden its basing options in the event of any hostilities ...

United States fighter jets have been conducting training exercises at a strategic island in the Western Pacific Ocean, where a World War II airfield is being reclaimed. Newsweek has reached out to the ...

The United States military is finalizing repair works on a World War II airfield, located on a remote island in the Western Pacific Ocean, for a future fight, satellite imagery shows.

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Tinian Island, part of the Mariana Island chain, fell to the Japanese after World War I. It was captured by the United States on June 15, 1944.

-On August 6, 1945, the B-29 Enola Gay dropped the "Little Boy" uranium bomb on Hiroshima, killing up to 166,000 people. [caption id="attachment_22456" align ...