Boeing designed and built these big bombers with the single purpose of destroying the Japanese Empire. The B-29 entered service in October 1944.

The B-29 Superfortress is a strategic bomber type of aircraft. Its maiden flight was on the 21st of September 1942. Its primary users are the United States Army Air Force, Royal Air Force, and Royal Australian Air Force.

It is a four-engine bomber propeller aircraft flown by the US Army Air Forces in World War II and later by other military organizations. Its name Superfortress came from the well-known predecessor, the B-17 Flying Fortress. It is said to be one of the largest aircrafts in service during World War II.

The B29 Superfortress was also the most advanced bomber during that time. It has a pressurized cabin, a central fire-control system, and remote controlled machine gun turrets.

The Boeing B 29 Superfortress has many variants; each has a specific unique element. The first variant is the XB-29 which is the prototype model that was delivered to the Army Air Corps. The aircraft’s testing continued until February 18, 1943 when the second prototype crashed, causing a lot of peoples lives including a number of Boeing personnel that was involved in the aircraft’s design. After the incident, the US Army Air Forces and some congressional committee investigated the B-29 programme and later assigned the Army Air Force to take charged over its programme. The B-29 is another variant and is the original production version of the Superfortress.

The P-40B Warhawk was one of the planes used by an American Volunteer Group known as the “Flying Tigers”. The group consisted of United States Army Forces, United States Navy and Unites States Marine Corps. Under a secret presidential sanction, the pilots of the said group were recruited by Claire Chennault. They formed a fighter group with three squadrons that were trained in China. The said group defended Burma supply line to China. This happened before the American entered World War II to fight against Japan.The P-40B Warhawk was managed and obtain by Chennault as it was in production for British and Americans. The major difference between the P-40B Warhawk and Tomahawk –IIB is the P-40B had an exterior fuel tank membrane while the Tomahawk had an interior membrane which is more effective for fuel tanks leaks. The P-40B was purchased without gun sights, radios and wing guns. As a result, there was a continual difficulty for the AVG in Burma and China. On the other hand, the good qualities of the Warhawk included the pilot armor, self sealing fuel tanks, sturdy construction, heavy armament and a diving speed that’s faster than most Japanese planes.

In the year 1941, one hundred P40B aircrafts were sent to Burma on third country freighters packed in crates. At Ragoon, the Warhawk was assembled and test flown by a personnel of the Central Aircraft Manufacturing Company before they delivered it to the AVG training unit. The P-40B was the first fighter flown in action against the Japanese forces in Burma on March 13, 1941 before the US entered World War II. The Warhawk also played a vital role in the middle stages of World War II.

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Late October saw the introduction of the newest version of the Black Hawk helicopter. The UH-60M paid a visit to the Pentagon on November 14 to show off its various upgraded technical capabilities.

The “M” model will gradually replace the 25-year-old “L” model and become the US Army’s medium-lift helicopter capable of assault, medevac, and cargo missions, as well as command and control, aerial sustainment, and search and rescue. It will also be looked at as a follow-on helo to special operations units.

Chief Warrant Officer 4 Gene McNeill, who is currently serving as a test pilot and trainer on the “M” model at Sikorsky, has nothing but praise for the new Black Hawk helicopter. Though he has had 20 years of experience on the “L” model, he is impressed by the new technology, particularly the digital avionics suite that makes the aircraft more user-friendly to crew and passengers regardless of mission. He believes that “L” pilots will be able to transition to the “M” without any difficulty.

“With a digital moving map you know exactly where you are with relationship to the earth; it enables you with ease and comfort to navigate, fly and execute your mission a lot better because you also don’t have to do manual calculations; the aircraft’s digital suite makes everything faster and they can be done while the aircraft is on-the-fly,” CWO4 McNeill said.

Another digital advantage “M” pilots will have is the capability of downloading all flight information from an office computer to the Black Hawk’s system via a two-gigabyte PCMCIA card. In addition, the UH-60M has a “threat intervisibility” system, which allows for terrain data and known enemy in the field to be plotted on the map via grid location. The helo also has new seats that will prevent spinal injuries in case of hard landings.

For more on the new UH-60M’s features, visit www.sikorsky.com/details/0,,CLI1_DIV69_ETI2265,00.html.

United States of America, December 7, 2007 – As we remember Pearl Harbor on its 66th year after the Japanese bombing and attack on Pearl Harbor and resulted to the Second World War, we remember our heroes, our patriots, our soldiers, our nation and countrymen who fought and suffered in battle during the holidays. With great pride and love for the country, our fellow countrymen had brought us victory.

Warplanes.com features model aircrafts made from carved mahogany wood with complete details as it is completely hand painted by talented craftsmen with extreme care and dedication to their work of art. Warplanes.com features the following for this season as a gesture in acknowledging the Pearl Harbor. Some of these model aircrafts were used in the World War II such as the P-40 Warhawk Tiger Shark, B-17F Red Gremlin, B-17G Fortress, B-29 Superfortress, F-6 Hellcat, G4M3 Betty, P-40E Flying Tigers and the P-40B flown by Tex Hill.

These model aircrafts are perfect for gifts and token or simply as a collectible.

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