Sentence examples for bomber development from inspiring English sources

Col. Pete Warden, the Air Force chief of bomber development, studied the result and pronounced, "This is the B-52".

On Thursday, 21 October 1948, Boeing engineers George S. Schairer, Art Carlsen and Vaughn Blumenthal presented the design of a four-engine turboprop bomber to the chief of bomber development, Colonel Pete Warden.

Other potential targets include the Army's planned ground combat vehicle and a "next-generation" long-range bomber under development by the Air Force.

Using back-channel sources of information, he satisfied himself that the RAF's pronouncements on the bomber's development were overly optimistic, and later that year began supporting selection of the F-111 as the aircraft best suited to supplant the Canberra.

But military planners are now preparing options to include attacks from Air Force bombers, a development reported Thursday by The Wall Street Journal.

According to the indictment, the parts were also used in components of the B1 bomber and in development of the Pentagon's "Star Wars" anti-missile program.

The height of the heavy bomber's technical development during the war was reached by the United States in the B-29, which carried 20,000 pounds (9,000 kg) of bombs and was defended by 10.50-calibre 10.50-calibre

Ending the strategic nuclear role of bombers would reduce the requirement for (and the cost of) the new bomber currently in development and also allow the remaining bomber fleet to more effectively focus on a conventional role.

In his proposed budget, Mr. Bush has asked for $5.3 billion for five test bombers, components for number of the bombers and continuing research development.

The requirement for a better bomber led to the development of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress.

Routine transpolar flight became possible only after the end of the cold war, when the United States and Russia stopped being so concerned about watching for strategic bombers, and with the development of planes like the Boeing 747-400 and the Airbus A-340, with ranges of about 9,000 nautical miles.