Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. By the late 1930s, the United States was unprepared for the scale of airpower a world war would demand. President Franklin D.

Rosie the Riveter's factory to get a new lease of life as the Yankee Air Museum. The Willow Run plant was something of a legend during the last year of WW II. Slow to get rolling, it eventually ...

YPSILANTI TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — The Detroit-area factory where Rosie the Riveter showed that a woman could do a “man’s work” by building World War II-era bombers, making her an enduring symbol of ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. FILE - In this July 17, 2013, file photo, part of the former Willow Run Bomber Plant stands in Ypsilanti Township, Mich.