On January 4, 1936, the Vought SB2U Vindicator made its first flight, becoming the U.S. Navy's first monoplane dive bomber and a key step in naval aviation's transition away from biplanes.

Adam Estes examines the legacy of the Battle of Midway through the story of "Midway Madness," the last surviving Douglas SBD ...

Despite a temperature in the single digits, nearly 50 people came out Monday evening for the monthly meeting of the World War II Heritage Society, where the featured speaker, Dave Walker of Brookfield ...

During a 2014 fishing competition off the coast of Croatia, a diver made an extraordinary discovery: a Ju-87 Stuka dive bomber, resting nearly intact on the ocean floor. Preserved by shallow waters, ...

An SBD Dauntless dive bomber and TBM Avenger torpedo bomber take off and perform flybys during the 2025 Victory at Sea airshow at the Fagen Fighters Air Museum in Granite Falls, Minnesota. The display ...

Born from Italy’s ambition to rival the great dive bombers of WWII, the Savoia-Marchetti SM.85 was a bold but flawed design. Slow, unstable, and dangerously underpowered, it became a symbol of good ...

A Newsweek map shows where the United States has sent its heavy bombers overseas, including stealth aircraft capable of penetrating enemy defenses and delivering nuclear strikes, amid military ...

USS Princeton began her career as a converted light carrier and quickly proved her value across the Pacific. During the Battle of Leyte Gulf, a single Japanese dive bomber slipped through American ...

Embark on a thrilling journey back to the pivotal Battle of Midway in our latest video, "Dive Bombers Unleashed at Midway: Watch Japan's Fleet Burn in Battle!" Witness the intense air combat as ...

“Purple One” by Eric Kildow is one of the works featured in Nude on Park, which opens Saturday at Art on Park. Area artists will bare their bare art for Art on Park’s Nude on Park exhibition. This is ...