The SB2U Vindicator was the US Navy's first monoplane dive bomber, entering service in the 1930s. By the time of the Battle of Midway in 1942, it was outdated but still essential in bridging the ...

The U.S. Navy dropped nuclear bombs on its own ships loaded with rats and other animals to see the effect of nuclear weapons ...

A World War II bomber has been discovered ... fully armed with an 83-year-old bomb fixed to the wing, NOAA Ocean Exploration says. The Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber fell to the seafloor ...

NOAA Ocean Exploration sent cameras inside the wreck over the Easter holiday weekend and three planes were located in the carrier’s #3 elevator shaft.

By mid-1942, half a year after America entered the war, however, the U.S. Navy needed its own ... One of the best known airplanes of World War II, the B-25 bomber was also one of the most flown ...

The Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber was trapped inside the ... NOAA Ocean Exploration video screengrab A World War II bomber has been discovered 3 miles deep in the Pacific Ocean, and it ...