The Commemorative Air Force offers Warbird rides in Fond du Lac during EAA's AirVenture. Fond du Lac County Sheriff Ryan Waldschmidt rode in a WWII-era Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless, the same type of plane ...

PORTAGE, MI — The Air Zoo aerospace and science museum in Portage is in the process of restoring two historic military aircraft: the “Shaba” F-117 Nighthawk and the Douglas SBD-2P Dauntless. The two ...

The Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber was trapped inside the USS Yorktown with this bomb still attached to its cradle. The aircraft carrier was sunk by a Japanese submarine after the 1942 Battle of ...

Douglas agreed to address the problem, beginning with the 58th production model. The Navy agreed to accept the first 57 SBD-1s without modification and decided that the Marines, who mostly operated ...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) – The Military Aviation Museum in Virginia Beach recently acquired a Douglas SBD Dauntless which was one of the most successful dive bombers in World War 2. Before making its ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (WOOD) — The Kalamazoo Air Zoo Aerospace & Science Museum has launched a new fundraising campaign in which the public can help decide which aircraft restoration project will be ...