On this day in aviation history, the Vought SB2U Vindicator, one of the first American monoplane dive bombers, made its first flight on January 4, 1936. The Vindicator would fall into a category of ...

Explore the history and impact of the Vought SB2U Vindicator, the first monoplane dive bomber in the U.S. arsenal. What if the Fed cut rates to just 1% like Trump wants? An analyst says it’s ...

The SB2U Vindicator was America’s first monoplane dive bomber, a cutting-edge design in the mid-1930s that quickly became obsolete. By the time it finally saw combat at Midway in 1942, it was already ...

It wasn’t fast. It wasn’t well-armed. And by 1942, it was already a relic of a bygone era. So why did Marine pilots fly the SB2U Vindicator into the teeth of the Japanese fleet at Midway? What the US ...