In my recent articles on the U.S. Navy’s legendary Iowa-class battleships, I noted that these ships never did engage in any fights with enemy battleships. Armchair admirals thus have to settle for ...

Notably, a future President of the United States would pilot the Avenger. The Grumman TBF Avenger was an American torpedo bomber that was given a remarkable trial by fire: the Battle of Midway.

The Grumman TBF Avenger made its combat debut during the Battle of Midway in 1942 - and only one of the six aircraft returned. Despite this rocky start, it quickly became the backbone of the Navy's ...

Footage circulating online appears to show the U.S.-supplied Avenger air defense system at work in northern Ukraine as Kyiv deals with near-daily missile and drone strikes from Russia. In a brief clip ...

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