Shortly after the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo in April of 1942, the Japanese began planning for a decisive battle ... carriers were nowhere in the vicinity, Nagumo ordered the 93 fueled and armed aircraft ...
Aircraft carriers have been a crucial element in combat since they were invented, but they didn't see combat against each ...
The Bulldogs had originally been scheduled to battle Army in the nightcap. The Throwdown on the Yorktown suffered ...
As announced 56 years to the day of the June 4, 1942 battle which led to its demise, USS Yorktown was recently discovered, more than three miles under the sea, off the island of Midway in the ...
Stille devotes several pages to two issues that helped decide the battle, intelligence and search. The first covers well trodden ground: American code-breakers were able to read ... allowed both the ...
Currently, additional video surveys completed by NOAA that are available on SeaTube include, exploration of a US Navy S-Class ...
A famous piece of history is now on display at the USS Midway Museum. An F4U-4 Corsair, a fighter-bomber which mainly flew in ...
The Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, Fla., transferred the Corsair to San Diego for long-term display. It has been placed ...
The USS Midway Museum on Friday opened a new exhibit featuring a famous historical military aircraft, an F4U-4 Corsair.