A TBM Avenger, the largest and heaviest single-engine bomber of World War II, will visit the Raleigh Executive Jetport in Sanford for one day on April 16. The Capital Wing of the Commemorative Air ...

What You Need to Know: The McDonnell Douglas A-12 Avenger II program, intended to produce a carrier-based stealth bomber for the U.S. Navy, became a cautionary tale of military procurement failure.

KINGWOOD — Eighty years after his torpedo bomber was struck by Japanese anti-aircraft fire and spiraled into the harbor of an obscure island in the Palauan Archipelago, 8,500 miles from home, Jay Ross ...

The A-12 Avenger II came about as a part of the United States Navy's Advanced Tactical Aircraft program, which sought to develop a successor to the A-6 Intruder. In a first for the United States Navy, ...

-Though slower and smaller than fleet carriers, they played a vital role in resupplying forces and defending against enemy threats. -The U.S. Navy lost five Casablanca-class carriers during the war.