Built with flaws that nearly doomed it, the P-38 Lightning found its true purpose in the Pacific, excelling in long-range combat, relentless interception, and one of the war’s most daring missions.

A 1940 British order helped cement the name Lightning, but worries over turbos, engine layout, and deadly dive issues killed the deal and pushed those airframes into US hands after 7, 1941. From ...

The Niš incident, a fierce aerial combat between Americans and Soviets in WWII An analysis of the engineering of the ...

In the time between World War I and World War II, fighter planes underwent rapid changes. During the first World War, the Sopwith F.1 Camel was known as one of the best combat planes around. It had a ...

Han Solo's Millennium Falcon from the Star Wars movies is about as recognizable as Darth Vader or a lightsaber. It's a smuggling ship, hot rod and plot device all rolled into one. After all, it's the ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: Despite its flaws, the P-38 was a rare early example of a successful “heavy” fighter boasting speed, range and firepower—similar to modern multi-role fighters like ...

In the Pacific Theater, P-38s downed over 1,800 Japanese aircraft, and more than 100 P-38 pilots became “aces.” Summary and Key Points: The Lockheed P-38 Lightning, the first aircraft produced by ...

California bore witness to some of the most traumatic stateside events that happened after Pearl Harbor was bombed on Dec. 7, 1941. The state was racked from north to south with near-panic conditions ...

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It flew across the Pacific in World War II, and was scrapped and buried in Papua New Guinea afterward — but the Lockheed P-38 Lightning landed a home Thursday at the National Museum of World War II ...

A vintage P-38 Lightning aircraft, named "Echo," has been discovered 340 feet under glacial ice in Greenland by Arctic Hot Point Solutions. "Echo" is part of the WWII "Lost Squadron," a group of ...

We have only 15 seconds of a lovely Lightning, owned by the Fagen Fighters World War II Museum in Granite Falls, Minnesota, flying over a winter landscape. But during World War II, Japanese or German ...