On July 15, 1942, six P-38 Lightning fighter aircraft and two B-17 Flying Fortress bombers encountered a blizzard while supporting the Allied war effort in the British Isles. The aircraft were forced ...

In one of WW2’s strangest air combat stories, a captured American P-38 was reportedly used against U.S. bombers over Italy.

The wreck of a P-38 fighter flown by America’s all-time top flying ace was found last week, 80 years after it crashed in the jungles of Papua New Guinea. Capt. Richard I. Bong, who was credited for ...

The Lockheed P-38 Lightning transformed the air war in the Pacific during World War II. Flown by legendary pilots including ...

During World War II, as the United States was establishing a military presence in Great Britain in preparation for an invasion of mainland Europe, a squadron of six Lockheed P-38 Lighting fighter ...

Summary and Key Points: The Lockheed P-38 Lightning, the first aircraft produced by Skunk Works under Clarence “Kelly” Johnson, played a pivotal role in World War II. Some experts declare it the best ...

A historic P-38 Lightning aircraft, known as the 23 Skidoo, made a rare appearance over Superior and Poplar this afternoon. For the first time in years, people in northwest Wisconsin saw this one-of-a ...

In 1937, the U.S. Army Air Corp called for proposals for an interceptor capable of flying 360 miles-per-hour and climbing rapidly to high altitudes. Kelly Johnson, designer at Lockheed—then a small ...