less superlative aircraft for long-range bomber escorts—primarily the Lockheed P-38 Lightning. Instantly recognizable for its twin-boom design and central nacelle, the P-38 cut one of the war’s most ...

Before the arrival of the vaunted North American P-51D Mustang, towards the end of World War II, U.S. forces relied on other, less superlative aircraft for long-range bomber escorts—primarily ...

Video footage emerged showing an apparently recent close encounter between U.S. and Russian forces in the Pacific Ocean. The ...

P-38 Lightning in Flight 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.

Lockheed's P-38 introduced the concept of the interceptor a fighter aircraft of great speed and high rate of climb. As WWII progressed the lighting was developed in to a wide range of roles ...