The Lockheed P-38 Lightning, affectionately nicknamed the “Fork-Tailed Devil,” was one of the most formidable fighters of ...

P-38 Lightning: The Skunk Works Fighter That Dominated WWII. I have written multiple stories on the aircraft originating from Lockheed/Lockheed Martin's legendary Skunk Works program, ...

The Lockheed P-38 Lightning struck fear into the hearts of the enemy. ... In the time between World War I and World War II, fighter planes underwent rapid changes.

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 ...

Maj. Richard Ira Bong with one of the P-38 fighter planes nicknamed "Marge" that he flew during World War II. (hoto by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) ...

The Bong Veterans Historical Center and Pacific Wrecks announce that Richard Bong's P-38 fighter plane, "Marge", has been discovered in Papua New Guinea. The aircraft was lost in 1944.

The P-38 Lightning was a uniquely designed strike fighter that the Germans came to call Der Gabelschwanz Teufel, or "The Forked-Tail Devil" in English, because it truly lived up to its name as a ...

NEW YORK - Sixty-five years after an American P-38 fighter plane ran out of gas and crash-landed on a beach in Wales, the long-forgotten World War II relic has emerged ...

The Richard I. Bong Veterans Historical Center celebrated finding Richard Bong’s P-38 fighter plane, “Marge”, Thursday May 30th. The celebration included a livestream with the Papua New ...

The USAF officially retired the P-38 in 1949, but the fighter remained in service with the Honduran Air Force until 1965. The Lightning’s proud legacy is carried on in name by a current Skunk ...