History: USA WWII Ace Major Richard Bong & The Lockheed P-38 Lightning
Richard Bong - the deadliest American WWII pilot - amassed 40 air-to-air kills with the P-38 Lightning. Bong transitioned ...
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Russian Il-38 ‘Buzzes' USS Carl Vinson While Escorted by U.S. Navy F/A-18 and F-35C
It is roughly comparable in role and age to the American Lockheed P-3 Orion, although it was built ... seemingly spoke of the ...
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Collision warning sounds in cockpit of Delta plane due to close call with Air Force jet near Reagan National Airport
A close call between a Delta Air Lines Airbus A319 taking off from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and a US Air Force T-38 jet, often used by the military for training, sounded alarms in the ...
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P-38 Lightning: The Backbone of America’s World War II Air Force
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 ...