Before the arrival of the vaunted North American P-51D Mustang, towards the end of World War II ... night fighter, bomber, bomber-pathfinder, and aerial reconnaissance. And while the P-38 is not ...

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, and passing ...

During World War II, the Mustang destroyed 4,950 Luftwaffe aircraft in the air—the most of any U.S. fighter ... the P-51 proved itself superior to alternative U.S. fighters like the P-38 and ...

The 33-foot Corsair, on loan from Florida, had to be “rigged up on skates” to get to the Intrepid’s hangar deck.

towards the end of World War II, U.S. forces relied on other, less superlative aircraft for long-range bomber escorts—primarily the Lockheed P-38 Lightning. Instantly recognizable for its twin ...