The legendary P-38 Lightning Glacier Girl returns to the skies after two years, highlighting one of WWII aviation's most ...

Discover the incredible story of the WWII "Lost Squadron" buried beneath Greenland's ice and the daring recovery of P-38 ...

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 ...

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 the ...

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 ...

At the Lockheed Aircraft Corp. plant in Burbank, three new mechanized conveyor lines help double the production of the P-38 Lightning, an advanced high-altitude fighter plane. The new assembly lines ...