On Nov. 7, 1944, that convergence produced the only acknowledged direct combat between American and Soviet forces in World ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: Despite its flaws, the P-38 was a rare early example of a successful “heavy” fighter boasting speed, range and firepower—similar to modern multi-role fighters like ...

For more than 60 years, Lt. Kenneth W. Ambrose and his P-38 fighter plane remained lost in Mount Baker's deeply inaccessible, snowbound wilderness. Now, a year after the Seattle Post-Intelligencer ...

The story of a WWII P-38 Lightning ace who survived being shot down multiple times, sharing resilience, air combat experience, and life in the skies.

World War II fighter planes struggled with several frustrating design limits, and the P-38 tackled one of them head on. Its ...

It flew across the Pacific in World War II, and was scrapped and buried in Papua New Guinea afterward — but the Lockheed P-38 Lightning landed a home Thursday at the National Museum of World War II ...

In the time between World War I and World War II, fighter planes underwent rapid changes. During the first World War, the Sopwith F.1 Camel was known as one of the best combat planes around. It had a ...

In the Pacific Theater, P-38s downed over 1,800 Japanese aircraft, and more than 100 P-38 pilots became “aces.” Summary and Key Points: The Lockheed P-38 Lightning, the first aircraft produced by ...