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 ...

We have only 15 seconds of a lovely Lightning, owned by the Fagen Fighters ... not have wanted to spend 15 seconds this close to a P-38. Explore Subscribe Newsletters Content Licensing Our Partner ...

The exact term itself was reportedly coined by Irv Culver, an engineer at the Lockheed corporation, who referenced "Skonk ...

P-51 Mustang pilots shot down a total of 4,950 enemy aircraft, while more than 250 of its pilots achieved ace status and had ...

An American fighter plane that crashed off the north ... in the UK had been legally protected in this way. The Lockheed P-38 Lightning is buried two metres under the sand at Harlech, Gwynedd.

Tom Harmon, the only Indiana schoolboy to win a Heisman, was even more remarkable in the skies of World War II than on the ...

When one thinks about a next-generation fighter, they typically think about the F-22 Raptor or more likely the F-35 Lightning II. This is a fighter jet that's used by multiple air forces ...

A new report alleges that an F-35A was defeated by the very aircraft it is meant to replace. Tokyo needs to step up its modernization efforts, otherwise the JASDF might face an aircraft shortage ...

as well as nose art inspired by Kunkle’s own P-38 Lightning. These visual elements are meant to bring the legacy of the 401st Fighter Squadron, part of the 370th Fighter Group under the 9th Air ...

The F-35B Lightning II is the Marine Corps variant of the Joint Strike Fighter and features a vertical lift fan and pivoting engine nozzle to deliver vertical landing and short takeoff capability ...

After years of restrictions designed to prevent a catastrophe, the most widely used version of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, nicknamed the Lightning II, is finally being allowed to fly in ...