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 ...

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 ...

Lockheed's P-38 introduced the concept of the interceptor a fighter aircraft of great speed and high rate of climb. As WWII progressed the lighting was developed in to a wide range of roles ...

In addition to long-range escort, the P-38 served in a variety of roles, including fighter, night fighter, bomber, bomber-pathfinder, and aerial reconnaissance. And while the P-38 is not ...