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 ...

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 ...

Glacier Girl flies again.

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The Air Forces this week cited one example of a fact all airmen know: the first model of an aircraft is not the best model, by a long shot. The example was the twin-engined Lockheed Lightning (P-38), ...

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 - ground ...