Lockheed attempted to push the P-38 Lightning further with ambitious follow on designs like the XP-49 and the massive XP-58 Chain Lightning. From exotic engines and heavy armament to shifting ...

TheLockheed P-38 Lightning was one of the most successful fighters of World War II and saw service in every major theater of the conflict. TheP-38, easily recognizable for its distinctive twin-boom ...

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 ...

Allied ingenuity produced a number of great fighter aircraft that would prove instrumental in their victory in World War 2 The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt and Lockheed P-38 Lightning were each capable ...