The Lockheed P-38 Lightning, an icon of American innovation and air dominance in World War II, is still one of the most recognizable fighters of all time. First flying in 1939, the P-38 Lightning was ...

The Lockheed P-38 Lightning is an aircraft that opted to pen its name in capital letters in the annals of war flight. Modeled as a high-altitude fighter, this aircraft not only displayed phenomenal ...

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 ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. From 1942 to 1945, the thunder of ...

Army Air Force Capt. Richard Bong points to a large picture of his girlfriend, Marge Vattendahl, on his P-38 fighter plane, March 31, 1944. (File/AP) A Wisconsin museum is partnering with a historical ...

VERNON -- World War II veteran Orville Miller came home from Okinawa in 1946 with a unique memento of his service in the Pacific Theater. And it wasn't a keepsake that was easily brought back to the ...

Vintage trucks aren't as desirable and valuable as classic cars, but a few of them do fetch big bucks at auctions. Fuel trucks aren't among them. Not only they're bigger than the average pickups and, ...

FORT WORTH, Texas, July 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) F-35 Joint Strike Fighter was officially named Lightning II, in a ceremony held ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Bong, who was known as the “Ace of Aces,” took down all 40 of those Japanese fighter planes while flying ...

FORT WORTH — Three months before it takes to the sky, and facing budget cuts that could delay production, the United States' next military fighter plane finally has a name: Lightning II. The first ...

The Lightning pilots downed both bombers but lost Lt. Ray Hine to a Zero. In Europe, the first Americans to down a Luftwaffe aircraft were Lt. Elza E. Shahan flying a 27th Fighter Squadron P-38E, and ...