The Lockheed P-38 Lightning, affectionately nicknamed the “Fork-Tailed Devil,” was one of the most formidable fighters of ...

The Lockheed P-38 Lightning, the first aircraft produced by Skunk Works under Clarence "Kelly" Johnson, played a pivotal role ...

Lockheed and Convair finished 10,038 P-38 aircraft including 500 photo-reconnaissance models. They built more L models, 3,923, than any other version. To ease control and improve stability, ...

The P-38 Lightning’s Unusual Design. The design process for the P-38 began in 1937, as tensions were building abroad, and as the U.S. Army Air Corps (USAAC) increasingly felt the need for a twin ...

The Lockheed P-38 Lightning struck fear into the hearts of the enemy. ... In the European theater, the Mustang was unmatched in nearly every capacity by both enemy aircraft and Allied planes.

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Opening with Kelly Johnson in front of Lockheed Martin’s facilities, the video goes on showing all the major projects of the Skunk Works: the P-38 Lightning, P-80 Shooting Star, XF-90, F-104 ...

Resembling the far more common Lockheed P-38 Lightning, the Hughes XF-11 was roughly twice the size but never achieved full-scale production. [Courtesy: U.S. Air Force] At first glance, it might ...