towards the end of World War II, U.S. forces relied on other, less superlative aircraft for long-range bomber escorts—primarily the Lockheed P-38 Lightning. Instantly recognizable for its twin ...

A flight of Messerschmidt Bf-109's come in on a group of Lockheed P-38 Lightning fighters in this classic World War II battle over Europe! U.S. Bank says it believes its vice chair was on plane ...

In the Pacific Theater, P-38s downed over 1,800 Japanese aircraft, and more than 100 P-38 pilots became “aces.” Before the ...

During World War II, the Mustang destroyed 4,950 Luftwaffe aircraft in the air—the most of any U.S. fighter ... the P-51 proved itself superior to alternative U.S. fighters like the P-38 and ...

It was thanks to former WWI pilot Tommy Hitchcock that the P-51 entered U.S service — and changed the skies over Europe ...

The Royal Australian Air Force has unveiled the restoration of a World War II P-40E Kittyhawk A29-90 aircraft, also known as ...

Sgt. James Raley's account came almost three months to the day after he improbably survived that fall from the skies over ...

After the conclusion of World War II ... of these aircraft were produced, with the F-105D having the highest production numbers at an impressive 610. A single-engine, single-seat fighter that ...

What began as a bombing mission to destroy an enemy bridge turned into a story of heroic bravery and incredible odds for ...

Trump announced that Boeing had been awarded the contract for the newest US fighter aircraft ... from B-17s and B-29s in World War II to B-52s that rolled off the assembly line in the 1960s ...