P-38 Lightning: The Skunk Works Fighter That Dominated WWII I have written multiple stories on the aircraft originating from Lockheed/Lockheed Martin's legendary Skunk Works program, and passing ...

At its time, the P-38 was the first American military plane to register speeds in excess of 400 mph (644 kph) at level flight ...

night fighter, bomber, bomber-pathfinder, and aerial reconnaissance. And while the P-38 is not remembered as fondly as other, more iconic aircraft of the conflict, like the Mustang, the Spitfire ...