IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. In the P-38 Lockheed engineer ...

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 ...

In the Pacific Theater, P-38s downed over 1,800 Japanese aircraft, and more than 100 P-38 pilots became “aces.” Summary and Key Points: The Lockheed P-38 Lightning, the first aircraft produced by ...

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 ...

It flew across the Pacific in World War II, and was scrapped and buried in Papua New Guinea afterward — but the Lockheed P-38 Lightning landed a home Thursday at the National Museum of World War II ...

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 ...

Whether they were saved from a rusty death on an abandoned airfield or bought from private collections, the vintage aircraft that make up the fleet of The Flying Bulls are something to behold.

Defense major Lockheed Martin Corp.’s LMT Aeronautics business division recently secured a modification contract, under which it will upgrade four P-3B aircraft, to support the government of Greece.

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 ...