The hero we need now.

In the brutal air battles of World War II, skill wasn’t always enough to keep a pilot alive. Some men survived against impossible odds - one of them was Jack Ilfrey, a P-38 Lightning ace who defied ...

I examined the display for a long time. In front of me, the exhibit and story boards told the remarkable story of Maj. Fred Hargesheimer, a World War II P-38 pilot. Many of us in the area may be ...

After scoring his first kill, the American P-38 pilot's mission turns personal when his wingman is shot down. This video details the solo revenge mission that followed, using gun camera logic to ...

The excavation of a World War II crash site in Austria is being arranged in the coming months after more than a decade of attempts to locate the remains of a P-38 pilot from northwest Arkansas. Lt.

Summary and Key Points: The Lockheed P-38 Lightning, the first aircraft produced by Skunk Works under Clarence “Kelly” Johnson, played a pivotal role in World War II. Some experts declare it the best ...

Before the arrival of the vaunted North American P-51D Mustang, towards the end of World War II, U.S. forces relied on other, less superlative aircraft for long-range bomber escorts—primarily the ...