A Delta Air Lines flight narrowly avoided a collision with a U.S. military jet shortly after takeoff from Washington National ...

In the Pacific Theater, P-38s downed over 1,800 Japanese aircraft, and more than 100 P-38 pilots became “aces.” Before the arrival of the vaunted North American P-51D Mustang, towards the end of World ...

Richard Bong - the deadliest American WWII pilot - amassed 40 air-to-air kills with the P-38 Lightning. Bong transitioned ...

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 ...