A stunning formation display featuring the legendary Lockheed P‑38 Lightning, North American P‑51 Mustang and Vought F4U ...

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 ...

After winning awards at Oshkosh, the Flying Heritage and Combat Armor Museum's Lockheed P-38J Lightning "Jandina III" comes ...

A P-38J-10-LO Lightning fighter of the United States Army Air Forces (42-68008) flying over California in 1944 (Photo: U.S.

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 ...

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 ...

Han Solo's Millennium Falcon from the Star Wars movies is about as recognizable as Darth Vader or a lightsaber. It's a smuggling ship, hot rod and plot device all rolled into one. After all, it's the ...

Valued at $260 million, the contract was awarded by the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Lakehurst, NJ. Per the terms of the agreement, Lockheed Martin will offer structural mid-life ...

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.

Flying from Henderson Field on Guadalcanal, they claimed three during a mission to escort Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bombers (see NASM collection). On April 18, 1943, fourteen P-38 pilots from the ...