During World War II, Olympia served as a training base for the P-38 Lightning, a popular fighter aircraft. Though more than 10,000 Lightnings were built during the war, Olympic Airshow Director Teri ...

California bore witness to some of the most traumatic stateside events that happened after Pearl Harbor was bombed on Dec. 7, 1941. The state was racked from north to south with near-panic conditions ...

During the dark days of the air war in World War II, the US Army Air Corps’ P-38 Lightning was an exceptional fighter that defeated hundreds of enemy warplanes in air-to-air combat. The National ...

Key point: Despite its flaws, the P-38 was a rare early example of a successful “heavy” fighter boasting speed, range, and firepower—similar to modern multi-role fighters like the F-15 and Su-27. In ...

In 1937, the U.S. Army Air Corp called for proposals for an interceptor capable of flying 360 miles-per-hour and climbing rapidly to high altitudes. Kelly Johnson, designer at Lockheed—then a small ...