Experience History in Action This Saturday at Planes of Fame. Join Planes of Fame this Saturday for "Hangar Talk" and an ...

We have only 15 seconds of a lovely Lightning, owned by the Fagen Fighters ... not have wanted to spend 15 seconds this close to a P-38. Explore Subscribe Newsletters Content Licensing Our Partner ...

Tom Harmon, the only Indiana schoolboy to win a Heisman, was even more remarkable in the skies of World War II than on the ...

Hours of boredom punctuated by moments of sheer panic" is how retired Col. Richard Heyman described his experience as a pilot ...

His legs were badly burned after a Japanese Zero had blown up the fuel tank of his Lockheed P-38 Lightning, and Japanese planes in the area were trying to finish the job, shooting at Harmon as he ...

Over the following decades, the city acquired more land and constructed new runways. The United States Air Army Corps used the airport as a Lockheed P-38 Lightning training base and P-51 Mustang ...

as well as nose art inspired by Kunkle’s own P-38 Lightning. These visual elements are meant to bring the legacy of the 401st Fighter Squadron, part of the 370th Fighter Group under the 9th Air ...

There’s the P-38 Lightning, which was flown by America ... It was initially equipped with the Allison V-1710 liquid-cooled engine, which limited its performance at altitude.