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

Lockheed's P-38 introduced the concept of the interceptor a fighter aircraft of great speed and high rate of climb. As WWII progressed the lighting was developed in to a wide range of roles ...

He was standing in front of a Lockheed P-38 Lightning named Glacier ... well-equipped recovery crew pulled the fighter out on August 1, 1992 (“Iced Lightning,” Dec. 1992/Jan. 1993).

the F-22 Raptor and the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter. Lockheed's selection for what later became the F-35 program in 2001 was a heavy blow to Boeing, which had worked with Lockheed on ...