Not a lot of people realize just what a box of tricks the P-38 Lightning was, especially when it first came…
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We Killed Yamamoto: a detailed description of the P-38 assassination of the man behind Pearl Harbor
by Dario LeoneYamamoto’s plane was no longer in sight; dominating the horizon was a column of black smoke boiling from the dense jungle…
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The day Romanian IAR 80 fighters claimed to have shot down 24 American P-38 Lightnings
by Dario LeoneThe IAR 80 fought mostly against the Russians, but one engagement on Jun. 10, 1944 put it against America’s P-38. The…
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SOME COOL PHOTOS OF THE REBORN A-10 WEST HERITAGE FLIGHT TEAM
by Dario Leone“The A-10 belongs right there with the war birds, as it is legendary itself,” Master Sgt. Mark Aube, A-10 West Heritage…
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WHEN THE OLD MEETS THE NEW: WWII FIGHTER PILOT WHO FLEW THE ORIGINAL P-38 LIGHTNING GETS A GLIMPSE ON THE F-35 LIGHTNING II AND SHARES STORIES
by Dario LeoneFlying the P-38 was just like you were driving along in a Cadillac: it just purrs out there with 1300 horses…
