Lockheed P-38 Lightning
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The Lockheed P-38 Lightning is an American single-seat, twin-engined fighter aircraft that was used during World War II. Developed for the United States Army Air Corps by the Lockheed Corporation, the
A P-38J Lightning warbird over Chino Airport in 2009
P-38 armament, concentrated in the nose of the aircraft
One of 13 YP-38s constructed
Mechanized P-38 assembly lines in Burbank, California
Skunk Works
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Skunk Works is an official pseudonym for Lockheed Martin's Advanced Development Programs, the company's tactical research and development arm. It is responsible for a number of aircraft designs, highl
Lockheed P-38 Lightning
…landing gear. Lockheed formed a secretive engineering team to implement the project apart from the main factory; this approach later became known as Skunk Works. The Lockheed design team, under the direction of Hall Hibbard and Clarence "Kelly" Johnson, considered a range of twin-engined configurations, including…
Entrance plaza at the Skunk Works in Palmdale, California, 2004
Assembly line of the SR-71 Blackbird at Skunk Works, 1965
A modern Skunk Works project leverages an older one: LASRE atop the SR-71 Blackbird.
The Skunk Works logo as seen on one of Lockheed Martin’s hangars