The P 38 Lightning shot down more enemy aircraft than any other US fighter in the Pacific, yet early pilots faced lethal dive lockups, frozen cockpits, and engine failures that nearly doomed the ...

From Ben Kelsey’s regulatory end run to Kelly Johnson’s twin boom interceptor, the P 38 Lightning began as a daring solution to high altitude combat, surviving prototype failures, political risk, and ...

The arrival of summer means more hikers seeking high-altitude summits — and more rescues when they get into trouble. That was evident this weekend, when a lightning strike on a couple of Colorado ...

DENVER — Two hikers are expected to survive after being struck by lightning on the summit of Torrey’s Peak last week. The emergency led to what rescuers believe is the highest-elevation hoist rescue ...

For as long as people have watched storms roll across the sky, lightning has inspired awe and fear. You can see the flash and ...

The chance of getting struck by lightning once in a lifetime is about 1 in 1.2 million. The odds that lightning reaches the ground in the first place are even higher — one in four. It’s the lightning ...