I've been looking on Wikipedia and learned that the two sides of the P-38 have propellers on them. Pretty cool. I have also gained information from Wikipedia that the models were equipped with a Fokker G.1. The only other plane that used this weapon was the P-61 Black Widow. Amazingly some of the last models were equipped with 2 m2 browning machine guns, and a old mobile cannon with 15 rounds. The nose of the p-38 was very unusual. Strangely the nose had no propeller. The nose was used for mounting guns and other weapons. The p-38 was in competition with the German m-109. Lockheed worked very hard to beat Germany and eventually did. Now unfortunately the P-38 has been retired. The P-38 has been a model for many reconnaissance planes such as: the Yf-22 Raptor, and the Sr-71 Blackbird {the fastest spy plane}. I have also learned that the P-38 contributed to World War 2 in many ways. First, it was used to drop bombs over Germany, France, and Japan for the suicide mission after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.