Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: A ranar 20 ga Satumba, 1939, kafin a gina YP-38s da kuma gwajin jirgin, USAAF ta umarci 66 na farko P-38 Lightnings, 30 daga cikinsu an ba da su ga USAAF a tsakiyar 1941, amma ba duk waɗannan jiragen sama ba ne. Jirgin da ba shi da makamai daga baya an sanye shi da bindigogi huɗu na.50 in (12.7 mm) (maimakon biyu.50 in / 12.7 mm da biyu.30 in / 7.62 mm na magabata) da kuma bindiga na 37 mm (1.46 in). Har ila yau, suna da gilashin makamai, makamai na jirgin sama da kuma kula da jirgin sama. An kammala daya tare da ɗakin da aka matsa a kan gwaji kuma an sanya shi XP-38A. Saboda rahotannin da USAAF ke karɓa daga Turai, ragowar 36 a cikin rukuni an inganta su tare da ƙananan ci gaba kamar tankunan mai da kansa da kuma ingantaccen kariyar makamai don sa su iya yin yaƙi. USAAF ta ƙayyade cewa wadannan jiragen sama 36 za a sanya su P-38D. A sakamakon haka, babu wani P-38Bs ko P-38Cs. Babban aikin P-38D shi ne yin aiki da kwari da kuma ba da USAAF kwarewa tare da sarrafa nau'in. A watan Maris na 1940, Faransanci da Birtaniya, ta hanyar Kwamitin Kasuwanci na Anglo-French, sun umarci jimlar 667 P-38s don US $ 100M, wanda aka sanya samfurin 322F ga Faransanci da Model 322B ga Birtaniya. Jirgin zai zama wani nau'i na P-38E. Allies na ƙasashen waje suna son cikakken haɗin injunan Allison tare da adadi mai yawa na Curtiss P-40 Tomahawks duka ƙasashe suna da oda, kuma don haka suka ba da umarnin Model 322 tagwayen injina na hannun dama maimakon masu juyawa da kuma ba tare da turbo-superchargers ba. Ya kamata a yi aikin 400 mph (640 km / h) a 16,900 ft (5,200 m). Bayan faduwar Faransa a watan Yunin 1940, Birtaniyya ta karɓi dukkan umarnin kuma ta ba jirgin saman sunan sabis "Lightning". A watan Yunin 1941, Ma'aikatar War ta sake yin la'akari da ƙayyadaddun jirgin sama na baya bisa ga kwarewar da aka tattara a yakin Birtaniya da The Blitz. Rashin jin daɗin Biritaniya game da umarnin Lockheed ya fito fili a watan Yuli, kuma a ranar 5 ga Agusta 1941 sun canza kwangilar ta yadda jirage 143...  Tambaya: Menene sunansa?
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