The German-made fighter delivered unmatched speed for its time. However, the Me 262 was not the first jet fighter prototype to take flight. That honor would go to the Heinkel He 178, which would ...

The German fielding of the Messerschmitt ME-262 at the Second World War’s close signaled the dawn of the jet-powered fighter. As the Korean War started, Air Force jets like the F-80 were ...

The issue came down to heat, and the Me 262 components couldn't stand up to the rigors of operation for very long. One of the advantages the Allied jet fighter had over its German rival was in ...

The German aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin is often cited as one of the worst aircraft carriers in history. Designed by ...

Progress on the fighter was slow due ... to have shot down 542 Allied aircraft while losing only 100 jets. One German pilot later said that fighting in an Me 262 "was like being a god in a way." ...

insufficient to outperform German and British jet counterparts. What You Need to Know: The Bell P-59 Airacomet, America’s first jet fighter, debuted in 1942 but didn’t see combat due to its ...

The paratroopers of "Easy" Company are possibly the most famous of WWII. Their brotherhood, forged in training and on the battlefield, has since been immortalized by HBO's "Band Of Brothers." ...

The mission was carried out by two Typhoon fighter jets (file photo) RAF and German fighter jets have intercepted a Russian aircraft near Estonian airspace in the first joint operation of its kind.

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The F-22 Raptor is the top US fighter, known for stealth, speed and agility. A USAF pilot describes how the jet handles for ...

China’s air force is set to officially debut its new stealth fighter jet, the J-35A ... which came to light with the 2015 publication by German magazine Der Spiegel of documents purportedly ...