The Sabre combined speed, agility, and firepower as never before. At the point in which the Allies had believed they enjoyed total air dominance over Hitler’s Germany toward the end of the Second ...
First Fighter Jet: Did you know that the world’s first fighter jet wasn’t made by America, Russia, or France—it was developed by Hitler’s Nazi Germany? Nazi Germany introduced a combat aircraft in the ...
World War II was kicked off in late 1939, and at this time, jet fighter aircraft were still in the experimental development phase. The Allies were using single-seat piston engine fighters like the ...
On this day in aviation history, 83 years ago (July 18, 1942), the Messerschmitt Me 262 prototype took to the skies for the first time under jet power. This historic flight marked the culmination of ...