The Messerschmitt Me-262A-1 "Schwalbe" ("Swallow") was the first mass produced jet fighter in the world that entered combat.

Pilots nicknamed early-model P-47 Thunderbolts the “Razorback,” a reference to the chunky fighter plane’s angular canopy. However, the name was more generally appropriate—like a wild boar, the hulking ...

The Me 262 – the World’s First Operational Jet-Powered Fighter – Design work on the Messerschmitt Me 262 began before the outbreak of the Second World War, but due to problems with the engine design, ...

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GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Microsoft has released a new group of screenshots from Combat Flight Simulator 3, its upcoming World War II air combat simulation. The company also ...

OSHKOSH, Wis. (WBAY) - A classic plane will make its AirVenture debut next week: the German ME 262, the first jet fighter plane in the world. It hit the skies late in World War II, too late to reverse ...

Over the course of World War II, the Nazis invented a lot of different weapons to get an upper hand. Some fundamentally changed combat forever, like the V2 rocket, the first operational ballistic ...