While the numbers may be inflated, Luftwaffe pilots claimed that the Me 262 shot down 542 Allied aircraft during the war.

Entering service late in the war, the Messerschmitt Me 262 Schwalbe—German for “Sparrow”—was the world’s first operational jet fighter, setting the standard that the world’s air forces ...

This article investigates Britain's first jet fighter. Also, a member of an RAF unit that worked on the Meteor tells about a ...

Rachel Reeves says joining the drone race can fuel the economy - but insiders warn start-ups must be helped to provide ...

XP-80 Shooting Star (1943-1944): The Skunk Works’ first major project began in June 1943, when the U.S. Army Air Forces tasked Lockheed with building a jet fighter prototype to counter the German ...

Noteworthy items from the private collection include a de Havilland Mosquito (a plane that's primarily made of wood) and a Messerschmitt ME 262 (the world's first jet-powered fighter plane).

Third generation: 1960-1970 early supersonic and supersonic, air to air missiles, radar. Multi role fighter, attack, bomber aircraft came into their own in this time frame. F-4, MIG-23, MIG-21, F-104, ...

The sixth-generation combat aircraft is a central component of the Air Force's secretive and costly Next Generation Air Dominance, which seeks to fly the future fighter, designated the F-47 ...

The teams carried out inspections in 14 cities strategically distributed throughout the country. The operation had an impressive result: 262 aircraft were inspected and 369 crew members had their ...

President Donald Trump announced Friday that Boeing will build the Air Force’s future fighter jet, which the Pentagon says will have stealth and penetration capabilities that far exceed those of ...

Boeing has been selected to build the US Air Force's sixth-gen fighter aircraft. The Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) fighter is expected to succeed the F-22 Raptor as the top air dominance ...