The Messerschmitt Me 262 was the world’s first operational jet fighter and one of the most revolutionary aircraft of World ...

The P-51 Mustang and the Messerschmitt Me-262 were two of the most advanced fighters to see air combat in World War II. But ...

With a top speed of 540 mph, Germany's Messerschmitt Me 262 was by far the fastest fighter of World War II. It was powered by jet engines, a new technology that was not always reliable. Still, the ...

An Me 262 replica flees a Mustang near the Military Aviation Museum in Virginia Beach. For pilots of propeller-driven airplanes, used to small differences between top speeds, jets were a shock: Me ...

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 ...

Explore the most technologically advanced plane of WWII, the Messerschmitt Me262 jet. Explore the most technologically advanced plane of World War II, the Messerschmitt Me262, a fighter jet that ...

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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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 ...

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 ...