Designed during the closing years of WWII and introduced in 1945, the P-80 bridged the gap between propeller-driven aircraft and the jet age.

Nearly without variation, new fighters like the F-109 Cougar, the F-102 Delta Dagger, and the F-104 Starfighter, were built around modern ... last-ever prop-driven fighter/attack aircraft.

Early airborne combat was more like a drive-by shooting as pilot used handheld firearms to fire upon other aircraft ... propeller shaft to activate a solenoid at the gun trigger, and hydraulic. A ...

Natalie Fiorilli/Air Force) FORT WALTON BEACH, Florida — Air Force Special Operations Command has dubbed its newest aircraft Skyraider II, a nod to the Cold War-era propeller plane that ...