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Who Really Invented The First Fighter Jet & How Fast Did It Fly?

When we think about the dawn of jet-powered warfare, the name Messerschmitt Me 262 often gets top billing. But the story starts a bit earlier than you might think. The true roots of the jet age trace ...

5 Of The Most Powerful Fighter Jet Engines Ever Made

Military technology continues to advance, and that goes for the fighter jets, too. Here are the most powerful fighter jets ever made.
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This Fighter Jet Actually Flew in WW2 (And then the Allies Stole It) - The Me 262

Known as the Sturmvogel “Storm Bird” or Schwalbe “Swallow”, the German Messerschmitt Me 262 revolutionized warfare aviation and wreaked havoc on morale among the Allies during World War II. The very ...
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The Me262 combat diary the story of the world's first jet fighter in battle by John Foreman and S.E. Harvey

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The world's first jet fighter unit 1944/1945: JG7 / Manfred Boehme ; translated from the German by David Johnston

Translation of: Jagdgeschwader 7: die Chronik eines Me 262-Geschwaders, 1944/45. https://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=liball&source=~!silibraries ...