The jet boasted a top speed of approximately 540 miles per hour, far surpassing the fastest Allied piston-engine fighters. There can be little doubt that, at least when the Second World War began, ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Nicknamed Schwalbe (Swallow), the Messerschmitt Me 262 surpassed the performance of every other World War II fighter.

Allied pilots were surprised by the aircraft’s speed and armament; but it was a case of too little too late David Kindy - Correspondent The Messerschmitt Me 262 A-1a Schwalbe, meaning Swallow, held in ...

While it wasn't the first jet-engined aircraft that flew, the ME-262 was the first operational jet-fighter. So many technical and political troubles struck its development that it began its career as ...

The Messerschmitt Me 262 Schwalbe was the first German jet fighter used in World War II. Photo: Bettmann / Corbis 1942: The third prototype of the Messerschmitt 262 becomes the first true operational ...

The Me-262 is a jet that needs no introduction. Perhaps no German WWII fighter on this side of the Bf-109 and possibly the Fokke Wulf Fw-190 is as recognizable as the Me-262 jet. But for how ...

Military technology continues to advance, and that goes for the fighter jets, too. Here are the most powerful fighter jets ever made.

World’s first fighter plane: In a world which is witnessing air strikes around the world, do you know who developed the world’s first fighter plane and how powerful it was. As per media reports, Nazi ...

First Fighter Jet: Did you know that the world’s first fighter jet wasn’t made by America, Russia, or France—it was developed by Hitler’s Nazi Germany? Nazi Germany introduced a combat aircraft in the ...