Hopes are high as Japan's Nakajima Kikka lines up for takeoff. In August 1945, with Allied forces closing in and resources ...

After World War II, Japan focused strictly on defense and needed fighter jets precisely for that. Its first fighter jet didn't come about until the '70s.

First introduced during the Spanish Civil War, the Messerschmitt Bf-109 was the most widely produced fighter aircraft by Germany in WWII, with nearly 34,000 manufactured.

During the Second World War, the German Luftwaffe developed several jet-powered aircraft, beginning with the Me-262, Me-163 Komet, and the He-162. These were unable to turn the tide simply because ...

Since the advent of the fighter jet, these aircraft have constantly pushed the boundaries of technology, power, and ...

The Failure of the World's First Jet Aircraft As a college student, in Germany in the early 1930s, physicist and engineer Hans von Ohain developed an interest in turbojet propulsion.

The de Havilland Vampire fighter jet successfully landed on the HMS Ocean aircraft carrier in December 1945. See photos of the historic flight.

Joe Peterburs, who flew escort missions for bombers over Germany in World War II, was flying high with his granddaughter as ...