World War II marked a significant push in military aircraft innovation, eschewing most of the biplanes from the previous war ...

Germany is known for its engineering expertise, and this resulted in some of the most impressive fighter planes in history.

The Museum’s collection of 30 World War II-era American military aircraft ranges from propeller-driven trainers, fighters, flying boats, and bombers to the nation’s first generation of jet-powered ...

It took some time before jet-powered aircraft found their way into the battlespaces of WWII, though more and more appeared toward the end of the conflict. While Germany invented the technology ...

I had the rare opportunity to fly in a historic jet trainer ahead of the ... world ushering in a new era of fighter aircraft toward the end of World War II. The T-33 Shooting Star was instrumental ...

22,000 pounds of thrust enable the Harrier II to hover like a helicopter, and then blast forward like a jet at near-supersonic speeds. Like every aircraft in the Marine fleet, this aircraft is ...

Leading on from Ohain’s work, the first flight of a jet-powered aircraft was in August 27, 1939. By the end of World War II, a smattering of military jet aircraft had entered service ...

The first of 16 Lockheed Martin F-16 Block 70 jets on order has been delivered to the Bulgarian Air Force, the aircraft ...

America's first jet trainer The US was among several countries around the world ushering in a new era of fighter aircraft toward the end of World War II.