Germany famously worked on many "Wunderwaffe" designs as it started to lose the war, and some entered service while others ...

World War II saw the emergence of some groundbreaking jet fighters that revolutionized aerial warfare. The Messerschmitt Me ...

The German fielding of the Messerschmitt ME-262 at the Second World War’s close signaled the dawn of the jet-powered fighter. As the Korean War started, Air Force jets like the F-80 were ...

The issue came down to heat, and the Me 262 components couldn't stand up to the rigors of operation for very long. One of the advantages the Allied jet fighter had over its German rival was in ...

Progress on the fighter was slow due ... to have shot down 542 Allied aircraft while losing only 100 jets. One German pilot later said that fighting in an Me 262 "was like being a god in a way." ...