The refinement of the fighter jet seems to have happened at a blistering pace. The world's first operative fighter jet was Germany's Messerschmitt Me 262, which took to the skies during the latter ...

For a time planes with piston engines were the best fighters in the sky. These planes were not just used for war they were also a result of people trying to make better things and competing with each ...

Air power may have proved lethally effective during the First World War, but the technology was still in its infancy. By 1939, however, European air forces as well as North American and Asian powers ...

Fighter planes were vital to victory in the Second World War, but which was the best? In deciding this we must look at speed, manoeuvrability, firepower, total number built - and what the type in ...

The North American P-51D Mustang and the Supermarine Spitfire are two of the most iconic fighter aircraft of the Second World War. Both earned legendary reputations, but they were designed with ...