While the numbers may be inflated, Luftwaffe pilots claimed that the Me 262 shot down 542 Allied aircraft during the war.

the jet-powered Messerschmitt Me 262. Tasked with building an aircraft that could match the performance of the Luftwaffe’s first jet fighter, Lockheed began design work on the XP-80 prototype in ...

Third generation: 1960-1970 early supersonic and supersonic, air to air missiles, radar. Multi role fighter, attack, bomber aircraft came into their own in this time frame. F-4, MIG-23, MIG-21, F-104, ...