The accident-prone North American F-100 Super Sabre broke the sound barrier in 1953, setting the stage for an arms race from ...

While many know the decorated service history of the B-52 Stratofortress, its predecessor paved the way for stealthy, ...

Scorpion was America’s first jet-powered interceptor aircraft. The interceptor role, which became especially relevant during ...

The plane was the first U.S. plane to exceed 500 mph in level flight and the first to participate in an all-jet fighter air battle, shooting down a Russian-built MiG-15 in 1950 in Korea. J-57 Engine ...

In 1946 a Shooting Star made the first jet-powered coast-to-coast flight across the United States from Long Beach California to New York. The same year, an F-80 unit flew across the Atlantic.

While credit for the first jet-on-jet kill may remain disputed, the fact that the MiG-15 could outrun, outmaneuver and outgun the F-80 is not. U.S. records show that a total of seventeen Shooting ...

The 727 was also the first jet equipped with hydraulically powered flight controls and an auxiliary power unit (APU), which meant the plane could operate independently without power from the ground.