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

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

Entering service in 1940, the Focke-Wulf Fw190 was one of Germany's widely produced planes and was the country's only fighter plane powered by a radial engine. In its base configuration ...

Designers and crew like to give their aircraft nicknames—very often, the nickname that sticks is from an attribute of the aircraft (such as its shape). The A-10 Thunderbolt got ...

TASS/. More than 300 fighter planes from the Red Army's Navy and Air Defense Forces, along with reinforced ground-based air defenses, created an "iron dome" for the Allied delegations during the ...

According to the Allies, one of the most critical aspects of winning World War II was establishing air superiority over ...

AMHERST, Mass. – Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have designed a new technology that takes inspiration from WWI fighter aircraft machine gun and propeller synchronization ...

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 ...

Then there was its first operational fighter with a turbojet engine ... squadron of Spitfires – one of the most innovative planes of WWII – the Butcher Bird proved itself to be superior ...