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Jet age

The first jet aircraft and swept-wing fighters, 1939–1955.

1939 Jet age Heinkel He 178 World's first aircraft to fly on turbojet power (27 August 1939) Heinkel · Germany→

1941 Jet age Gloster E.28/39 Whittle First British jet aircraft, with Frank Whittle's jet engine (1941) Gloster · United Kingdom→

Messerschmitt Me-262 1942 Messerschmitt Me-262 Jet age Messerschmitt Me 262 Schwalbe The world's first operational jet fighter Messerschmitt · Germany→

1945 Jet age Horten Ho 229 One of the first jet-powered flying wings Horten brothers / Gothaer Waggonfabrik · Germany→

1947 Jet age North American F-86 Sabre One of the first swept-wing jet fighters in the West North American Aviation · United States→

1947 Jet age Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15UTI One of the first successful swept-wing jet fighters Mikoyan-Gurevich · Soviet Union→