The Me 262 was built by Messerschmitt A G.
The first Messerschmitt fighter was the Bf109 V1, first flown in 1935.
The first Bf 109V1 fighter was flown in September 1935.
Armstrong was a veteran aviator: he had flown 78 combat missions over Korea as a Navy fighter pilot.
The Gloster Meteor was the first British Jet, while the Messerschmitt Me 262 was the first German jet. However they both came out around the same time. Answer: The first jet fighter was Heinkel He 280, designed and built before WWII (and flown a couple of weeks after it started) it was rejected by the Luftwaffe as unnecessary.
Only the F4 Phantom (II) can claim the title of the 20th centuries last jet aces. Only the Phantom was flown by ALL THREE BRANCHES OF THE US MILITARY IN COMBAT! (USMC, USN, and the USAF). If it wasn't that good (that great) all three of those services wouldn't have flown it. And if it wasn't that great, they certainly wouldn't have flown it in COMBAT!
According to the FAS Miltary Analysis Network website, the F 16 Fighting Falcon was first flown in December of 1976. The first F 16 was single seat model.
The first Spitfire prototype was flown on March 5, 1936.The first combat ready Spitfire flew on May 15, 1938.
No US President hadany record as a combat fighter pilot. George W. Bush was in the Texas Air Froce Reserves and he may have flown old fighters, but never in combat. His father, George H. W. Bush was a notable bomber pilot and flew dozens of missions in WW II. Dwight Eisenhower was certified as a pilot of some sort but never flew in combat.
On 16th October 1939, three Spitfires from 603 Sqn RAF shot down a German recconaisance aircraft over Rosyth Royal Navy base in Scotland. This was the first air combat in WW2
1912 was when the first helicopter flown
The very first operational Saab 37 Viggen (Thunderbolt), a Swedish fighter aircraft, was produced in 1970. The first prototype was manufactured and flown in 1967.
1912 was when the first helicopter flown