The Evolution of Jet Fighters

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    The Roar Of The Meteor: Air Force, Part 37

    February 21, 2010 by Hugh A. Halliday
    Gloster Meteor Mk VIIIs at Kabrit, Egypt, in 1952. PHOTO: LEGION MAGAZINE ARCHIVES Although the first flights of German and British jet engine test beds occurred 21 months apart, the two nations introduced jet fighters into service at almost the same time—July 1944. But both...