The First Combat Jets

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    Fighting German Jets: Air Force, Part 36

    December 25, 2009 by Hugh A. Halliday
    The Luftwaffe’s Me.262 fighter. PHOTO: U.S. AIR FORCE The original concepts of jet engines go back to 1910, but practical development only began about 1928 when a young Royal Air Force officer, Frank Whittle, began working on one; his first patent was filed in 1930...