The Gloster Meteor arrived at a moment when piston-engine fighters were being pushed to their absolute limits. By 1944, faster bombers, jet prototypes, and pilotless weapons like the V-1 were exposing the ceiling of propeller-driven air combat. #ww2 #Aviation #aircraft #jet #military | Jets 'n' Props

456K views · 11K reactions | The skies over southern Germany in late July 1944 would become the stage for a moment that would forever alter the course of aerial combat. American P-47 Thunderbolt pilots, on a routine mission, suddenly found themselves face-to-face with an aircraft unlike any they had encountered before: the German Messerschmitt Me 262, one of the world’s first operational jet fighter. #ww2 #military #aviation #aircraft | Jets 'n' Props | Facebook

“Do you purchase a MiG 28? I mean, where do you get it? We went to New Zealand. We bought the entire New Zealand Combat Air Force, so we bought their A-4 Skyhawks, which were same jets used in top Gun, but they were upgraded with F-16 radars.” #military #pilot #aviation #tech #technology #shawnryanshow #podcast | Shawn Ryan Show

586K views · 10K reactions | Watch as a U.S. military helicopter descended to rooftop level in Washington, D.C., on Monday night, using a "show of force" maneuver on protesters. The tactic is often conducted by low-flying jets in combat zones to scare away insurgents. Read the latest from the protests. https://nyti.ms/3dr9Fdl | The New York Times | Facebook

186K views · 5.4K reactions | The story of the Junkers Ju 87 begins in 1935. The Luftwaffe wanted a precision ground-attack aircraft that could support fast-moving infantry and armor. What they needed was a dive bomber—something that could deliver ordnance with pinpoint accuracy and crush enemy morale in the process. #ww2 #aviation #military | Jets 'n' Props | Facebook