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

Breaking: Two US fighter jets fly inside Venezuelan air space. Do you believe war is imminent? Two U.S. F-18 fighter jets flying in tandem entered Venezuelan airspace around noon Tuesday, circling over the Gulf of Venezuela in the latest show of force against the regime of Nicolás Maduro. The flyover - carried out despite the Venezuelan regime’s possession of a number of Russian-made antiaircraft batteries - took place less than 100 miles northeast of Maracaibo, Venezuela’s second-largest city.

209K views · 10K reactions | Italian jets are showcasing their skills at the air show.  | Ultimate Military Channel | Facebook

2.3K views · 21 reactions | US military jets conducting flight exercises over Guyana in show of support for Guyana's security in the face of the Venezuelan claim of the Essequibo. | Guyana, South America | Facebook