Flash Of Glory - Aerial Combat Enters The Jet Age

First Flights with Neil Armstrong • Season 3 • Episode 9

About this episode

During WWII, the Germans introduced the Messerschmitt 262, and the British the Gloster Meteor. With these first operational jet fighters, a new era in aerial combat had begun. As jet met jet in the skies over Korea, the MiG-15 proved Russia to be a major power in jet aircraft development.