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A jet aircraft is an aircraft propelled by jet engines. Jet aircraft generally fly much faster than propeller-powered aircraft and at higher altitudes – as high as . At these altitudes, jet engines achieve maximum efficiency over long distances. The engines in propeller-powered aircraft achieve their maximum efficiency at much lower altitudes...

Timeline of Events

1939

8.27.1939

First flight of the turbojet-powered Heinkel He 178, the world's first jet aircraft.

1944

10.5.1944

Royal Canadian Air Force pilots shoot down the first German jet fighter over France.

1950

11.8.1950

Korean War: United States Air Force Lt. Russell J. Brown shoots down two North Korean MiG-15s in the first jet aircraft-to-jet aircraft dogfight in history.