The Bell XP-59A Airacomet jet aircraft lifts off from the surface of Rogers Dry Lake in October 1942. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
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Prototype Curtiss XF15C-1 photographed in flight in 1945. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
A German Jumo 004 engine with cover removed is inspected at the Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) in March 1946. (NASA Photograph.)
In-flight testing of a ramjet mounted on a Northrop P-61 Black Widow at the Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory (AERL) of NACA. The AERL is now part of NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Ohio. (NASA Photograph.)
Color photograph of a U.S. Air Force Lockheed P-80A Shooting Star in flight over the mountains. The P-80 Shooting Star was the first jet fighter used operationally by the United States. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
B-24 Liberator aircraft used for testing the 24-C jet engine. (NASA Photograph.)
Experimental North American P-51D Mustang with pulsejets mounted under the wings. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
A British Meteor jet fighter photographed at an airfield in England, August 1945. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
Original Caption: A Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier and vintage F4U Corsair fly side by side over the 2012 Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point Air Show. (Photo by Lance Cpl. Scott L. Tomaszycki | 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing &...