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Figure 8. The Fouga CM 170 Magister was the aircraft which took thousands of the Finnish Air Force personnel, pilots and mechanics, to the new world of jet flying
The jet age
Toward the end of World War II, the first operational jet fighter, the German Me-262, outflew the best Allied escorts while attacking bomber formations. This introduced the jet age, in which aircraft soon flew at more than twice the speed of sound (741 miles per hour at sea level and 659 miles per hour at 36,000 feet) and easily climbed to altitudes of 50,000 feet. At the same time, advanced electronics removed the task of early warning from the pilot's eye, and guided missiles extended the range of aerial combat, at least in theory, to beyond visual range.
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David MacIsaac
Charles Harvard Gibbs-Smith, Aviation: An Historical Survey from Its Origins to the End of World War II, 2nd ed. (1985), and Flight Through the Ages: A Complete, Illustrated Chronology from the Dreams of Early History to the Age of Space Exploration (1974), provide basic introduction to the development of airplanes as a military force. Robin Higham, Air Power: A Concise History, 3rd rev. ed. (1988); and Bill Gunston (ed.), Aviation: The Complete Story of Man's Conquest of the Air (1978), are general surveys. Edward H. Sims, Fighter Tactics and Strategy, 1914–1970, 2nd ed. (1980); and Robert L. Shaw, Fighter Combat: The Art and Science of Air-to-Air Warfare, 2nd ed. (1988), focus on fighter planes. R.A. Mason (ed.), War in the Third Dimension: Essays in Contemporary Air Power (1986), emphasizes continuity, innovation, and convergence in development of military aeronautics. Lon O. Nordeen, Air Warfare in the Missile Age (1985), provides an excellent overview of air tactics from 1964 to the 1980s. Lt. Gen (FiAF ret.) Heikki Nikunen, The Finnish Air Force, A HISTORICAL REVIEW http://www.sci.fi/~fta/FAFhist.htm
David MacIsaac Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Air Force (retired). Professor of Military History, Air University, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, United States of America. Author of Strategic Bombing in World War II: The Story of the U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey
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