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B-29. B-29 Superfortress changed the game of air power strategy up until this day. B-52 is a direct descendant of the B-29 and is still in service. For a basic heavy bomber concept that has had a 60+ year service life...well...what can you say? For fighters, I'd say the Me-262. You can...

Thank you for the responses, all. This makes me want to re-read "The Big Show" by Pierre Clostermann. Funny you mentioned this, what made me ask was I was watching History Channel's Dogfights, the first segment of "The First Dogfighters." Specifically, the recreation of the dogfight of Udet...

Strange question: Was wondering if there was a record for minimum number of shots for a kill. Had the mental image of a quartermaster walking back with his report noticing a pilot took only 6 shots of .50 caliber and he got a kill on the flight that day. Obvious, some of the big Russian and...