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afterburning Air Defense air force air intake Air Ministry air-to-air missiles air-to-air rockets airframe all-weather fighter Armament comprised armed became bomber bombs Britain British built carried cockpit combat Convair DEFA cannon delta wings early entered service Ernst Heinkel experimental F.Mk FB.Mk fighter-bomber flight tested flown flying four 20mm cannon four Sidewinder French fuselage German Gloster Gloster Meteor Goblin ground attack Grumman guns Havilland interceptor jet fighter km/h later Lockheed Luftwaffe Mach maximum speed Messerschmitt Me 262 Meteor Mikoyan Mikoyan MiG-21 Nene nose Ohain operational Orenda Phantom pilot piston piston-engined Power Jets power plant Pratt & Whitney production aircraft production version proto prototype flew radar reconnaissance Rolls-Royce Rolls-Royce Nene Royal Navy Sabre Sidewinder missiles single-seat small number squadron straight-winged Sukhoi Super swept-wing tail thrust Allison thrust with afterburning Thunderjet turbofan turbojet turbojet engine turbojet-powered two-seat trainer USAF USAF's Vampire variant VTOL Warsitz Whittle wingtip