In 1970 Northrop won a competition for an improved International Fighter Aircraft (IFA) to replace the F-5A, with better air-to-air performance against aircraft like the Soviet MiG 21.

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 was originally developed in the Soviet Union as an interceptor. First flew in December 1947. It began appearing in service in 1949 and by 1952 it had been provided to a number of Communist satellite nations, including North Korea where it was used extensively against United Nations forces. The MiG-15 was deployed against American Air Forces in December of 1950 in Korea.

The last P-47D-5RE, serial 4-8702, was taken from the assembly line and modified by cutting down the razorback spine and fitting a bubble canopy in place of the original framed version. The new canopy had full 360 degree vision and a new flat armored windscreen. the fist production version of the bubbletop Thunderbolt was designated P-47D-25-RE.

The He162 was the second German jet fighter which served in WWII. It was the fastest of the first generation of Axis and Allied jets. Volksjger was the official name for the He162. Other names given to the plane include Salamander, which was the codename of its construction program. Much of this People's Fighter plane was made of wood, as metals were in very short supply at this time and typically allocated to current front line combat aircraft.

One of the classic aircraft of the World War II period, the Corsair was designed in 1938 to meet a USN requirement for a shipboard fighter. The distinctive inverted gull-wing was to provide sufficient ground clearance for the huge propellor attached to the Double Wasp engine. The XF4U-1 was first flown on May 29 1940. On October 1st, 1940, the aircraft became the first to exceed 400mph - achieving 404mph (646kmh). The aircraft entered service in mid-1942, and development continued through to 1952.

The F-86, the US Air Force first swept-wing jet fighter, made its initial flight on October 1, 1947. The F -86F 30 were the versions of the F-86 family .She featured with the "6-3" solid-wing. USAAF received the first aircraft the F -86F 30 model on 27 March 1952, and the new F -86F began serving with the 51st Fighter Interceptor Wing.

The first A6M5 Zero was build by the Mitsubishi Jukogyo in 1943. It was developed to combat heavier built & armed Allied fighters that were knocking the earlier Zero out of the sky during 1943. The Nakajima NK1F Sakae 21 engine gave the plane slightly better performance, and the armament was changed to 2- 20mm and 2- 13.2mm guns. These changes did not make up for the lack of armor, or the lack of self-sealing fuel tanks. However, despite these shortcomings, over 10,450 were built, being used during the entire war because other models of Japanese aircraft continued to have teething problems.