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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloster_E.28/39 The Gloster E.28/39, (also referred to as the Gloster Whittle, Gloster Pioneer, or Gloster G.40) was the first British jet-engined aircraft and first flew in 1941. It was the third jet to fly after the German Heinkel He 178 (1939) and the Italian...

more at http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/24017/the-u-s-state-department-has-its-own-sprawling-air-force-heres-whats-in-its-inventory As the United States continues to slog through nearly two decades of fighting in Afghanistan, the fact that American diplomats and other civilian U.S....