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It looked aggressive, flew well, and in the hands of a competent Japanese pilot it gave USAAF a run for its money. The bane of P-51s and B-29s.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakajima_Ki-84

Edit to add: source of that rare in flight picture https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/media/nakajima-ki-84-1a-hayate-gale.2666/

It looked aggressive, flew well, and in the hands of a competent Japanese pilot it gave USAAF a run for its money. The bane of P-51s and B-29s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakajima_Ki-84 Edit to add: source of that rare in flight picture https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/media/nakajima-ki-84-1a-hayate-gale.2666/

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humans went from not having aircraft to air-based war in basically 20 years--after all of human history preceding without either

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If this timeline holds true Luke Skywalker will bulls-eye womp rats with your grand children in their T-16 Skyhoppers! Can’t wait!