What is Bell P-59 Airacomet?
{|{{Infobox Aircraft Begin |name = P-59 Airacomet |image = File:Bell P-59B Airacomet at the National Museum of the United States Air Force.jpg |caption = Bell P-59B Airacomet at the National Museum of the United States Air Force, [[Dayton, Ohio|Dayton]], [[Ohio]] }}{{Infobox Aircraft Type |type =Fighter |national origin= United States |manufacturer =[[Bell Aircraft]] |designer = |first flight =1 October 1942 |introduced = |retired = |status = |primary user = [[United States Army Air Forces]] |more users = [[United States Navy]] <br/>[[Royal Air Force]] |produced = |number built = 66 |unit cost = |developed from = |variants with their own articles = [[YF2L-1]] }} |} The '''Bell P-59 Airacomet''' is an [[United States|American]] [[military]] [[aircraft]]. It was the first [[Fighter aircraft|fighter]] [[Jet aircraft|jet]] designed and built in the United States. It was used in [[World War II]] against [[Nazi Germany]]'s [[Luftwaffe]] fighters, but it was far below the best enemy aircraft of the time. It was finally replaced in end of [[1946]] by the [[Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star]]. The last one was retired in [[1949]]. {{multistub|military|transport}} [[Category:Bell aircraft|P-59]] [[Category:World War II American aircraft]] [[Category:United States Air Force aircraft]]