Thanks Card! I remember reading something about the captued aircraft a long time back. Here's my question: What fighter aircraft family is this:
It started using the engine of the country it fought against. It's greatest enemy, from this enemy country, at least for a few years, used this initial engine. What's ironic is that, at the end of it's life, after the fighting, it carried on in production in a 3rd country, using this initial company's engines. Of the two companies that built the engines, they both now vie for the world's best car accolade (one of them via the name of a rivalit acquired years back).
Just to muddy the waters, somewhat ironically, it found fame defending a 4th country it had tried to wipe out, after it's initial fighting was over. However, this time it was built in yet another, a 5th, country, what had been a vassal state, using an engine not designed for it at all.
In 1969 it found fame when many of the last hybrid versions, stared in a film about a famous battle it took part in. One bone of contention though is the correct name for this aircraft. Either is fine (even the builders mixed up the two names!)