Despite claims of Mach 2.54, pilots report that the fastest speeds achieved in practice are Mach 2.25–2.3 in brand-new ...

We take a look at the ten fastest planes ever flown. Though some uncrewed aircraft (like the X-43) have flown faster, they ...

Key Points and Summary - A 2025 ranking of the five fastest operational military aircraft places Russia's MiG-31 Foxhound interceptor at #1, with a "stunning" top speed of Mach 2.83. -It is followed ...

Reaching Mach 2 in the F-4 Phantom was not routine flying. According to an RAF test pilot, everything about the aircraft ...

It probably won't come as much of a surprise to learn that speed is one of the key factors in designing fighter, attack, and interceptor aircraft. These military machines are used to fly out and ...

Since the world came across the first fighter jet — the Me 262 used by the Germans in 1944 at the end of WWII — it has known how great a power aerial warfare could be. It showed what speed combined ...

Summary and Key Points: The Douglas X-3 “Stiletto,” designed to research sustained supersonic speeds and achieve a maximum speed of 2,000 mph, ultimately fell short due to being severely underpowered.