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The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird holds the official Air Speed Record for a crewed airbreathing jet engine aircraft with a speed of 3,530 km/h (2,190 mph). The record was set on 28 July 1976 by Eldon W. Joersz and George T. Morgan Jr. near Beale Air Force Base, California, USA.
US Vietnam War experience showed the need for air superiority fighters and better air-to-air training for fighter pilots. [11] Based on his experience in the Korean War and as a fighter tactics instructor in the early 1960s, Colonel John Boyd with mathematician Thomas Christie developed the energy–maneuverability theory to model a fighter aircraft's performance in combat.
The Rafale was developed as a modern jet fighter with a very high level of agility; ... Maximum speed: 1,912 km/h (1,188 mph, 1,032 kn) [440] ...
Fighter aircraft (early on also pursuit aircraft) [a] are military aircraft designed primarily for air-to-air combat. ... The MiG-15s' top speed of 1,075 km/h ...
Unlike the BS standard, aircraft modernized into the BSM standard are equipped with air refueling probe. Improvements were made to the aircraft canopy, where new and better heat resistant glass was used, thus enabling the MiG-31BSM to fly with cruise speed of 3,000 km/h (1,900 mph) at long distances without any damage.
Taking into account China's requirements for its new fighter, the aircraft became known as Su-30MKK ... Maximum speed: 2,120 km/h (1,320 mph, 1,140 kn) at high altitude;
A more detailed directive was issued on 9 April setting out requirements that the aircraft should have a maximum speed of 900 kilometers per hour (559 mph) at sea level and a speed of 910 km/h (565 mph) at an altitude of 5,000 meters (16,400 ft). It should be able to climb to that altitude in four minutes or less and it should have a maximum ...
The F-101A set world speed records for jet-powered aircraft, including airspeed, attaining 1,207.6 miles (1,943.4 km) per hour on 12 December 1957. [ 1 ] Delays in the 1954 interceptor project led to demands for an interim interceptor aircraft design, a role that was eventually won by the F-101B Voodoo.