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Highly agile, the F-16 was the first fighter aircraft purpose-built to pull 9-g maneuvers and can reach a maximum speed of over Mach 2. Innovations include a frameless bubble canopy for better visibility, a side-mounted control stick, and a reclined seat to reduce g-force effects on the pilot.
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.
The F-35 was the product of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program, which was the merger of various combat aircraft programs from the 1980s and 1990s. One progenitor program was the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Advanced Short Take-Off/Vertical Landing (ASTOVL) which ran from 1983 to 1994; ASTOVL aimed to develop a Harrier jump jet replacement for the U.S. Marine Corps ...
The Macchi fighter possessed some excellent qualities, and the Italian pilots made optimum use of the aircraft which had a maximum speed of 644 km/h (400 mph)." [19] One of the greatest British fighter pilots of the Second World War, Group Captain Duncan-Smith DSO DFC, respected both the C.205 and the Italian airmen who flew it:
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 ...
The Phantom is a large fighter with a top speed of over Mach 2.2. ... USN accelerated his aircraft to Mach 2.5 (2,660 km/h; 1,650 mph) at 47,000 ft (14,330 m) and ...
The Cheetah C was the final development in the Cheetah series and was the only fighter aircraft ... Maximum speed: 2,350 km/h ... / M2.2 at high altitude; 1,390 km/h ...
According to the jet's designers, the Checkmate is designed to fly with a range of up to 3,000 km (1,864 mi), carry a payload of up to 7,400 kg (16,314 lb), and reach speeds of up to Mach 1.8 to 2.0. [8] [30] [31] The fighter will also feature an internal weapons bay with five missiles and an autocannon. [30] [32]