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Mach 5.0 · targetHermeus Halcyon
Design target / estimate; not a demonstrated record
Overview 📷 Photo: Manufacturer / Public Release Halcyon is a proposed Mach 5 passenger-aircraft concept, not a documented Mach 5 f…
Mach 1.4HESA Kowsar
Published specification
Overview 📷 Photo: Wikimedia Commons / Iranian Ministry of Defence The HESA Kowsar is an Iranian fighter jet based on the American…
Mach 1.5HESA Saeqeh
Published specification
Overview 📷 Photo: Wikimedia Commons / IRIAF The HESA Saeqeh ("Thunderbolt") is an Iranian-built single-seat jet fighter derived fr…
Mach 2.0 · targetHindustan AMCA
Design target / estimate; not a demonstrated record
Overview 📷 Photo: Wikimedia Commons / Aero India 2021The Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) is India’s planned fifth-generatio…
Mach 2.3IAI Kfir
Published specification
Overview 📷 Photo: Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain The IAI Kfir (Hebrew for "Lion Cub") is an Israeli all-weather multirole comba…
Mach 1.81 · targetKAI KF-21 Boramae
Design target / estimate; not a demonstrated record
KAI KF-21 Boramae 📷 Photo: Wikimedia Commons South Korea 4.5-generation fighter, the KF-21 Boramae (Fighting Hawk) is one of the n…
KAI T-50 Golden Eagle
Published specification
South Korea's F-16-derived supersonic trainer — and now a credible light fighter export (FA-50) flying in Poland, the Philippines,…
Lockheed A-12 OXCART
Published specification
The CIA's single-seat, Mach 3.35 predecessor to the SR-71. Flew operational reconnaissance over North Vietnam in 1967–68 before be…
Mach 3.35Lockheed D-21
Published specification
Overview📷 Photo: U.S. Air Force / National Museum of the United States Air Force (public domain)The Lockheed D-21 was an unmanned,…
Mach 2.2Lockheed F-104 Starfighter
Published specification
Overview 📷 Photo: U.S. Air Force The F-104 Starfighter was the 'missile with a man in it'—a razor-thin, needle-nosed interceptor d…
Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk
Qualitative published specification
How fast is the F-117? Compare its high-subsonic speed category with the museum’s 684 mph maximum cruise figure, plus sourced hist…
Lockheed Have Blue
Published specification
The classified proof-of-concept demonstrator that proved faceted stealth worked. Two were built, both crashed, but the program led…
Mach 2.25Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor
Published specification
Overview 📷 Photo: U.S. Air Force The F-22 Raptor is the world's first operational fifth-generation stealth air superiority fighter…
Mach 1.6Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II
Published specification
Overview 📷 Photo: U.S. Air Force The F-35 Lightning II is the most expensive weapons program in history and the most advanced mult…
Mach 6.0 · targetLockheed Martin SR-72 Son of Blackbird
Design target / estimate; not a demonstrated record
Overview The SR-72, often called the “Son of Blackbird,” is a proposed hypersonic aircraft concept associated with Lockheed Martin…
Mach 1.4Lockheed Martin X-59 QueSST
Demonstrated mission condition
Checked September 8, 2026. NASA reports 25 flights through August 21. X-59 first flew on October 28, 2025, first exceeded Mach 1 o…
Mach 3.3Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird
Reported flight result
Overview 📷 Photo: U.S. Air Force The SR-71 Blackbird is a high-speed, high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft. NASA describes its de…
Lockheed XF-90
Published specification
A late-1940s long-range penetration fighter that lost to the F-101 Voodoo. The only surviving airframe was nuked at Frenchman Flat…
Mach 3.2Lockheed YF-12
Published specification
Overview 📷 Photo: U.S. Air Force / NASA The Lockheed YF-12 was a Mach 3+ interceptor prototype developed from the A-12 reconnaissa…
Mach 2.23McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II
Published specification
Overview 📷 Photo: U.S. Air Force The F-4 Phantom II is one of the most significant fighter aircraft in aviation history. Serving t…
Mach 2.5McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle
Published specification
Explore the F-15 Eagle family, with legacy F-15C performance, variant seating, development history and the F-15EX delivery and ope…
Mach 1.8McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet
Published specification
Overview 📷 Photo: U.S. Navy The F/A-18 Hornet and its larger derivative, the Super Hornet, form the backbone of US Navy carrier av…
Mach 1.72McDonnell F-101 Voodoo
Published specification
Overview 📷 Photo: U.S. Air Force The McDonnell F-101 Voodoo was a supersonic military jet fighter that served in the United States…
Mach 1.35Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 Farmer
Published specification
Overview 📷 Photo: Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 (NATO reporting name: Farmer) is a Soviet second-g…