10 Fastest Military aircraft in the world (Part-1)

The first military purposes flights were conducted in 1794 during the Battle of Fleurus. When the French use a blimp to spy Austrian troop movements during the battle. Despite its success at the time, many advances have been made in the field of air power.

And now, you probably will not see again reconnaissance balloons in the air. Instead, you will see a military plane in the sky streaked slim, even for several types of military aircraft, you probably do not 'have time' to look while it fly.

The following is first list of 10 fastest military aircraft ever made. All represented at mach speed or the speed of sound units and each of the plane piloted by aviator uses powerful jet engine. (Mach 1 is equivalent to 1,225 kph).

10. F-14D Super Tomcat - Mach 2.34

If you ever watched the 'Top Gun' movie, you must see this Tomcat aircraft, although probably one of the previous series. F-14D Super Tomcat aircraft, designed by the Grumman built as many as 712 units.

F-14D Super Tomcat. (PIcture from: http://pesawattempurdaffa.blogspot.com/)

The aircraft is capable of reaching speeds at Mach 2.34, which is made to be able to destroy enemy aircraft at night F-14D aircraft can fly and destroy in all kinds of conditions. The aircraft is also capable of shooting as well as 6 targets at the same time. Amazingly Tomcat aircraft is also able to detect enemy aircraft from a distance of 100 miles (161 km).

Cockpit view of F-14D Super Tomcat. (Picture from: http://www.thaitechnics.com/)

Its maiden flight took place on 23 November 1987 on Calverton Grumman and the final prototype that does flight on February 9, 1990. F-14D Super Tomcat is the last series of the fly, while the F-14F series that has been enhanced with computer software that is much more powerful and sophisticated.

However in 2008, U.S. Secretary of Defense, Dick Cheney considers this plane is not competitive enough to compete with today's modern technology and canceling production of the F-14F. On March 10, 2006, F-14D Tomcat retired from their service in the U.S. Navy. Previously, on February 8, 2006 is marked as the last date is used when the aircrafts engaged in combat in Iraq.

9. MiG-23 Flogger - Mach 2.35

The MiG-23 Flogger aircraft was built to replace the MiG-21 Fishbed before. Created with a more powerful engine and wing sweep angle settings that can change variables such as speed, time of takeoff, and landing time.

MiG-23 Flogger. (Picture from: http://galeri-pesawat.blogspot.com/)

The Pilots that ever to fly with the Flogger is said that one of the best fighter aircraft ever made and relatively easy to fly. Despite being used to the USSR Air Fleet with radar and infrared tracking system, this aircraft was acquired by the U.S. and renamed YF-113 with a few changes.

Cockpit view of MiG-23 Flogger. (Picture from: http://modernerawargaming.blogspot.com/)

The Flogger aircraft is widely used by the Soviet Union and Hungary, Poland, Bulgaria, East Germany, and several Warsaw Pact allies. Countries such as Cuba, North Korea, India, Egypt, Syria, and others also have MiG-23s.

Approximately 11,000 units of the MiG-23s was flown by a diverse group of air forces around the world, such as Angola, Ukraine, Sudan, Kazakhstan, and India. MiG-23s are also found in many museums, including the Museum of the Great Patriotic War in Kiev and Aviation Museum in Belgrade.

8. Su-27 Flanker - Mach 2.35

In the Cold War era the Soviet Union created the Su-27 Flanker to rival the U.S. air supremacy with their F-15 Eagle and F-16 Fighting Falcon. The aircraft that can fly at speeds of Mach 2.35, making the Flanker become the toughest fighter of its time.

Su-27 Flanker. (Picture from: http://www.military-today.com/)

Final draft of the Su-27 was completed on 20 April 1981. Flanker have a lots of record, including the take-off speed and highest altitude climbing. Although Flanker is a Russian strategic project, but other countries such as Vietnam and China is very interested in producing their own version of this aircraft.

Cockpit view of Su-27 Flanker. (Picture from: http://cs.finescale.com/)

Today we still find the Su-27 Flankers flying and is still used by the military. Although the Soviet Union has become history, Russia still has 449 active aircrafts, Belarus has 19 units, and Ukraine 74 units. In addition to these countries, the U.S., Ethiopia, Indonesia and other countries also have some of these aircraft. Currently, the aircraft is sold for around U.S. $ 5 million.

7. F-14 Tomcat - Mach 2.37

When the U.S. Navy was looking for a long-term fighters and Grumman has the answer: the F-14. Equipped with wing angle settings that can be changed and a large fuel capacity, this aircraft is indeed topnotch. With the ability to fire missiles into enemy aircraft from more than 100 miles, to be very useful to protect the mother ship from being attacked from the air.

F-14 Tomcat. (Picture from: http://www.defence.pk/)

After the Soviet Union broke up in the 1990s, the aircraft was lowered ability only to a limited ground attack and previously capabilities installed are no longer needed. Today the F-14 has been replaced by the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet due to increased maintenance costs.

Cockpit view of F-14 Tomcat. (Picture from: http://www.iiaf.net/)

Although none of the F-14 that flew in the U.S. today, the Iranian Air Force still have it when the U.S. donated to them in 1976. So that Iran is the only country other than the U.S. that use this aircraft. (Jump to next part.) *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES]

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