The F-22 Raptor and F-35 Lightning II are cutting-edge military aircraft. However, in raw speed, another jet stands out: the F-15E Strike Eagle.

When legendary pilot Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier and flew the Bell X-1 past Mach 1 in 1947, it was the greatest aviation milestone ever achieved at that time. These days, however, reaching ...

Conceived in the 1950s to swat Soviet bombers before they reached U.S. airspace, the North American XF-108 Rapier promised ...

A’s Legacy Go Operational? -In 2004, NASA’s X-43A set the air-breathing speed record at Mach 9.6, validating scramjet combustion but only for 10 seconds before gliding to splashdown. -The demo ended ...

Hypersonic speeds are defined by those exceeding Mach 5, and lately there’s been a lot of buzz about unmanned hypersonic vehicles making test flights. Vehicles returning from orbital flight also ...

Airplane maker Gulfstream released the first details on a new super-midsize flier called G300, meant to replace the G280.

Fighter jets can’t turn well at high speeds because G-forces increase with velocity, forcing wider turns that make it harder ...

With two GE [F110-GE-]229 engines putting out 29,500 pounds of thrust each, a clean F-15EX can reach Mach 2.9. Boeing’s BA latest version of the storied F-15 Eagle, the F-15EX Eagle II, can reach ...