What’s The Fastest Fighter Jet Currently In Service?

In this article, we will look at the fastest fighter jets currently in service with the world’s military and describe why having the world’s fastest fighter jet is not necessarily the best aircraft when it comes to aerial combat. Since Tony Scott’s “Top Gun” hit the cinema in 1986, people have been interested in fighter jets. Lieutenant Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Tom Cruise) was sent to the United States Navy’s Fighter Weapons School at Naval Air Station Miramar in San Diego, California. The dogfighting skills he learned were used aboard the USS Enterprise when Maverick’s Grumman F-14 Tomcat encountered hostile Russian MiGs.