It seems logical that modern fighter jets would be faster than those that flew half a century ago. But the opposite is true. The Vietnam-era F-4 Phantom could reach Mach 2.2, or about 1,500 mph, while ...
Fighter jets perform poorly at their theoretical max speeds which is why they almost never fly at those speeds.
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