11 Fastest US Air Force Fighter Planes

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9. F-101 Voodoo

Speed: 1,207 miles per hour
Retired; In Service 1957 to 1972

Initially designed as a penetration fighter (long range bomber escort), the F-101, the next one in our list of fastest US air force fighter planes was pushed into an interceptor role, pretty much the opposite of what it was intended to do. Its other uses were tactical nuclear fighter-bomber (tactical and nuclear somehow don’t belong in the same sentence, let alone in the same designation) and a recon plane. In fact, it seems that the F-101B did everything during its short career in the US Air Force, except escorting bombers.

11 Fastest US Air Force Fighter Planes

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