11 Fastest US Air Force Fighter Planes

5. F-14D Tomcat

Speed: 1,544 miles per hour
Retired, in service 1974 to 2006

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC)‘s iconic Tomcat, made immortal in Tom Cruise’s hit movie Top Gun, was the first in a series of aircraft that came to be known as the Teen Series. The F-14 is the oldest on the list of fastest US air force fighter planes and the only one not in active service anymore, being retired in 2006, though there are some of them still in service with the Iranian Air Force, the only other country that they were exported to. All remaining U.S planes were cut up, in order to prevent any spare parts from finding their way to Iran.