F-16 Fighting Falcon: The Fighting Falcon's nickname is " The Electric Jet." It is a twenty year old jet but is still a top performer. The company who makes the F-16 says they could build a new one for only 20 million dollars.

AH-1 Cobra: This is not a jet but it is a helicopter. The Cobra's top speed is only 219 miles per hour. The Cobra is armed with missiles and machine guns.

F-117 Nighthawk: Known as the "Sealth Fighter." The Nighthawk is invisible to radar so it makes it deadly. The total Nighthawk program costs over six billion dollars on the planes alone.

F-14A Tomcat: The Tomcat's wings move back in forth for speed and storage. The Tomcat is a fighter and a bomber.

SR-71 Blackbird: The Blackbird is the fastest jet in the world. The Blackbird's estimated speed is mach 3.5 or 2500 mph. The pilots of the Blackbird have to wear space suits to fly in the plane.

M.D. F-4: The F-4 is a Navy plane. The F-4 is a MiG-killer supreme. The F-4 is a fighter and a bomber plane.

Jaguar GR.Mk 1: The Jaguar was in the Gulf War armed with iron bombs, cluster bombs, and rockets. An RAF Jaguar once survived a high-speed wire strike at an altitude of just 30 feet.

Panavia Tornado GR.1: The Tornado is a multirole strike fighter and handles dangerous low-level missions. The Tornado's nickname is the "MiG-Eater".

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