11 Fastest US Air Force Fighter Planes

11. F/A-18E/F Super Hornet

Speed: 1,190 miles per hour
In Active Service since 1995

Based on the F/A-18, the F/E version of the popular Hornet, dubbed the Super Hornet, represents almost a completely new design. The F/A-18 designation was mostly kept in order to sell it to Congress under the pretense that it was merely an improved version of an existing airplane. While there are many similarities, the list of differences between the Hornet and Super Hornet is quite impressive. New radar, armament, vastly improved avionics, including a new targeting computer, and increased fuel tank capacity made the Super Hornet far more versatile and at the same time easier to maintain. The versatility of the new model allowed the Navy to have only this type on carrier decks throughout its fleet since the retirement of the F-14 in 2006.