how fast does a fighter jet fly?
The US F-15 Eagle can top out around 2.5 Mach. But the NASA x-43 scramjet can toodle along at 9.6 Mach, but is not a fighter. The Eurofighter approaches a speed of 3.0 Mach. â¦Eurofighter Typhoon is reported in all reasonable sources to fly at about 1,300 mph - that is mach 2.