An Iranian Vietnam-era F-5 fighter jet slipped past U.S. Patriot PAC-3 air defense batteries and bombed a U.S. base in Kuwait. The F-5 flew low and at high speed to evade the Patriot's detection grid.

Energy is life for a fighter pilot in the heat of combat against another warplane, and in a dogfight, altitude is potential energy. In modern air combat, altitude is like a battery: the more you have, ...

Supersonic flight is often associated with experimental aircraft, futuristic fighters, and Cold War-era icons.