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AIRCRAFTS

Top speed: 1,056 mph

Unit cost: F-5E: US$2.1 million

Engine types: General Electric J85, Turbojet

​First flight: July 30, 1959

F-15

Speed: 1,875 mph

Top speed: 1,656 mph

Unit cost: 28,000,000–30,000,000 USD (1998)

Number built: F-15A/B/C/D/J/DJ: 1,198

Engine type: Pratt & Whitney F100

F-16

Max speed: 1,500 mph

Unit cost: 14,600,000–18,800,000 USD (1998)

Number built: 4,588 (September 2017)

Engine types: General Electric F110, Turbofan

F-18

Top speed: 1,190 mph

Unit cost: 29,000,000–57,000,000 USD (2006)

Number built: F/A-18A/B/C/D: 1,480

Engine types: General Electric F404, Turbofan

C-17

Top speed: 368 mph

Wingspan: 132′ 0″

Engine type: Allison T56

Unit cost: 11,900,000–30,100,000 USD

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