{"id":2758,"date":"2015-07-20T12:17:21","date_gmt":"2015-07-20T12:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.migflug.com\/jetflights\/?p=2758"},"modified":"2026-07-17T10:40:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T08:40:42","slug":"15-awesome-and-interesting-facts-about-military-aircraft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/de\/15-awesome-and-interesting-facts-about-military-aircraft\/","title":{"rendered":"15 beeindruckende und interessante Fakten \u00fcber Milit\u00e4rflugzeuge"},"content":{"rendered":"We all know that in the history of military aviation, a lot of interesting events and developments have been made. Our friend Marko Radovic from Belgrade selected 15 interesting facts and created this nice post for us:\r\n\r\n<div id=\"attachment_2759\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/07\/15-Awesome-and-Interesting-Facts-About-Military-Aircrafts.jpg\"><img data-opt-id=559712410  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2759\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2759\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/07\/15-Awesome-and-Interesting-Facts-About-Military-Aircrafts.jpg\" alt=\"15 Awesome and Interesting Facts About Military Aircrafts\" width=\"640\" height=\"7161\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2759\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">15 Awesome and Interesting Facts About Military Aircrafts<\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\nThanks a lot for creating this nice post for us. You can find more from Marko on\u00a0http:\/\/aviationhumor.net\/\n\n<!-- mf-faq -->\n\n<div class=\"mf-faq-block\"><style>.mf-faq-block{margin:34px 0}.mf-faq-item:not([open]) .mf-faq-answer{display:none !important}.mf-faq-block h2.mf-faq-h{padding-top:22px;margin-bottom:14px}.mf-faq-item{border:1px solid #e2e8f5;border-radius:8px;margin:0 0 10px;background:#fff}.mf-faq-item summary{list-style:none;cursor:pointer;padding:15px 50px 15px 18px;font-weight:600;color:#1a1a1a;position:relative;line-height:1.45;user-select:none}.mf-faq-item summary::-webkit-details-marker{display:none}.mf-faq-item summary::after{content:\"+\";position:absolute;right:18px;top:50%;transform:translateY(-50%);font-size:1.5em;font-weight:400;color:#5C91FF;line-height:1}.mf-faq-item[open] summary::after{content:\"\\2013\"}.mf-faq-item[open] summary{border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f8}.mf-faq-item summary:hover{background:#f5f8ff}.mf-faq-answer{padding:14px 18px;color:#333;line-height:1.6}.mf-faq-answer p{margin:0}.mf-faq-answer a{color:#5C91FF}<\/style><h2 class=\"mf-faq-h\">Related Questions<\/h2><details class=\"mf-faq-item\"><summary>What is the fastest military aircraft ever built?<\/summary><div class=\"mf-faq-answer\"><p>The Lockheed <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/sr-71-blackbird\">SR-71<\/a> Blackbird is the fastest air-breathing manned aircraft ever built, capable of sustained flight above Mach 3 (over 3,500 km\/h). 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