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The Russian Tu-95MC strategic bomber is the worldâs fastest turboprop aircraft. These are the Russian planes reported to have flown into US air space near California in recent news. Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/06/us-usa-russia-asiapac-idUSBREA4501M20140506. Supplies, Russian Equipment.
The X-15 is powered by a rocket engine, however, so it is technically half-rocket, arguably eliminating it from being called the fastest airplane in the world. Falcon HTV-2. The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has tested an unmanned hypersonic glider that could be considered the fastest airplane in the world.