breyfogle wrote:

The F-101 produces enough thrust for Mach 1.2 to 1.25 and the shock is
stable somewhere in the inlet ducting. The F-119 should produce enough
extra thrust to increase the max Mach significantly. Sure, the shock front
moves aft as Mach increases and at some point the shock will reach the fan
and bad things happen. F-16's & F-18's reach 1.6 (1.8?) Mach with fixed
inlets.

Know some pilots who swear they've gone 1.4, but only for very short
times. The biggest limiting factor are those two big RCS vanes in each
inlet.

Michael Kelly
Bone Maintainer