[Gunrunner2]

F-14's. . .no. F-14's are quick, but not that quick, with their old engines and all.

Operationally, all modern fighters have max speeds about the same. The F-15, F-16, F-18, they all are about the same. The question is max speed when configured for a mission with all that stuff hanging off the jet causing parasitic drag. And altitude as well.

At any rate, I'd take the F-15 to be the quickest, overall.

[El Gato]

F-14's. . .no. F-14's are quick, but not that quick, with their old engines and all

F-14D has more modern engines, the same used by F-15s and some F-16s, IIRC. The airplane finally got to perform as designed, the originally spec'd engines were closer to the new ones than to the TF-30s they were stuck with for so long. Then they converted 'em to ground attack. (They still retain their interceptor abilities though and would be used in that capacity if there was a credible air threat to the carrier/task force.

[maquiladora]

F-14's. . .no. F-14's are quick, but not that quick, with their old engines and all.

F-14 : 1,564mph at level flight.
F-16 : 1,320mph at level flight.

[GBA]

"At any rate, I'd take the F-15 to be the quickest, overall."

I'd always heard that the F-4 had the fastest dash speed.

[BJClinton]

I'd take the F-15 to be the quickest, overall.

Quicker than the F-22?

[TankerKC]

F-14's are quick, but not that quick, with their old engines and all.

The F-14B & D use two General Electric F110-GE-400, which are right in line with those used by the -15 and -16. You are correct (and most definitely have more "hands-on" experience that I) about the difference in speed at different altitudes. The -18 is generally listed at mach 1.8, the -16 can do 2.0 (at altitude), the 14 is listed at 2+ (although I have spoken to drivers that report a much higher speed) and the -15 is listed at 2.5+.