note: Australia's last aircraft carrier fleet was decommissioned in 1982. The current Sydney and Melbourne are guided missile frigates, and the current Albatross is a naval base on land near Nowra[?].
... using afterburners - the only fighter other than the F-22 capable of it.
According to EADS, the maximum speed possible without reheat is Mach 1.5 (although this drops to ...