For the best answers, search on this site https://shorturl.im/au95p. A .50 Cal bullet typically fired from a rifle travels at 2900 feet per second, or 0.5492 miles a second. Therefore, a jet fighter would have to be travelling at around 2000 miles per hour to outpace that bullet. The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird could travel at speeds of up to 2200 miles per hour, so it could, in theory, outpace a bullet. However, it was not a jet fighter, nor is it flown anymore.