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Well, I did train in the T-37 and the supersonic T-38. Then during my FAC training, I went to Fighter School and actually flew Korean War vintage two-seat F-80s (also called AT-33s). We did mostly attack training in the F-80, so that as a FAC, I'd know from first-hand experience what a fighter was capable of delivering - and how hard it is to do so. There was strafing, rockets, and high- and low-angle bombing. During skip-bombing and napalm attacks, you do get pretty low and fast.
After Vietnam, I was a T-37 Instructor for almost five years. Over the Southeast US, they didn't let us get really low or fast due to the civilian populace.
That's three jets, only one of which was supersonic-capable (and I only went to Mach 1.1 once).
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