Fighters, especially those that are supersonic, have relatively small wings. That's the biggest reason.
Now that you mention it, I just heard a story of a group of R/C flyers that had modelled a scale model of an F-16. They encountered a problem where the aircraft could fly past 2 degr. aoa. It took them quite long to learn that the wing root of the F-16 (the part of the fuselage that extends to underneath the canopy and where the wings are attached to, but not from the wings itself) was actually an airfoil contributing highly to the lift!
That might be the reason for the low approach speed also.
Erik
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