USAF F-22 Raptor Nighttime Afterburner Takeoffs

[@superskullmaster]

Pretty cool how you can see the vectoring flame of the afterburner.

[@h8GW]

A little weird to me how to plume moves around like it's a single solid piece and not like like like waves in a fluid.

[@superskullmaster]

@@h8GW supersonic flow moves almost like a solid. There is a reason you see shock diamonds in the flow and it has to do with very sudden changes in pressure (think almost solid air).

[@onuohafamily]

Must be so cool to be able to say: "yea I fly f-22s"

[@Lyosha9869]

“Canadians: I fly CF-188B Hornet 🤣 “ I wish US gives us some CF-22s and CF-35s cuz we’re tired of using CF-18 and CF-18B lmfao

[@ajgrant6172]

It's "who you know."

[@randominternetguy88]

@@Lyosha9869 F-35s soon, probably. F-22s, I have high doubts.

[@ChrisZoomER]

You can see the turbine glowing after the afterburners were turned off at 3:52.

[@bowser515]

Such a cool looking jet, these guys have the best jobs...

[@simontist]

That thing is such a machine!

[@irfkaptan]

The fuel efficiency to power ratio is incredible!

[@shreyjaiswal1683]

Afterburners are actually insane

[@shaunwilliams4231]

Absolutely gorgeous:)

[@SuperpowerBroadcasting]

Afterburners look so cool

[@Jesko.]

Part of the coolness of fighter jets.

[@shaunwilliams4231]

Sheer beauty!!!

[@cesarquintero1980]

i wonder what is that sound ? it sounds like 2 seconds and stop, i thought something wasnt working properly in the plane but then i heard it many times in diff planes, and even the last one when turnned on the after burnining i could hear it again!

[@gigaboat]

big long range drop tanks , going to guam

[@teytreet7358]

Some of these guys are retracting their landing gear scaringly early.

[@ebthegt5572]

Now I understand why they chose this for Starscream in the Transformers movies.

[@chrisbreezy-ryanbarbosa4320]

"He's so lucky he gets to fly an F-22" Nah bro, they only let the top 0.1% most skilled fly these machines. He wasn't "lucky" he worked hard to be the best of the best!

[@ajinkyapawar9665]

😍

[@shaunwilliams4231]

You need some new batteries my man

[@twixxtro]

this is sci fi

[@wallstreet497]

This means in a real combat scenario that flamme at the back of F22 is the real weakness . If the aircraft body is invisible on enemy radar ,that flamme is not invisible to powerful heat seek sattelite based in space.

[@rickstark85]

Oh man, you figured it out. Have you called the Air Force yet?

[@theamericancommie727]

Guess what, every aircraft can turn off its afterburner, crazy right? You know what else is crazy? It’s stealthy from an IR sense too, man! So crazy!

[@timmygressler7468]

Lmfao you cannot be serious right now , I refuse to believe it

[@lamine_3719]

F-35 “Hold My Beer 🍺”

[@myusername3689]

F-22: 2 engines, flies faster, is more stealthy, more maneuverable, more technologically advanced. F-35: 1 engine, slower, less stealthy, less maneuverable, less technologically advanced. Yeah right

[@CSXrailfanAndNS]

@@myusername3689 it a joke r/whoosh

[@Българиянадвсичко-с9ж]

@@myusername3689 f35 is better overall when considering A-G

[@manofsan]

​ @My Username - but they don't make F-22s anymore, if I recall correctly. Higher specs, but higher priced too. F-35 is at least going to still continue production. The B version looks cool in VTOL.

[@ParadigmUnkn0wn]

Lots of planes out there flying that haven't been produced in decades, but they're still a vital part of the fleet and get maintained the same as anything else. The F-35 is a jack of all trades and a master of none. Even beyond mission roles, it was designed to be exportable to allies. The F-35 is not an air superiority fighter and will never fill that role. There's already talk and images of alleged functional prototypes circulating of America's 6th generation air superiority fighter. The F-22 will continue to fill its role until its replacement arrives, and the F-35 does not replace the F-22.