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BTW, that technology included afterburning turbojets, advanced fuselage geometry, swept wings and 'all-flying' flight control surfaces. former CA resident

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I thought the Mig15 was non afterburning and the 17 was afterburning?

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Given the F135 powerplant's military and afterburning thrust capabilities, plus the weight of the -35A, there is plenty of room to push it up to mach 1.8.

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GE afterburning turbojets, was fast (around Mach 1.4) with a flight range from 1,300 to 1,600 miles, depending on fuel and ammunition stores.

Phillips, David J. Jr. 1990

Each intake feeds two of the four General Electric non-afterburning turbofan engines that are in the wing.

Strategic Air Command: People Aircraft and Missiles 2nd Edition Polmar, Norman & Laur, Timothy 1990

The engines were continuous-bleed afterburning turbojets with large center-body cones and required special JP-7 fuel.

Strategic Air Command: People Aircraft and Missiles 2nd Edition Polmar, Norman & Laur, Timothy 1990

Murray's FBI identification was sufficient to get them on base, and after checking in with the Strike security shack, they found a place to wait, listening to the bellow of afterburning jet engines.

Clear and Present Danger Clancy, Tom, 1947- 1989

If something went wrong, these radios would not, however, bring in a flight of "fast-movers" whose afterburning engines rattled the sky and whose bombloads shook the ground fifteen minutes after you called for help.

Clear and Present Danger Clancy, Tom, 1947- 1989

It rolled down the runway at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, before the twin flames of its afterburning engines.

The Cardinal of the Kremlin Clancy, Tom, 1947- 1988

The afterburning climb had nearly emptied her tanks, but she had enough to make Langley without tanking again.

Red Storm Rising Clancy, Tom, 1947- 1986