How do military aircraft like the F-16 achieve supersonic speeds? It’s all thanks to the afterburner. An afterburner is made ...

Designed in secrecy in the 1950s, the American-made SR-71 “ Blackbird ,” perhaps shockingly, even has its F-35 Lightning II ...

The afterburner that gets the jet off the ground and up to sound breaking speeds alone is a technological marvel. Most people take it for granted, not realizing the science that goes into moving a ...

GE Aerospace made public the accomplishments of a particular F404 engine that was flown on three different aircraft over the ...

NASA and Lockheed Martin recently released photos of the X-59 "quiet" supersonic jet conducting tests of its afterburner, blasting out a column of fire while in the hangar.

When a jet needs an extra kick to launch from an aircraft carrier, punch past Mach 1, or evade enemy weapons, it uses its afterburner. Producing a big jolt of thrust—and dramatic flame—the ...

This jet can go from sea level to around 30,000 feet in 60 seconds, can reach an altitude ceiling greater than 55,000 feet, and can take off from short runways measuring only 2,300 feet.

Imagery of F-35Bs operating at night make it look like afterburner is used in vertical mode, ... The aircraft carrier, which first landed F-35 Lightning jets on board last week, ...

The XF-84H was an ambitious project to reverse-engineer a jet-powered F-84 into a prop-driven aircraft capable of ... The XF-84H would be the first turboprop powered aircraft with an afterburner.

After the aircraft reached its minimum speed, he immediately pushed the throttles to maximum afterburner to gain as much thrust as possible. The jet rolled off the end of the carrier's angle deck ...