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The F-22 Raptor Stealth Fighter Can Hit Mach 2
The F-22 Raptor is renowned for stealth, but its remarkable speed and acceleration are equally impressive. -Capable of ...
Smithsonian Magazine12y
How Things Work: Thrust Vectoring
NASA's F/A-18 (left) and X-31 are among the airplanes used to gather data for thrust-vectoring ... In a two-engine airplane like the F-22, directing the exhaust from both engines upward points ...
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The F-22 is the most dangerous jet fighter after 20 years in the game
The F-22 Raptor remains the most dangerous stealth ... Its afterburning turbofan engines produce more thrust than any current fighter engine. The F-22 is the best in the game, but it's still ...
Smithsonian Magazine3y
The Raptor Rocks
The Raptor doesn’t disappear ... (The F-15’s engines by comparison, produce less than 30,000 pounds of thrust.) But the F-22 engines have an additional advantage: They can direct their ...