F-22 Raptor Thrust - Aviation photographer Jim Mumaw recently captured this incredible image of a US Air Force F-22 Raptor making the most of its 2D thrust vectoring capabilities over Edwards Air Force Base. Two Pratt & Whitney F119 afterburning turbofans are innovative powerplants that give the Raptor superpower, delivering more than 35,000 pounds of thrust at the throttles. By comparison, Tumansky R-15B-300 turbojets, which allow the MiG-25 Foxbat to accelerate past Mach 3 (three times the speed of sound), can only produce about 22,494 pounds of thrust per engine. The twin F119s also allow the Raptor to perform supercruise, meaning the plane can sustain supersonic flight (around Mach 1.72). In contrast, the direct derivative of the F119, the F135, the main jet of the F-35 Lightning II, was not designed for supercruise capability, although the F-35 is capable of maintaining supersonic speeds up to Mach 1.2. run about 150 miles without activating the afterburner.
The Raptor pictured likely belongs to the 411 Flight Test Squadron, which was originally responsible for flying the Lockheed Martin YF-22 Raptor and Northrop Grumman YF-23 Black Widow II/Grey Cart between 1989 and 1991. . The 411 Flight Test Wing is part of the 412 Test Wing and is assigned to Air Force Materiel Command.
F-22 Raptor Thrust
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