Afterburners!
They are something to see
@jerry Gorgeous shots. I'd really like it if they just flew around being rad as hell and not deploying ordnance.
@mttaggart that’s more or less what they are doing here at the beach. But it is in preparation for deploying ordnance
@jerry @mttaggart I usually get cargo aircraft (mostly c130s, saw a c17 recently tho) which are at least less completely vehicles of war, if also less fun to watch.
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@mttaggart @jerry There was the Concorde with 4 afterburners for takeoff ...
@jerry Up here we get the F-35As out of Eglin and all of the special ops aircraft out of Hulburt Field. I had an AC-130 Spooky fly over yesterday.
@jerry gorgeous feats of aerospace engineering.
@jerry Is that a Raptor?
@hudsonart that is an f15. They will often fly here with f16s, f22, and f35s apparently mock dog fighting.

@jerry Maverick requesting flyby...

(In case it needs to be said - yes I know those are F-15s and thus USAF, not Navy...)

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