F-35A Full Afterburner Takeoff

[nightshadehelis]

words cannot express how damn loud this is in person. it vibrates your chest and shakes your soul. I was a crew cheif on A10 warthogs and whenever these landed at whatever base I was at, you stopped any conversation you were having on the flightline until it was gone.

[MisterLEMNS]

Good old orange flame, clear and evenly spaced shock rings...

Dats a gud engine.

[alfredozertuche]

The F-35 is loud asf you can feel the power of that engine.

[MichaelRoy-hclz]

Thing's got massive thrust! Saw one in a demonstration go from just above stall to a tiny black dot in a few seconds. It's not about top speed but how fast it accelerates. The F-35A accelerates very fast

[Uarehere]

This is still quieter than my neighbors' diesel trucks.

[carson]

One of the air force’s larger collections of F-35’s and also home to the F-35 demo team itself is at Hill Air Force Base in Utah. I live within 5 miles of the base and so I see these suckers taking off and flying around every day right over my house. I absolutely love it! They never get old.

[Gsquared_]

Die hard F-22 guy here. I have to admit, that was sick!

[screamengine]

You know you're rising cool when you can visibly see harmonics in the thrust vapor.

[wayshrtgrad]

It's definitely got one of the coolest landing gear retracts.

[AirJoe]

I saw it in Dover. It's insanely loud compared to any other jet I've seen.

[marcelofg]

Here’s a list of the loudest jets i’ve ever heard. (Feel free to add/change anything)

6: A-10 (super quiet)
5: F-16 (loud but only super loud if taking off with full afterburner)
4: F-15 (very loud because of the twin engines, especially on full afterburner, buildings/houses and the ground nearby the runway are easily shook)
3: F-18 (its called the super hornet for a reason)
2: F-22 (VERY loud, use of earphones outside is virtually unavoidable and will make you uncomfortable while u watch it go)
1: F-35 (earthquaking, absolutely deafening, and will make you tbh run for cover because of how unbearably loud it gets)

[robertrobb]

THAT IS THE SOUND OF FREEDOM
and IT CAN NEVER BE TOO LOUD. TURN IT UP and HOLD ON.

[Dd-do-and-dont]

Pilot: How many Gs?
Constructor: ALL!

[rickbase]

I was working as a subcontractor to Lockheed a few years ago on a project to build video data link for the F-35. I had the pleasure of going to DFW where the F-35 is assembled. It's awsome because the whole line is almost one mile long. The F-35 is built around a very powerful single engine.

[codyw]

I remember crewing f 16s at like afb and they had a few squadrons of these and they would do afterburner takeoffs all night. After a week i slept through it like a babies lullaby it was the best

[rubinfalke]

Just three years, then I'll see and hear them at home in Switzerland. 🤩

[BenG]

One of the world's most deadly weapons

[tripleflip]

I'm out here in AZ where I see these things flying every so often and believe me, those afterburner takeoffs are extremely *loud* in person. You can literally hear it from a couple miles away almost as if you're standing right near it during takeoff.. 😅🔊🛫

[scottbattaglia]

It's incredible the amount of thrust a modern engine can produce

[jimcolbert]

The CRACK of the afterburner when engaged is Can't get 😋👍