KnowraAfterburnerLinked fromLinked fromThe 16 pages that link to Afterburner, each with the reason it gives.All 16Broader topic 5Related 9Compared with 2Fighter aircraftRelated: Many fighters use afterburners for rapid acceleration and high-speed flight.Jet AgeRelated: Military jets used afterburners for rapid acceleration and supersonic flight.Supersonic transportRelated: Concorde used afterburning to reach supersonic speed, at the cost of greater fuel consumption and noise.Supersonic flightRelated: Military aircraft often use afterburners to accelerate through transonic drag.Jet aircraftRelated: Military jet aircraft use it for brief increases in thrust, at high fuel cost.Supersonic aircraftRelated: It supplies the extra thrust many supersonic jets need to accelerate or cruise.Thrust vectoringRelated: Afterburning can supply more force for vectoring but does not itself change thrust direction.History of the jet engineRelated: It offered later military aircraft a temporary thrust boost without redesigning the core engine.Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21Related: Afterburning engines helped later MiG-21 versions accelerate and sustain supersonic flight.