[stboz]

I do a little golfing right next to the runway at FAT (Fresno Air Terminal).

This let's me watch the 15s light burners and climb out. The ground shakes. Very impressive.

[rlmorel]

To me, there is nothing that says “Power” more than a full afterburner takeoff!

When I served on a carrier, I used to see F-14 Tomcats take off in full afterburner, and even got caught behind a jet blast deflector (JBD) once (NOT FUN) when one went off.

But boy, if you love loud, powerful, ground shaking things, afterburners do that for me!

[CGASMIA68]

That is a trip.
When I 1st got to NAS Jax we used to go sit at the end of the runway and watch and for sure listen to them do touchengos,think they were F4s back then?.....Fun

[shotgun]

I worked on the Klamath fall Airport 2000-2002 which is home to the Oregon Air National Guard 173rd Fighter Wing. They were prohibited from using afterburners except during the first week after 9/11...