Uploaded October 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Reacting to a question about a video claiming to show the starting sequence of an F-22 Raptor.

Watch it here: youtu.be/U9l_NnvsB-g?t=49

Comparing the sequence of events to what happens in our test cell when we test an old-school, smokey, howling early model J79 engine from an F-104 Starfighter. Designed in the 1950s, the Starfighter is faster than the F-22.
Yes it is!