The Epic Engine Startup Sound of The F-22 Raptor, You Never Heard Of

If you’ve never seen an F-22 Raptor start its engines, you are in for a treat. With a puff of smoke and a positively delightful revving sound, these twin-engine stealth fighters come to life with something between a roar and a purr.

A small turbine powered by compressed air, the initial rotation of which jumpstarts the F-22’s pair of much bigger—and very, very powerful—Pratt & Whitney F119 engines engines. It’s those engines, with their high thrust-to-weight ratio, that give the Raptor enough thrust to become supermaneuverable in the air.