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Watch Shock Diamonds and Mach Disks Form In The Exhaust Plume Of An F-15E’s Engine

March 30, 2020 David Cenciotti

Shock Diamonds and Mach Disks in jet engines exhaust can be particularly evident and fascinating at night. The video below shows RAF Lakenheath’s Propulsion Test Cell during a test of an F-15E Strike Eagle’s afterburning […]