Here is an excerpt from an official company press release dated 23 December 2005 - "And then there is the Raptor's super cruise capability that lets it fly at supersonic speed without using fuel-guzzling afterburners as required by other fighters. ''That saves us a lot of gas and opens up a whole host of things when you start talking about dropping bombs,'' Krumm said. ``You can imagine if you are 60,000 feet doing mach 1.9 (about 1,400 mph) and these bombs are flying out of your airplane, the swath of hell you can produce going through a country saying 'I'll take that target, and that target.''

What can I say, I love my job! Merry Xmas and Happy New Year!