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Those are booster jet engines?

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Jet Assisted Takeoff - The gif is Fat Albert which is part of the Blue Angels. There was a plan to use jet-assisted landing and takeoff to rescue hostages in Iran but it wasn’t used after a failed test of the landing jets.

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Solid rocket boosters, but they’re called “jet assisted take-off” for some reason.

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Yep, “Fat Albert” JATO (Jet Assisted Take-Off) C130.

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This is obviously an objective criteria, so the mods are always right. Or maybe mildly right? Ahh… what do we know?

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