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Watch This F-22 Raptor Do Some Incredible Aerial Acrobatics [VIDEO]

Giuseppe Macri Tech Editor
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The F-22 Raptor may have been chased out of the spotlight by the F-35, but this video of a pilot doing some unreal-looking steep, low-speed climbs and dives proves its still one of the baddest planes in the air.

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The Raptor features an exhaust thrust vectoring system capable of pitching the plane 24 degrees up or down in mid-air, which gives it a huge tactical advantage in aerial combat, and lets pilots perform aerial maneuvers that would send other conventional combat aircraft spiraling to the ground.

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