Afterburning has a significant influence upon engine cycle choice.

Afterburning, with the associated variable area nozzle, is also easier to accommodate.

Piston-type afterburning is also believed to occur in such structures, as flame-fronts accelerate through it.

Lowering fan pressure ratio decreases specific thrust (both dry and wet afterburning), but results in a lower temperature entering the afterburner.

The RD-253 is the first non-cryogenic engine in the world that uses staged combustion afterburning of oxidizer-rich hot turbine gas.

Consequently, the low afterburning thrust implies a high afterburning SFC.

The afterburning, Lyul'ka AL-5 (TR-3A), axial flow turbo-jet engine was attached to the rear of the centre fuselage with the air intake at the extreme nose, and exhaust at the end of the rear fuselage.

Widespread use of thrust vectoring for maneuverability in a Western fighter aircraft would have to wait for the 21st century, and the deployment of the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor fifth-generation jet fighter, with its afterburning, thrust-vectoring Pratt & Whitney F119 turbofan.