F-14 Tomcat using afterburners for take off. The original Pratt & Whitney TF30 engines were replaced with GE F100's not requiring afterburners to be used on take off.
Of the jets in production that promise to take military fighters deep into the 21st century and beyond, the U.S. F-35, the Chinese J-20, and the Russian Sukhoi T-50 PAK FA are at the top of the heap.