Do you like these kinds of videos? Let me know in the comments if you'd like me to do a video explaining the live bomb drop from my Final Flight video, or if you'd rather hear about my five favorite things about being an airline pilot.
I rather hear about this tbh but either one is good I’m on the fence on whether I’m going to get out or stay in and try and commission so either one really helps
Former USAF AMMO/EOD troop here. You mentioned the Missile falling away from the target after launching it. That's by design. AIM-9's generally never fly direct to their target. The tracking sensor is gimbaled and will follow the target while the control surfaces stay stationary unless the on board computer gives them a coarse correction for an intercept. After a correction they(control surfaces) return to their neutral position. This is because they have limited pressure to work with. Argon filled tank for pneumatics also keeps the sensor cool. It was always fun putting an AIM-9 seeker on the test stand and watching the seeker follow a heat source as the test set did it's thing.
@@lobsters12111 I grew up in the Navy/Marine air wings. Dishes rattle, if one of the pilots pulls a Boom, in Kaneohe, we'd chuckle unless the fine China got boomed. I grew up with it and love it too. The civies hate it, understandably. My dad flew so I got into the hangars, it's different.
How about building a massive subdivision next to a drag strip that has been there for over 40 years and then try to shut down the race track? That is going on in NorCal.
I went to UCSD so I get both sides. Sometimes we hear/see training exercises where planes and helicopters are following each other in single file line, across all of San Diego for a whole day. It was awesome. But it was also only a few times a year.
@@chloehennessey6813 I see people built new homes right beside train tracks. Tracks who have been theire since the 19th century. And they keep on complaining.
John Creasy01 And That has nothing to do with our homes. They were built before the air station was basically tripled in size. Before the jets wouldn’t even come close to our houses. Now that it’s bigger it’s a different story. When you invest that much money into a home just to see the government do whatever they wanna do- it’s frustrating.
Overall, this is a lesson to not build homes close to airports/airbases. Even in civilian airports, government and/or management can suddenly decide to expand the site & extend (or even build entirely new) runways after decades of your house being there.
I live right by NAS Lemoore. The city wanted to build a neighborhood west of town (toward the base), and the Navy advised against it because people would complain about the jet noise. It baffles me that people would choose to buy a house directly under established flight paths and then complain about the noise. My answer: Go live somewhere else! Jets fly over my house all the time and I'm constantly running outside to go take a look!
They better be glad they don't live close to Fort Bragg. Nothing like the sound of howitzers and your windows rattling. It just sounds like freedom to me.
I lived on the base and there would be times where the jets would fly right over our barracks, and my friends and I would stop talking because we wouldn’t hear each other talk. I didn’t mind the jets, to me it’s like watching a bald eagle filling me full of patriotism
I lived extremely close to the macdill afb runways when I was a kid and they never flew over my house but still shook it every time they took off. F-4s were stationed there but we once had a squadron of F-15s down for training and they were louder and absolutely amazing.
Constantine you’d get tired of it, I guarantee it. You have no idea how often these jets go out, and how loud they can be when they’re lit and only a hundred feet away.
@@ivanalvarez5511 I never got sick of it living near an airport. You just tune it out unless you are want to check it out then you are heading outside to take a look. It's like people that complain about EMS helicopters landing at hospitals...
Thank you so much for your service. My son made it to the Naval Academy, after a 11 months at NAPS, completed plebe summer at the academy, but had a medical issue and is in the process of separation (takes a long time). His goal, worked hard, and he made it, so I'm proud of his accomplishments.
Saw this video when it first came out, coming back to rewatch it again after 5 years. I think its really amazing that you got to fly in the Navy with Gonky and then again in the Airforce. Best of all, you guys kept on going with one of the best Aviation podcasts out there today. Hope to see more from the both of you in the long run.
Wondering how that arrangement came to be. The air base is there from virtually the beginning of military aviation. But given how rich ppl operate, they probably just decided to build their houses there on cheap land and complain about the noise later
I live 5 minutes from Miramar, I love the jets going over head at my work in Sorrento Valley. It seems that once a month for about a week they change their flight plans and vibrate my house. Wife gets a little annoyed, but I always have a smile on my face.
Great video. I drive that freeway all the time and I love it when the Hornets fly right over your head to land. It was cool to see the view from above.
I was in the Navy 71-75 and in an aviation squadron VAQ-33...counter electronic warfare, stationed at N.A.S., Norfolk, Va. I was enlisted, an AE-3...aircraft electrician 3rd class Petty Officer. I became a plane captain for our ERA-3B Skywarrior and we spent a lot of time at Miramar for exercises. We shared the hangar with Top Gun ( no, I didn't see Tom Cruise..LOL..). I was out at the fuel pits one day, waiting for our planes to return from the exercise, when the first operational F-14's arrived. Wow...they were incredible to watch coming in so slow with wings full forward and so very lightly touched down, and I swear that they turned off the runway in less than 100 yards...maybe way less. I always enjoyed going to Miramar. Thanks for the ride, C.W.
I live two blocks away from MCAS Miramar in San Diego. Very cool to see all the undercast take off procedures and all that. Love how you explain stuff that I see everyday in the skies on my way to work and from my balcony :)
Enjoy the channel and absolutely enjoy hearing about the life of a fighter pilot. I was in the Marine infantry. You guys were like angels from above. Our jobs would be next to impossible without air support. Witnessing a 2000lb jdam hit the earth will put a smile on anyone's face lol. Always wondered what y'all do if ya got to piss up there on long sorties.
My Father was stationed at Fallon Naval base when I was really young. We lived in Carrier Court. As a young boy growing up there was a small boys dream. I loved nothing more than listening and watching The fighter jets flying formation and cracking that sonic boom . I truly miss that incredible , powerful sound. Oh to be a kid again
I grew up on airbases and love the sound of freedom. I've only discovered your channel in the past week. My dad was a retired AF Col and had his wings through early 1962 T-37 training. I loved hearing all the stories. One he liked to tell was about in 1967, Vietnam heating up. His F105 group was in escape/evasion/resistance training prior to going to SE Asia. The POW - Psychology training. His training was interrupted and he was told to pack and leave since he was being transferred to rotary wing SAR. ( something about USAF taking over more helo stuff from army - they wanted jet pilots contributing to pilot recovery ) . Dad declined - presuming this was unusually creative psychology designed to break him. They said no, you need to call your wife and get ready to transfer. He still refused to believe them. They finally had to get his wing commander on the phone, "Jack, this isn't bullshit, you have to call Maxine to get ready to move in a week.....' Thus began a rewarding tour in rotary wing for dad and a hundred missions + in Vietnam and also rotating in from Okinawa. Though I heard about hosing blood from the floor of the airplane, I heard more about the grins of guys being pulled up to freedom. I enjoy your channel and the stories. - Tom
To reiterate for non- pilots Dad flew jets and was living in a simulated POW camp being berated, starved and sleep deprived by experts to get the pilots introduced to a mild version of what to expect as a POW. After a few days, the idea that an F 105 driver was going to be transferred to helicopters was considered as ingenious psych torture - After eating spoiled rice and rat meat for days. He ended up loving that part of his career though it was more dangerous daily than the F 105 mission. I think at the time the life expectancy of an HH 43 pilot - new in combat was 6 hours. I think it got better but they lost a lot.
I grew up directly underneath the glideslope of a runway to Valkenburg base in The Netherlands. Everyday we had P-3 Orion, AWACS, KC-10 Extenders landing. Not as frequent we had Vipers, Eagles and other jets come in, but it happened occasionally. One time my dad and I saw the 747 with the Space Shuttle fly over on it's tour. Loved it.
Awesome video C.W. Civiliands worrying about 15 seconds of sound, that is protecting them SMH. I live near MRAB now and get constant fly overs of my house. It makes me know I'm being protected. Thanks for the stories and sharing of videos! One thing you should talk about is your radio coms with the other pilots.
The odd time we'll get a f18 fly into our small airport and when they take off and do a short exit, full afterburner right over top of the mechanics shop I work in is the best feeling ever! Everything shakes and you're either stopped dead in your tracks confused or bolting for the door to get the tail end of it!
I live in Southwest Germany and during spring and summer days I get constant flyovers of US C130 dropping paratroopers nearby for training. Normally 4-8 Hercules flying in formation and turning exactly over my house. I dont`feel offended and I like the sound of those planes. Freedom and safety does not come for free. When I was a teenager, the sound of jets flying nearby and the occasional sonic-boom, was a routine thing.
I lived near a place called Dolgellau, which is near the approach for a place known as the Mach Loop, a popular area in TTA 7(T) (Tactical Training Area), two large hills, Cad West and Cad East mark the entry point as the aircraft bottom out to as low as 100 feet (anything between 100 feet - 250 feet) and they go through the valley at speed. Not unusual to be walking the dogs on the hills and see Typhoons, Tornados, even USN and USAAF aircraft stationed in the UK flying beneath you. The whole area is part of TTA 7(T), but for some reason the Mach Loop is incredibly popular with the pilots. It is, as you can imagine, noisy at some times of the year, with multiple flights at extremely low level every day, not too many complaints though as far as I am aware, everyone who lives there know its a training area, its even become something of a local tourist attraction. I certainly do not mind it, but then I am an Army Brat, spent much of my Childhood on Bases throughout BAOR and low flying aircraft was just a thing.
YES! Very Much So. I was a medic on a Helo so I flew in a different environment so this is really awesome Sir, thank you for your service and thank you for your knowledge and most of all thank you for your fiction! Your books rock. MD "DOC"
Amazing how some people don't enjoy the pure sound of freedom. NOTHING and I mean NOTHING sounds better then a couple fast movers roaring overhead. I was stationed at Pax River pretty much Monday thru Saturday they were flying. After while I never noticed them.
Right!?!?!? I work within 10 miles of a Air Guard base and love hearing the sound of freedom when they take off. I even stop work (auto mechanic) and run outside to see if I can see the F-15's flying. If they don't like the sound; they don't have to live there. They could find a forest to live in.
@@fightingfalconfan Lol I used to do security on the E-6B (Tacamo),flew all over hell and creation on those big birds. Pulled many a guard duties at the end of the runway. Prided myself in telling the difference between all the fighters just by the sound. Strangely the A-6 Intruders they flew out of Pax were the loudest damn jets I ever heard. Cover your ears and squint your eyes loud. Got to go to a ceremony for the Super Hornet. Boeing threw one hell of a party. All you could eat lobster and crab. Amazing lol
I get attack helicopters and heavys directly over my house all the time. If a fast jet goes over I just about kill myself trying to go out and look before it's gone.
Why would you use After Burner for take-off? Wouldn't normal thrust provide plenty of speed and lift for take-off? Why waste the extra fuel? However I feel like I see a lot of jets on take off with After- burner on. It would make sense to me on a carrier, but a long run-way makes me curious why. Thoughts?
When I was on USS Ranger (CVA-61) we carried 3 attack squadrons. My 1st cruise we had A-4 Skyhawks, A-6 Intruders, & A-7 Corsairs. The Corsairs had rails on each side of the fuselage, just aft of the cockpit, for AIM-9s. It also had 2 cannons. The Corsair looked a lot like the F-8 Crusader as they were both built by Chance-Vought. Maybe that's why they thought it could get into a fight with a MiG. Maybe these squadrons should have been VFA instead of VA. My 2nd cruise saw the A-4s replaced by A-7s. I was on the flight deck a couple times when our aircraft were being loaded. It was amazing the tremendous number of bombs and missiles that were carried each time we launched an attack. I would love to hear you comment on some of the flight scenes from the TV series JAG. Especially, it would be interesting to hear how someone flying back seat was able to fly the plane after the pilot was incapacitated. Oh, there was one where the star used the windscreen of his Tomcat to push another Tomcat. This was based on an historical incident during the Vietnam war when 1 F-4 pushed another to get out over water.
I support the troops, but you should also be supporting first responders, scientists. And the military isn't all freedom. Diplomats play big parts too.
@@carloscopelleti1291 Diplomats play a role in freedom? Wow. Here I thought their primary goal was to line their pockets with cash while their secondary much lesser goal was to throw crumbs to the public that they're supposed to represent.
really enjoying your videos mover. I work around Portland international where the Oregon ANG fly from daily, its cool to know some of what they are doing. A couple years ago i was running a dump truck on one of the runway repaving projects when they were taxiing out to the runway for takeoff, I stopped to let them cross in front of me (air planes have the right of way) I got a thumbs up and a salute from all 4 of them as they crossed my path. couple hours later they came back and did one kick ass fly by at i am thinking around 500 feet, and they were flat moving. Pretty cool guys in my book.
What is interesting to me is the firing order on the MER. On TER the first to come off is the bottom station, but it seems on MER it is the left shoulder, or station 2 on the TER. Very intersting. Great video Sir!
Seriously, build my fancy house right next to airport and then complain about airport noise! Sounds like my neighborhood. Destin , Niceville and Ft. Walton. "I think I will retire and build in between THREE Air Force bases and then complain about Air Force jet noise!" Tough. Our jets are here to stay and I hope we bring more in! I love that noise and I love these videos. So simple and well explained and very educational. I do have a burning question for you Mover. Why do both of the vertical stab rudders on the F-18 always seem to be pointing inward on take off or just prior to take off? Even on carrier launches and in a lot of cases idling on the tarmac? Would love to here from you or explained in one of your videos! Thanks for the entertaining content and keep it coming!
Very cool. I live in the area just west of NKX (University City) and people don't generally care about the noise however there was an accident a few years ago where an 18 crashed into a house in the neighborhood and killed a family. People are still sensitive about that. As a pilot I love the noise and always stop and watch the show.
this was really worthwhile, thank you ! I liked your explanation of how the engagement was staged with the shooter, RSO and camera bird. Well done. Happy 4th to you and yours
I moved in right next to General Mitchell Airport, Milwaukee, WI. I am surprised so much everyday at how quiet they have gotten these commercial airliners to be. I live physically right under the flight path of a landing strip, that probably plays a big roll in why it's not that loud due to much less throttle to land than take off. I had a question on why in the world would the glass (or canopy material) not be cleaned every time you go flying in such a ridiculously expensive performance machine!? The debris is pretty low but i would think because visibility is so important, the canopy's glass would be cleaned very well. Just curious for any aviation experts or enthusiasts.
Awesome video sir, just signed up for CAP( civil air patrol) to just learn the basics of the air force and we actually get to fly crop dusters, thanks for the info!
How does the pilot know what the seeker has locked onto? Is there a display for relative heading somewhere? How do you tell the missile to break and research? No glide scope? HUD glide path estimate is nice but relies on multiple sensors.
Hey do you have any AGM-65 Maverick Weapon Drop videos and love your videos keep it up and I am very interested In all your videos you post on your Channel ?
I have a nephew stationed at Miramar as a C-130 mechanic, I was 0311 for 15 years out of Pendleton and Lejuine... always dreamed flying in a F/A-18 hornet
Fresh question to an older video. So you launched fox 2. Fox 1 is semi active radar guided. In case of troops marking a target on land for you to take out, what would your fox code be? Is that also fox 1? I hope my question isn't dumb. Thanks
Awesome video man! Love the explanations on how military aviators do what they do and would always love to see more videos like this!!! A bomb drop video would be awesome as well as a gun shoot video and maybe one on how you guys avoid a missile being shot your way. This stuff is super interesting to we civilian sticks. Ps. That section approach was new to me and made me think about how the FAA would shit a brick if civilian pilots did that. Lastly, noticed you flip a page on your checklist in the reflection on your visor while you were starting your go around and wondered if you were executing a checklist for the go around or doing something else?
I wish that every dislike on a video needed a comment on why you didn’t like it because I want to know why anybody would dislike a freaking awesome video like this
nice to see the old base again, i was stations there back when it was NAS Miramar F/A-18 DCS question, in DCS the flaps are auto, you stated you set your flaps for landing, they aren't auto in the real bird? and what flaps setting did you use?
Love all your vlogs, books are next. I'm definitely interested in more vids like this, my vision was beyond waiver status so I couldn't fly, so I became a private pilot, did serve on the USS Theodore roosevelt, v1 division and did some med cruises. Miss those birds.. keep the narrative vids coming
July 1968...I was a newly minted US Army Warrant Office Cobra pilot on my way to Vietnam. Home in San Diego for leave and a friend who was a RIO backseat F-4 arranged for me to do a training hop out of then NAS Miramar in a Phantom. Oh crap that was the ride of my life! In Vietnam got hops in F-100s, A-37s on bombing missions, but that Phantom ride was the best. Plane captain gave me a barf bag...said I wouldn't need it 'cause I'm a hot shit Cobra helo pilot. Filled that sucker!
Great episode Mover! Absolutely YES more episodes like these! Praying you can get back in the T-38 as soon as things stabilize in FL.(or wherever they’ll re-base your squadron) . Godspeed Sir 🇺🇸🤙🏻
Mover, definitely enjoy the definitive explanations involved in these ops. An example of which is the after launch inspections for damage. Bring more Hornet stuff if you can dig it up. Your videos are terrific. Much different than the usual drivel with the usual metal music in the background. Not that I don't enjoy cruise videos, but your stuff is a cut above by far. Shiny side up. Jan Burden
Enjoyed the video, would love to see more showing off aspects of flying. I also enjoy your other videos (DCS, old stories and lingo, mover ruins movies etc.)
@C.W. Lemoine Wow. I can't believe you guys flew in the muck so close to each other at the 13:00 time stamp. If the ceiling had been 200ft instead of 1000 would your rules still permit a formation approach so close to each other? That looks more spooky than a carrier night landing. I say that because you have to fly your instruments and look at your wingman at the same time for spacing. Looking for the runway and your buddy must be stressful. Another question. Your wingtip wake turbulence is obvious in the moist air. But it doesn't seem so ominous. But is it? Suppose you flew right behind the other jet and got caught in the wake from the wingtip, how dangerous, if at all would that be? Great video. I learned a lot just watching it.
hey Mover. question. or questions... haha when bombs and guns are being fired. why do they roll the jet then get lined up etc. so yeah if you can talk about the approach and why they do it like that. would be great. Also with a f16 vs F18 in wartime config say identical aim120 and aim 9's single fuel tank who wins?
Do you like these kinds of videos? Let me know in the comments if you'd like me to do a video explaining the live bomb drop from my Final Flight video, or if you'd rather hear about my five favorite things about being an airline pilot.
Heck yes..😍👌
I rather hear about this tbh but either one is good I’m on the fence on whether I’m going to get out or stay in and try and commission so either one really helps
Why not both?😁
@@theawsomemax I so wish UA-cam had the ability to post GIFs in the comments. Well played.
I guess both over different videos works for both parties.
Former USAF AMMO/EOD troop here. You mentioned the Missile falling away from the target after launching it. That's by design. AIM-9's generally never fly direct to their target. The tracking sensor is gimbaled and will follow the target while the control surfaces stay stationary unless the on board computer gives them a coarse correction for an intercept. After a correction they(control surfaces) return to their neutral position. This is because they have limited pressure to work with. Argon filled tank for pneumatics also keeps the sensor cool. It was always fun putting an AIM-9 seeker on the test stand and watching the seeker follow a heat source as the test set did it's thing.
that was a very interesting read, thanks for clarifying!
IYAAYAS! -1995-1999 ammo troop
SternLX I remember checking them after rubbing your hands on a cold day, the heads will follow that too
So would you comment on the real world accuracy/reliability of the aim 9? And if you were able to see the X version?
Ammo and EOD? And you can spell? I'm not buying it.
People who buy a house at the end of the runway, especially a military base deserve to be buzzed every day.
I would honestly pay extra for this
@@lobsters12111 I grew up in the Navy/Marine air wings. Dishes rattle, if one of the pilots pulls a Boom, in Kaneohe, we'd chuckle unless the fine China got boomed. I grew up with it and love it too. The civies hate it, understandably. My dad flew so I got into the hangars, it's different.
ethan burnside that’s so cool!
My dad would always say “That’s the sound of freedom, son.”
@@lobsters12111 Same
Buys house next to airport then proceeds to complain about noise...
Welcome to pretty much every airport in Southern California.
LOL, very nice and rich establishment ;)
and sydney
Fuck those rich idiots - they should be grateful you protect their right to be rich fucking idiots
How about building a massive subdivision next to a drag strip that has been there for over 40 years and then try to shut down the race track? That is going on in NorCal.
-Goverment builds airbase
-someone builds house next to the airbase
-"someone" sells house to an idiot
-idiot complains about the airbase
Our homes were there before the air station was elongated to its current size. Before the planes didn’t come near the homes.
I went to UCSD so I get both sides. Sometimes we hear/see training exercises where planes and helicopters are following each other in single file line, across all of San Diego for a whole day. It was awesome. But it was also only a few times a year.
@@chloehennessey6813 I see people built new homes right beside train tracks. Tracks who have been theire since the 19th century. And they keep on complaining.
John Creasy01 And That has nothing to do with our homes. They were built before the air station was basically tripled in size. Before the jets wouldn’t even come close to our houses.
Now that it’s bigger it’s a different story. When you invest that much money into a home just to see the government do whatever they wanna do- it’s frustrating.
Overall, this is a lesson to not build homes close to airports/airbases. Even in civilian airports, government and/or management can suddenly decide to expand the site & extend (or even build entirely new) runways after decades of your house being there.
I live right by NAS Lemoore. The city wanted to build a neighborhood west of town (toward the base), and the Navy advised against it because people would complain about the jet noise. It baffles me that people would choose to buy a house directly under established flight paths and then complain about the noise. My answer: Go live somewhere else! Jets fly over my house all the time and I'm constantly running outside to go take a look!
Seriously! Haha I also go running outside to take a look, love it when they fly over.
same for me
Same, love to plane-spot! I *love* the sound of fighter jet engines screaming overhead, too!
They better be glad they don't live close to Fort Bragg. Nothing like the sound of howitzers and your windows rattling. It just sounds like freedom to me.
I lived on the base and there would be times where the jets would fly right over our barracks, and my friends and I would stop talking because we wouldn’t hear each other talk. I didn’t mind the jets, to me it’s like watching a bald eagle filling me full of patriotism
I lived extremely close to the macdill afb runways when I was a kid and they never flew over my house but still shook it every time they took off. F-4s were stationed there but we once had a squadron of F-15s down for training and they were louder and absolutely amazing.
If I owned a house there I'd be on the porch, binos in hand every time I heard an Afterburner.
Constantine you’d get tired of it, I guarantee it. You have no idea how often these jets go out, and how loud they can be when they’re lit and only a hundred feet away.
Ivan Alvarez I couldn’t imagine getting tired of it... lol
@@ivanalvarez5511 i dont think you understand how much people love jets lol
@@ivanalvarez5511 nah, he wouldn't. 8 years under Miramar's path and I still get excited
@@ivanalvarez5511 I never got sick of it living near an airport. You just tune it out unless you are want to check it out then you are heading outside to take a look. It's like people that complain about EMS helicopters landing at hospitals...
Thank you so much for your service. My son made it to the Naval Academy, after a 11 months at NAPS, completed plebe summer at the academy, but had a medical issue and is in the process of separation (takes a long time). His goal, worked hard, and he made it, so I'm proud of his accomplishments.
How is he doing now? What's his job? I'm considering joining the Air Force.
I'm a old retired guy that flies DCS, I enjoy your videos. Thanks!
You've got the life, Mover.
Post all your flying videos pls!
This is awesome stuff!
Saw this video when it first came out, coming back to rewatch it again after 5 years. I think its really amazing that you got to fly in the Navy with Gonky and then again in the Airforce. Best of all, you guys kept on going with one of the best Aviation podcasts out there today. Hope to see more from the both of you in the long run.
"Goose, I think it's time to buzz the rich a-holes at the end of the runway."
I would love to do that
Wondering how that arrangement came to be. The air base is there from virtually the beginning of military aviation. But given how rich ppl operate, they probably just decided to build their houses there on cheap land and complain about the noise later
harrod harrod Our houses were there already before the base expanded to its current size- including the runway.
I live 5 minutes from Miramar, I love the jets going over head at my work in Sorrento Valley. It seems that once a month for about a week they change their flight plans and vibrate my house. Wife gets a little annoyed, but I always have a smile on my face.
I damn near run out of my house for every flight and there's a lot. I get the same look from my wife
Great video. I drive that freeway all the time and I love it when the Hornets fly right over your head to land. It was cool to see the view from above.
I was in the Navy 71-75 and in an aviation squadron VAQ-33...counter electronic warfare, stationed at N.A.S., Norfolk, Va. I was enlisted, an AE-3...aircraft electrician 3rd class Petty Officer. I became a plane captain for our ERA-3B Skywarrior and we spent a lot of time at Miramar for exercises. We shared the hangar with Top Gun ( no, I didn't see Tom Cruise..LOL..). I was out at the fuel pits one day, waiting for our planes to return from the exercise, when the first operational F-14's arrived. Wow...they were incredible to watch coming in so slow with wings full forward and so very lightly touched down, and I swear that they turned off the runway in less than 100 yards...maybe way less. I always enjoyed going to Miramar. Thanks for the ride, C.W.
I live two blocks away from MCAS Miramar in San Diego. Very cool to see all the undercast take off procedures and all that. Love how you explain stuff that I see everyday in the skies on my way to work and from my balcony :)
Enjoy the channel and absolutely enjoy hearing about the life of a fighter pilot. I was in the Marine infantry. You guys were like angels from above. Our jobs would be next to impossible without air support. Witnessing a 2000lb jdam hit the earth will put a smile on anyone's face lol. Always wondered what y'all do if ya got to piss up there on long sorties.
My Father was stationed at Fallon Naval base when I was really young. We lived in Carrier Court. As a young boy growing up there was a small boys dream. I loved nothing more than listening and watching The fighter jets flying formation and cracking that sonic boom . I truly miss that incredible , powerful sound. Oh to be a kid again
Dayumn that landing was on the numbers! Especially with no flare! Love this channel
Absolutely great. Keep doing these please!
I grew up on airbases and love the sound of freedom. I've only discovered your channel in the past week. My dad was a retired AF Col and had his wings through early 1962 T-37 training. I loved hearing all the stories. One he liked to tell was about in 1967, Vietnam heating up. His F105 group was in escape/evasion/resistance training prior to going to SE Asia. The POW - Psychology training. His training was interrupted and he was told to pack and leave since he was being transferred to rotary wing SAR. ( something about USAF taking over more helo stuff from army - they wanted jet pilots contributing to pilot recovery ) . Dad declined - presuming this was unusually creative psychology designed to break him. They said no, you need to call your wife and get ready to transfer. He still refused to believe them. They finally had to get his wing commander on the phone, "Jack, this isn't bullshit, you have to call Maxine to get ready to move in a week.....' Thus began a rewarding tour in rotary wing for dad and a hundred missions + in Vietnam and also rotating in from Okinawa. Though I heard about hosing blood from the floor of the airplane, I heard more about the grins of guys being pulled up to freedom. I enjoy your channel and the stories. - Tom
To reiterate for non- pilots Dad flew jets and was living in a simulated POW camp being berated, starved and sleep deprived by experts to get the pilots introduced to a mild version of what to expect as a POW. After a few days, the idea that an F 105 driver was going to be transferred to helicopters was considered as ingenious psych torture - After eating spoiled rice and rat meat for days. He ended up loving that part of his career though it was more dangerous daily than the F 105 mission. I think at the time the life expectancy of an HH 43 pilot - new in combat was 6 hours. I think it got better but they lost a lot.
I grew up directly underneath the glideslope of a runway to Valkenburg base in The Netherlands. Everyday we had P-3 Orion, AWACS, KC-10 Extenders landing. Not as frequent we had Vipers, Eagles and other jets come in, but it happened occasionally. One time my dad and I saw the 747 with the Space Shuttle fly over on it's tour. Loved it.
Awesome video C.W. Civiliands worrying about 15 seconds of sound, that is protecting them SMH. I live near MRAB now and get constant fly overs of my house. It makes me know I'm being protected. Thanks for the stories and sharing of videos! One thing you should talk about is your radio coms with the other pilots.
Sound of freedom!
The odd time we'll get a f18 fly into our small airport and when they take off and do a short exit, full afterburner right over top of the mechanics shop I work in is the best feeling ever! Everything shakes and you're either stopped dead in your tracks confused or bolting for the door to get the tail end of it!
I live in Southwest Germany and during spring and summer days I get constant flyovers of US C130 dropping paratroopers nearby for training. Normally 4-8 Hercules flying in formation and turning exactly over my house.
I dont`feel offended and I like the sound of those planes. Freedom and safety does not come for free.
When I was a teenager, the sound of jets flying nearby and the occasional sonic-boom, was a routine thing.
I live pretty close to an Air Force base, I see a lot of big planes with radar dishes on them, a few Blackhawk helicopters, and an F-16 here or there
I lived near a place called Dolgellau, which is near the approach for a place known as the Mach Loop, a popular area in TTA 7(T) (Tactical Training Area), two large hills, Cad West and Cad East mark the entry point as the aircraft bottom out to as low as 100 feet (anything between 100 feet - 250 feet) and they go through the valley at speed. Not unusual to be walking the dogs on the hills and see Typhoons, Tornados, even USN and USAAF aircraft stationed in the UK flying beneath you. The whole area is part of TTA 7(T), but for some reason the Mach Loop is incredibly popular with the pilots.
It is, as you can imagine, noisy at some times of the year, with multiple flights at extremely low level every day, not too many complaints though as far as I am aware, everyone who lives there know its a training area, its even become something of a local tourist attraction. I certainly do not mind it, but then I am an Army Brat, spent much of my Childhood on Bases throughout BAOR and low flying aircraft was just a thing.
I refreshed constantly waiting for this
Sorry I'm a little late! Long day yesterday getting home from my trip. Haha.
I feel like a kid watching your footage. You do the best job in the world
YES! Very Much So. I was a medic on a Helo so I flew in a different environment so this is really awesome Sir, thank you for your service and thank you for your knowledge and most of all thank you for your fiction! Your books rock. MD "DOC"
thanks for reading!
Look forward to this every week, post anything and it'd be great
Yes more bomb dropping vids and alot more missile shots...Also we would love to know about Anti-Rad missiles
Honestly, ''FOX 2'' in radio chatter is one of the most badass things I've ever heard.
Perhaps I'm easily impressed, however, I must say that this video is quite a privilege to witness. Thank you C.W.
Amazing how some people don't enjoy the pure sound of freedom. NOTHING and I mean NOTHING sounds better then a couple fast movers roaring overhead. I was stationed at Pax River pretty much Monday thru Saturday they were flying. After while I never noticed them.
Right!?!?!? I work within 10 miles of a Air Guard base and love hearing the sound of freedom when they take off. I even stop work (auto mechanic) and run outside to see if I can see the F-15's flying. If they don't like the sound; they don't have to live there. They could find a forest to live in.
@@fightingfalconfan Lol I used to do security on the E-6B (Tacamo),flew all over hell and creation on those big birds. Pulled many a guard duties at the end of the runway. Prided myself in telling the difference between all the fighters just by the sound. Strangely the A-6 Intruders they flew out of Pax were the loudest damn jets I ever heard. Cover your ears and squint your eyes loud. Got to go to a ceremony for the Super Hornet. Boeing threw one hell of a party. All you could eat lobster and crab. Amazing lol
Buck Shot Judas Priest has them beat. Sorry
I get attack helicopters and heavys directly over my house all the time. If a fast jet goes over I just about kill myself trying to go out and look before it's gone.
@@mitchellmitchell6938 Thought I read they had the record for the loudest concert?
Hey CW, I ran IT for a company next to that runway, used to love watching you guys coming and going. enjoying your vids man, thanks!
Why would you use After Burner for take-off? Wouldn't normal thrust provide plenty of speed and lift for take-off? Why waste the extra fuel? However I feel like I see a lot of jets on take off with After- burner on. It would make sense to me on a carrier, but a long run-way makes me curious why. Thoughts?
When I was on USS Ranger (CVA-61) we carried 3 attack squadrons. My 1st cruise we had A-4 Skyhawks, A-6 Intruders, & A-7 Corsairs. The Corsairs had rails on each side of the fuselage, just aft of the cockpit, for AIM-9s. It also had 2 cannons. The Corsair looked a lot like the F-8 Crusader as they were both built by Chance-Vought. Maybe that's why they thought it could get into a fight with a MiG. Maybe these squadrons should have been VFA instead of VA. My 2nd cruise saw the A-4s replaced by A-7s. I was on the flight deck a couple times when our aircraft were being loaded. It was amazing the tremendous number of bombs and missiles that were carried each time we launched an attack.
I would love to hear you comment on some of the flight scenes from the TV series JAG. Especially, it would be interesting to hear how someone flying back seat was able to fly the plane after the pilot was incapacitated. Oh, there was one where the star used the windscreen of his Tomcat to push another Tomcat. This was based on an historical incident during the Vietnam war when 1 F-4 pushed another to get out over water.
Definitely enjoyable, most realistic videoes I've seen are DCS sim movs so really enjoy you are able to show real real footage
Thanks Mover, hope ya get back in the jet soon and my best to all those affected from the hurricane.
I am glad I've never lived in a neighborhood that complains about the sound of freedom!
If fighter jets = freedom then places like North Korea can't have any. Is that how the logic goes?
I support the troops, but you should also be supporting first responders, scientists. And the military isn't all freedom. Diplomats play big parts too.
@@carloscopelleti1291 Diplomats play a role in freedom?
Wow. Here I thought their primary goal was to line their pockets with cash while their secondary much lesser goal was to throw crumbs to the public that they're supposed to represent.
@@MyFavoriteDisease True
ALANSHEARERISGOD are you upset lil fella?
really enjoying your videos mover. I work around Portland international where the Oregon ANG fly from daily, its cool to know some of what they are doing. A couple years ago i was running a dump truck on one of the runway repaving projects when they were taxiing out to the runway for takeoff, I stopped to let them cross in front of me (air planes have the right of way) I got a thumbs up and a salute from all 4 of them as they crossed my path. couple hours later they came back and did one kick ass fly by at i am thinking around 500 feet, and they were flat moving. Pretty cool guys in my book.
Just another day on the job ashore. Nicely done Sir.
What is interesting to me is the firing order on the MER. On TER the first to come off is the bottom station, but it seems on MER it is the left shoulder, or station 2 on the TER. Very intersting. Great video Sir!
I flew for several years out of Palomar Airport. Loved those marine layers. Would love to see more bomb drops/missile shoots. Great job, thanks.
Great to see your videos!! Love the flying footage!!!
Love seeing flights out of MCAS. Been here my entire life even when we saw Top Gun move away, beautiful to see you guys fly out!
Keep ‘em coming Mover - good stuff!
Yes would like to see more videos like these. But maybe with a little more detail like explaining the switches, how to fire, etc
Seriously, build my fancy house right next to airport and then complain about airport noise! Sounds like my neighborhood. Destin , Niceville and Ft. Walton. "I think I will retire and build in between THREE Air Force bases and then complain about Air Force jet noise!" Tough. Our jets are here to stay and I hope we bring more in! I love that noise and I love these videos. So simple and well explained and very educational. I do have a burning question for you Mover. Why do both of the vertical stab rudders on the F-18 always seem to be pointing inward on take off or just prior to take off? Even on carrier launches and in a lot of cases idling on the tarmac? Would love to here from you or explained in one of your videos! Thanks for the entertaining content and keep it coming!
Excellent, always wondered what the sound of rocket coming off sled.
Great vids. I used to live at Tierra Del Santo Navy housing near Miramar wen it was Top Gun school. Loved seeing the F4 and F 14 landings.
*WE LOVE AND APPRECIATE YOU AWESOME PILOTS...WOW!!*
Man.. I love this stuff! so cool, thanks for making this channel
I believe "shit hot" is the appropriate industry term for this video. Thank you and keep 'em coming!
Very cool. I live in the area just west of NKX (University City) and people don't generally care about the noise however there was an accident a few years ago where an 18 crashed into a house in the neighborhood and killed a family. People are still sensitive about that. As a pilot I love the noise and always stop and watch the show.
this was really worthwhile, thank you ! I liked your explanation of how the engagement was staged with the shooter, RSO and camera bird. Well done. Happy 4th to you and yours
I moved in right next to General Mitchell Airport, Milwaukee, WI. I am surprised so much everyday at how quiet they have gotten these commercial airliners to be. I live physically right under the flight path of a landing strip, that probably plays a big roll in why it's not that loud due to much less throttle to land than take off. I had a question on why in the world would the glass (or canopy material) not be cleaned every time you go flying in such a ridiculously expensive performance machine!? The debris is pretty low but i would think because visibility is so important, the canopy's glass would be cleaned very well. Just curious for any aviation experts or enthusiasts.
Awesome video sir, just signed up for CAP( civil air patrol) to just learn the basics of the air force and we actually get to fly crop dusters, thanks for the info!
What’s it like firing the price equivalent of a Ferrari off of your aircraft? 😂
If I lived in those houses I wouldn't be able to sleep at night because I would be to excited to see and hear the raw power of those birds!
- How was your mission?
- Zero Fox given.
How does the pilot know what the seeker has locked onto? Is there a display for relative heading somewhere? How do you tell the missile to break and research?
No glide scope? HUD glide path estimate is nice but relies on multiple sensors.
I work very close to the flight path. Kind of cool to see this from the other side!
Hey do you have any AGM-65 Maverick Weapon Drop videos and love your videos keep it up and I am very interested In all your videos you post on your Channel ?
I have a nephew stationed at Miramar as a C-130 mechanic, I was 0311 for 15 years out of Pendleton and Lejuine... always dreamed flying in a F/A-18 hornet
Amazing footage. Ghank you for sharing this with us.
Fresh question to an older video. So you launched fox 2. Fox 1 is semi active radar guided. In case of troops marking a target on land for you to take out, what would your fox code be? Is that also fox 1? I hope my question isn't dumb. Thanks
Wx looks kinda like our “June Gloom” or “Gray May” in W-289 off Mugu for our T&E.
Great little 9M shot voice over index!
Good stuff!
Same June Gloom in San Diego. Seems like it lasted into July and August though.
Dude totally give us a talk through of the fini flight!!!!
Sounds good! I'll strip out all of the music and talk about it.
Very cool! More! I think I saw my house (not really - it's a mile north of the base and the air was thick). Thanks!
Love these videos. Thanks Mover.
Fox2 = There goes $600k, flying away at 2.5 Mach
PS:
13:03 wow on how you kept formation in the clouds
Who needs healthcare or education when you can buy cool jets and missiles instead!
Flir..These planes can fly in any weather..Clouds don't do anything to visibility..
@@falconeaterf15 healthcare and education are your responsibility, not the governments. Plus nothing is free, learn that early
HITESH ADHIKARI
What a stupid thing to say.
Are you a Russian troll or just completely ignorant in regards to Western Civilization?
Perhaps both?
@@falconeaterf15 let me guess, you are a snowflake who thinks u r entitled to free stuff, arent you?
Wicked. I see you posted this apx. 1 year ago, but as a new subscriber I hope to see more of these
Always great to hear explanations! Keep it up!
This was SO cool. I was laughing and smiling when you shot that AIM 9! :D
Wish I was still there at Tyndall. Been a long time. I still miss the place. I know it's not what it used to be but.
Thanks Mover. More of the same would be appreciated.
I wish I could see these aircraft more often. My last random aircraft spotting was a UH-60.
Awesome video man! Love the explanations on how military aviators do what they do and would always love to see more videos like this!!! A bomb drop video would be awesome as well as a gun shoot video and maybe one on how you guys avoid a missile being shot your way. This stuff is super interesting to we civilian sticks.
Ps. That section approach was new to me and made me think about how the FAA would shit a brick if civilian pilots did that. Lastly, noticed you flip a page on your checklist in the reflection on your visor while you were starting your go around and wondered if you were executing a checklist for the go around or doing something else?
I wish that every dislike on a video needed a comment on why you didn’t like it because I want to know why anybody would dislike a freaking awesome video like this
Very interesting episode. Thanks Mover!
nice to see the old base again, i was stations there back when it was NAS Miramar
F/A-18 DCS question, in DCS the flaps are auto, you stated you set your flaps for landing, they aren't auto in the real bird? and what flaps setting did you use?
I’d love to see more Hornet videos!
Awesome. More please! I want to save up money to get a pilot license since I'm in my 40s and missed my chance to fly F-14s.
Did you ever think about going active during your time and apply for the Blue Angels?
QUESTION Mover F14D How Would It Do In A Dogfight Against Super hornet
Love all your vlogs, books are next. I'm definitely interested in more vids like this, my vision was beyond waiver status so I couldn't fly, so I became a private pilot, did serve on the USS Theodore roosevelt, v1 division and did some med cruises. Miss those birds.. keep the narrative vids coming
"like a little bottle rocket". lol
Interesting description of a sidewinder.
July 1968...I was a newly minted US Army Warrant Office Cobra pilot on my way to Vietnam. Home in San Diego for leave and a friend who was a RIO backseat F-4 arranged for me to do a training hop out of then NAS Miramar in a Phantom. Oh crap that was the ride of my life! In Vietnam got hops in F-100s, A-37s on bombing missions, but that Phantom ride was the best. Plane captain gave me a barf bag...said I wouldn't need it 'cause I'm a hot shit Cobra helo pilot. Filled that sucker!
Great episode Mover! Absolutely YES more episodes like these! Praying you can get back in the T-38 as soon as things stabilize in FL.(or wherever they’ll re-base your squadron) . Godspeed Sir 🇺🇸🤙🏻
Thanks, Pat. I appreciate your kind words and support!
Mover, definitely enjoy the definitive explanations involved in these ops. An example of which is the after launch inspections for damage. Bring more Hornet stuff if you can dig it up. Your videos are terrific. Much different than the usual drivel with the usual metal music in the background. Not that I don't enjoy cruise videos, but your stuff is a cut above by far. Shiny side up. Jan Burden
Mover in your time with the reserves, did you ever get a chance to drop JDAM, JSOW drops or SINK-Ex's with regular fleet pilots
That was pretty neat, thanks for posting, and please post more!
I think some inflight video with narration is a great idea. I like the more technical aspects/explanations!
Enjoyed the video, would love to see more showing off aspects of flying. I also enjoy your other videos (DCS, old stories and lingo, mover ruins movies etc.)
Your windscreen is DIRTY. 7:10 Doesn't the ground crew clean it at all?
@C.W. Lemoine Wow. I can't believe you guys flew in the muck so close to each other at the 13:00 time stamp. If the ceiling had been 200ft instead of 1000 would your rules still permit a formation approach so close to each other? That looks more spooky than a carrier night landing. I say that because you have to fly your instruments and look at your wingman at the same time for spacing. Looking for the runway and your buddy must be stressful.
Another question. Your wingtip wake turbulence is obvious in the moist air. But it doesn't seem so ominous. But is it? Suppose you flew right behind the other jet and got caught in the wake from the wingtip, how dangerous, if at all would that be? Great video. I learned a lot just watching it.
Let me clarify,,, in video debris on runway sooooo you follow in Lead, you circle n so on n forth. Your helmet visor in down and in video
What's Mover got outboard on his left wing?
Extra flares in case there's a miss?
I'm wondering the same.
ANOTHER killer inside scoop of military aviation at it's finest. Gr8 stuff. You're da BOMB.
hey Mover. question. or questions... haha
when bombs and guns are being fired. why do they roll the jet then get lined up etc. so yeah if you can talk about the approach and why they do it like that. would be great.
Also with a f16 vs F18 in wartime config say identical aim120 and aim 9's single fuel tank
who wins?
Awesome Video! Thanks for posting all that you do!