Mon, 26 September 2022 Baana 22 -exercise. FINAF F18D HN-461 lands for hot pit refuelling and takes off from a highway road strip at Joutsa. Yes, I had headache for the rest of the day.
The Adelaide F1 GP in '85 I think, when they scared the pants off everyone with this monster in the sky. The WOW factor was off the scale. Still is for me.
Agree. My country (Slovakia) has just bought new F-16 Block 70, but I still prefer F/A -18, it is very versatile jet and as you can see on this video (and more from Finland) - it can land and start on a very, very short distance.
@@PajisP 150db is just a number. Until someone is standing next to a running hornet/super hornet, they won't realize how A) big they are and B) loud they are.
I experienced multiple Harrier AV-8Bs onboard the Belleau Wood without ear protection. I’m paying for it now. It was remarkable though. Anyway, my hearing was crap before and the VA bought my hearing aids, so no biggie.
Lähelle on päässyt kuvaamaan. On varmaan uskomaton jyrinä paikanpäällä kuultuna. Täällä pohjois-pohjanmaalla lentelivät matala lentoja muutama viikko sitten. On se myös aika humaus kun A35 learjet vetää 500-600km/h alle sadassa metrissä, mitä koitin flightradarilla seurata. Sattui hyvä tuuri bongausten kannalta kun meni lentoreitti suoraan tontin yli.
@@MorkulaMuussi Tuo Learjet oli kyllä mahtava. Etenkin kun ekalla kerralla meni suoraan pihan yli, yllätti vielä. Toisella kerralla ei ihan päältä mennyt, mutta ääni jäi sentään filmille.
Pristine looking bird, must be very well maintained. How many hours do the Finnish AF's Hornets have now? I was a technician on USMC F/A-18D on 1991 model birds, and they finally retired some years ago, very well used up.
I'm not 100% sure, but as far as I found out, the average flight time of Finnish AF's Hornets is about 2,500 hours so far. Their goal is to replace Hornets when they reach 4,500 hours.
@@micarone They don’t do many hours. The RAAF retired it’s Mirage 111O’s around 1990 , the majority left were sold to Pakistan with around 4000 hours on the Airframes
First F/A 18s were received to Finland in late of 1995. At first those were named F-18 as they didn't have air-to-ground attack availability. Planes were updated (MLU2) between 2012-2016.
This aircraft is well suited to highway/improvised flight line operations. The F/A-18 was optimized for short take off and landing performance with low stall speeds and heavy duty landing gear. I wonder how much more space the F/A-35A will need to take off and land? I am not surprised that Finland was attracted to the F/A-35 due to its Low Observable capabilities in the face of advanced Russian SAM threats. I wonder if the B or C variants would have been better suited to Finland's need to operate from damaged flight lines or segments of highway.
@@KasperiVonSchrowe, thanks for the on the ground knowledge. I wonder if it would be difficult to find 2 miles of straight flat road without damage in the event of a Putin attack on your country.
@@toddbrackett4277 our air force's tactics has always relied on highway strips. We have many of them. Ground support is also strong so refueling, reloading weaponry and even some simple service tasks can be accomplished on these strips. We have electrical power posts, aprons and parking lots there. Those highway strips can be changed into - literally - small AFBs.
@Phillip Banes Finnish Air Force is adopting A variant of F-35 Lightning. It may require longer stretch for landing than C variant, but it's probably no problem. I don't know if there will be parachute or not.
I'm happy to se that our Finnish brothers still can do it. The Swedsh Air Force seems to have forgotten how to do it. But do we ever get back to the speed and efficiency of the cold war? This is painfully slow... and the F18 needs an awful lot of runway... 😀 (Swedish Air Force ground crew 1988, Saab 37 Viggen)
I wonder how thick that asphalt is? In the USA, the standard asphalt highway/interstate is not thick enough (at least that is what I have been told) to support the take off/landing weight of such an aircraft..?? Cool vid though!!!
These jets were built to fly from aircraft carriers so they have very strong landing gear. Perhaps they would do alright even on lesser quality roads than the one in this video.
@@scottgorman7166 the support system for HN includes sweeping vehicles for road bases. Ability to use road bases was a hard requirement for the DX program so McDonnell-Douglas had to come up with a way to make it work just to be able to submit a bid.
Airfield locations and coordinates are known so easy to target with cruise/ballistic missiles. It is hard to spot and target a road airstrip since by the time it has been spotted by a satellite or a drone it has already been moved to another location.
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