F-14D Pilot Talks About His SCARIEST Flight in the TOMCAT | Interview Clips 

that is awesome! thanks for your work, it produced an awesome jet!

that’s pretty sick! a pilot flying an obviously info sensitive mission and the guy that designed the thing that saved his life is in the comments of the same vid

AN/ALQ-165 Airborne Self Protection Jammer, for those whos wondering the abreviation. The ASPJ contributes to full-dimensional protection by improving individual aircraft probability of survival. The AN/ALQ-165 ASPJ is an automated modular reprogrammable active radar frequency (RF) deception jammer designed to contribute to the electronic self protection of the host tactical aircraft from a variety of air to air and surface to air RF threats. The ASPJ was designed to accomplish threat sorting, threat identification, and jamming management in a dense signal environment to counter multiple threats. The modular architecture supports internal integration with other avionics/weapons systems in a variety of aircraft. The ALQ-165, a joint venture between Northrop Grumman and ITT Avionics, is now in production for the US Marine Corps and Navy's F/A-18s and F-14. The ASPJ was selected by the USAF for a planned F-111 upgrade during the late-1980s, though this upgrade was cancelled when the USAF decided to retire its F-111s.

@@ramal5708 If I recall, it weighed something substantial…like 80 lbs. And we mounted it inside the LH sponson on vibration isolating mounts. I think there was a rack also. And a waveguide that had to pierce the nacelle wall and due to fire mitigation, had to design a quartz waveguide window to seal nacelle and be transparent to RF.

I always wondered what the purpose of the system was. Worked Block 40 and 50 Vipers, we didn't have the system but we did have the lines and CBs (all leading nowhere, capped off, CBs collared). Lot of young guys would come to me with "Hey this line's gouged, can you take a look?" And the end result would be "oh, it's ASPJ, dead system, there's no limit there." Always wondered what it was for though

They are job security of EMTs in bad guy country.

As a 20 year Paramedic, I absolutely agree with that statement!

My life is boring all around :(..

Medic/Corpsman: “I stack and unstack bodies” ;) Combat pilot: “I stack bodies wholesale”

Yeah, wasnt there a C-130 J that did a forced landing gear up in a field recently?

I'm not real far from LRAFB. I think my buddy's pool is a waypoint, especially in the summer, always a few flying over. "30 degrees left at the naked lady".

Lmao! Nice

Probably scarier if your instructor didn’t answer because they had g-LOC’d

As an American civilian .. I am glad all of you are on our side. Keep fighting the good fight Brit !

@@WilhelmofPrussia Dilly - Dilly! ^v^

Hard to beat the joy of knowing there are angels on your shoulder. And hearing them screaming into the AO

TOMCATS!

_TOMCATS!_

TOMCATS!!!!

T O M C A T S ! ! !

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Seems like a good reason to ask for the crooked runway. At this way you fall off the side of the boat.

Can confirm not Kitty Hawk CV63. Our squadron flew A's..(we were doing...other stuff, so only a couple of squadrons of Planes onboard)

lol, 10/10

Fly the DCS JF-17, the Jeff will make you proud

The best plane, it just breaks a lot ):

@@milspeccress8864 ur not wrong... but thx!

Agreed. I agree with @Wyatt Cresswell too...either way, I appreciate it flying over our house here in COS!

Ha! Nice. You can be my wingman anytime.

Hahaha! And I'll clean em and fry em🤣

It's a play on his last name because his last name sounds like pleasure.

The day he realized he forgot his piddle pack.

@@andrewt.5567 what is that sir? And also is the Tomcat an aircraft that you need to work a lot to work for you?

@@Peterax788 It's what they use to go to the bathroom in flight.

Fighter Combat: Tactics and Maneuvering by Robert L. Shaw

I just read "Phantom over Vietnam" It was very good, if I went to make a cup of tea I would find myself standing up keeping the book in my hand while I was doing it trying to keep reading as every time it gets to a point where things calm down it all goes mental again! Good read it was

@@komsomolac thanks

@@L0r0x_o thanks

Flight of the intruder (book from wich the film was token) and final flight both from Stephen J. Coonts.

Yup 👍

Lots of reasons. Too expensive to maintain is probably the biggest. The Tomcat is/was an old plane with old methodology, and aside from it being able to carry the giant 54 it doesn't bring anything to the table that the Hornet can't do, and the Hornet can do a lot of things the Tomcat can't.

@@hirumaryuei which makes no sense because the F-15 eagle is still in service today and they were only a year apart when put into the field. It was the swing wing technology and maintenance like you said that ultimately did it in. Grrr

Borenet. ;)

Nah...... they're just T-38s.

I'm betting you looked that up too and got nothing but Cat Health Advice? lol

Think about it. What might cat' be short for on a carrier?

@buddymax46 We're wondering how a Stroke comes into it. As they were discussing Engine Failure too.

@buddymax46 What's a Richard, and why don't you advocate being one? Why oughtn't you be considered one yourself?

Yes.

Its Russias first venture into designing a stealth aircraft. Ironically, prior to the fruition of Su-57 felon, pro-russian think tanks claimed stealth didn't work. Still, their approach and inexperience to creating a true stealth platform shows due to the sheer size, 3D thrust vectoring (not stealthy), exposed irst pod, and a list of a number of other compromises. Meanwhile, the US has had several generations of stealth aircraft, each one more advanced than the last. Right now they're in the process of developing 6th gen bombers/fighters (A.I., unmanned, laser weapons, self healing skin). Conclusion: US stealth has pedigree, a proven track record, has been battle tested, and a history all its own. As of now, all 'russian stealth' is, is.... just hype. The US had the U2 (first use of ram, highest altitude achieved to try and evade detection), the sr-71(flew low, below radar, or high at mach 3 speeds to avoid it), the Quiet Bird (first true stealth design concept), the F-117 (first use of super computers to calculate the rcs of a plane from every angle), the B-2 (first stealth platform with curved surfaces), the yf-23 and yf-22 (first super sonic stealth jets), numerous stealth drones (some of which were copied by Russia), the F-35 (a true 5th gen stealth fighter/bomber), and soon the valkyrie and loyal wingman drones that incorporate A.I. and will work in unison with 4th/5th/6th gen fighters. Russia still has along way to go. As if yet, their Su-57 isn't even production ready and won't be for some time regardless of whatever misinformation they put out there. Rule of thumb says it takes about 15-20 years to develop these technologies (F-22 and F-35 both approx 15 years). So, until Russia has a working fully functioning, working version, that has entered service, its all hype and nationalistic pride speaking. And even when it does, it will still be unproven.