Mach Loop 2022 Highlights!! USAF F-15Eagle V F35Lightning Low Level through the Mountains of Wales 

See you in 2023

3:43 Smart decision to stay with the vortices instead of tracking the plane. Really, really, REALLY good camera work.

3:43 This Eagle's vortices - dancing, swirling, then dissipating - were just mesmerizing in this beautiful lighting - Thank You from Canada!🇨🇦

I had the privileged of growing up as an US Air Force brat. I would spend hours watching the F15s fly. They are still my favorite fighter jet.

I love how the helicopter crew is clearly just joy riding through the loop. 🙂

The fast-movers might be what most people get excited by, but, I love seeing the C-130s. That's an airplane that's been in service since 1956, still faithfully serving just about every Western aligned nation, 66 years later.

loved the chopper crew giving you all a friendly wave!

2:56 I love this shot, with the pilot looking at the photographers, and the Welsh flag draped over their instruments. It was a nice gesture!

I loved that one of our F-15 pilots had the Welsh flag displayed over the instrument panel for the photogs to see! That was totally cool and showed respect to the Welsh! The UK has some beautifully spectacular countryside, would love to visit you all over there one day!

Great to see one of the F-15Cs carried the Welsh flag in front of his HUD. Amazing photography as ever. Best wishes for 2023 for everyone and thank you kindly for climbing up that hill numerous times to bring us the best. Cheers from the Netherlands.

The condensation vortices at 3:43 are amazing.

Those four Hercs flying together was really emotionally stirring for me. Bloody majestic, it was!

That was just epic. The F15 with the Welsh flag, the 35’s, the big Airbus and the Hercules road train. Wow!

Once again I have to say the quality of photography on this channel is superb. It’s almost like being there. Thank you.

Sad sad day. I’ll miss my favorite the F-15’s!

4:56 Big respect to all those fotographers and cameramen. So close next to the abyss, looking only into the cam hunting the perfect shot. This is passion

I so much love seeing these aviators hamming it up for the photographers. You know that they love it too! Thank you Elwyn R!

As a retired USAF crew chief and pilot I can't tell you how cool this was! Thanks!

Once again you are amazing…thanks for making that climb up for us!

The shot of the 4 Hercules face on is probably the most amazing video of warplanes I've ever seen. They aren't fighter jets, but damn, if I was on the ground in combat and saw transports coming like that, I'd know my day would most likely be a short one!

A-MAZE-ING!!! 🤩🤩 my god this was a glorious 7 mins spent watching this reel. thanks for putting it together. I need to come to Wales to find this loop and sit and watch the jets, I'm in awe whenever I see them zip through the valleys in the Lake District and this looks so much better!

F15 Eagle will be the most iconic jet of its era. I love its lines, you can tell the frame and design screams performance.

Loving the F15 with the Welsh flag. Great acknowledgement from the Reapers 👍

The big Hercs doing the "anything you can do, flyboys, we can do better!!!" LOVE IT!!

I've missed this terrain flying action ever since AFB Plattsburgh was deactivated. It wasn't as busy as the Loop but cresting a hill and meeting a four element flight of A-10s in trail cresting the same hill from the opposite direction was always a treat. This is good stuff, thanks for sharing!

The Eagles will always be near and dear to me as they were the first aircraft I was assigned to be a maintainer on in my AF life. First Eagle I was assigned to was made 7 years after I was born . . .

Brilliant! Especially the vortices showing up in the vapour trails.

I got chills seeing the 130s flying in close formation so low. That's really cool.

This is all so beautiful. The pilots, though - especially in the jet fighters - they get to feel what it's like to be a bird. At 3:29 when the two F-15s pull up out of the valley and into the sky... they're experiencing something truly extraordinary. Yeah, really beautiful to watch.

Super stunning as always!!! You know seeing the four Hercules for the first time, is something only we Avgeeks will understand and why it’s always worth it!!! Happy New Year!!

Just bloody fantastic. The planes, photos and videos. Love the Welsh flag in the F-15... 🙂

the jets are cool but that shot of the 4 Hercules' was incredible

That frontal view of those 4 Hercules was stunning

I love seeing the big "C" planes flying by! Big, impressive, lumbering giants!

Always loved the F -15. Such an iconic shape. Sad to know they're gone from the Mach Loop. It's great to see one last time. 👍

Mach Loop looks like paradise for any aviation enthusiast and photographer, wish we had something like this in Florida. Amazing footage and pics!!

My dad, an old Marine in the F-4 days, loves this and so do I. Thank you!

That was filmed with the awe of a 6 year old seeing his first big plane takeoff.... superb!!!

seeing those 4 Hercs fly together is just stunning such giant aircraft that looked far more nimble than their size would convey... it just makes me think, like the only time you would really see this outside of a photo stunt was back in WW2. Maybe even on the famous Dambusters raid...so many giants lumbering so close to the ground, Beautiful, majestic, dangerous. It is just awesome to watch, in the original sense of the word.... just Awe

Love how the airmen play along for pictures, amazing footage, especially those C130s flying together

I used to work at the end of the runways at Lambert Airfield in St. Louis, MO (home of F-15 producer McDonnel Douglas, before being bought by Boeing). At that time the MO Air National Guard had a squadron of Eagles. It was amazing watching them take off out of there. Seeing and hearing them gives me goosebumps every time. Loved the formation of C-130s. Had one go low over us during a ski trip last year just as a I got off the lift at the top of the mountain. Better moment than any air show I've ever been at. Hercules may not be the biggest, fastest transport, but they are the best in my humble opinion. Great shots on all the aircraft. Thank you!

3:40 was crazy!! The service men/women waving in the helicopter at the end was so cool. Love our English service men and women 🇺🇲🇬🇧

You’re doing a pretty good job of showcasing the beauty of North Wales, too…..

I remember being on holiday in Napton on the Hill, Warwickshire back in the 80's. There was a field going down from the back of the house where we were staying and 2 A-10 Thunderbolts did a turn across the face of the hill right in front of us. You could almost reach out and touch them as they passed. What a sight and what a sound.

Four C-130 together are fascinating. Thank you.

This is one the best videos I've ever seen! Thank you for hiking up and sharing your talent. I have no words - amazing footage.

Those wing tip vortices show how beautiful mother nature can react to a marvellous piece of engineering. 🙂

My dad was stationed at Langley AFB for 5 years. Loved getting to see the F-15 daily. A10 is still my favorite jet though.

Another terrific year in the blustery hills of Wales. Well Done!

lovely to see they took the time to put a welch flag in the cockpit ,shows they really appreciate your photos

Fantastic and awe-inspiring footage! The planes & helicopters were cool, too!

The F15 is a fantastic plane, but the F35 is great. It looks good and the sound when it goes overhead is incredible. So much raw power!

Wow - those four Hercules! I've never seen more than two at once and never from above them!

Brilliant ...use to love watching the 15s coming back in when playing golf there...happy days

Those shots are just incredible 😍 I'm loving the F35 in Microsoft Flight Simulator lol

Loved the friendship gesture of the Welsh Flag ! What a legend.

I would sit there all day just to watch these planes

Watching this video makes you feel like i hope Airwolf comes howling by…. Great footage and pictures taken.

The Footage of the 4 Herc's is breath-taking! it shows speed is not everything! thanks for sharing

So many highlights! The Welsh flag in the cockpit was a nice touch. The Herc 4-ship was a particularly special day, I would imagine.

F 15s flying into the setting sun. Great shot

When i was young my step dad was stationed at moffet field and he often got to show me around up close to many aircraft.i thank him for planting that seed. Growing up it was the f4 phantom that was my favorite. But whats really beautiful and my new favorite is the f22.

One day I'm gonna fly over from the US just to come and watch. Amazing shots! For me, the newer "low observable" shapes and coatings make the F35 better looking...but still not as slick as the F22. But 50 yrs of service from the F15 is amazing.

Always love your year in review at the Loop!! Hoping to get back in 2023....

Thank you . This is the most beautiful valley made all the better by fast jets and other traffick. Thank you for your effort in bringing this to us, I can't get there nearly enough times in one year, this bridges the gap. THANK YOU 😊

3:36 this is absolutely amazing !!! i rewatched it like 100 times and it still gets better

That day in January with the F15C’s and D’s with the F35’s was an epic day. Then the SJ’s turned up. So glad you were on east filming it. I was on west photographing it. Awesome vid as always .

The Welsh flag? Class!

We happened to be driving through that valley in the 90's, totally unaware this was a thing, when a pair of Tornadoes flew right over us. Amazing sight to see.

The animals living quietly in these mountains must be so happy to listen to these engines of flying death machines.

I am in awe! The quality of the photos are incredible.

Fantastic video and images! I'd love to see more of these amazing jets and aircraft for myself on the loop but I always seem to miss them! Wouldn't mind a radio either to listen in! Lol great stuff!

My eyes stopped me from being a pilot. But dear God how I love to watch those birds fly!

Got to love the Navy at the end " Hey guys , someone's doing a photo shoot " 🤣🤣🤣

WOW!! Some of the best footage I've seen in a long time Elwyn!! Absolutely fantastic! Especially @ 3m 41s ... That exit shot and those vortice trails... never seen anything THAT good ever! They looked like a firework display! Amazing! And not forgetting the Reaper Farewell exit too! Proper jockey's that lot! 🤘🤘 Thanks for sharing mate!!

I can just imagine how amazing it should be to see that! Wonderful views and so nicely filmed 👍 Love from France 🇫🇷

Seen the F-15s fly over Norfolk Uk so many times,don’t need to look up to the skies to know it is one! Beautiful airplane but the F-35 looks great too,what a fantastic spot to take photos and footage,on a patriotic note the Typhoon is a super aircraft too.

Really cool shots.I live in Bermo and enjoy seeing these aircraft coming past low level(yes I know they were going down Tal-Y-LLyn on this one)lI am sure that at one time they were using either the bridge or the point in the Harbour as a' target'.Sitting outside the 'Locker' and hearing the aircraft turning up the heat and going vertical when they 'drop their load' had the cups rattling on their saucers-brilliant. Subscribed. Diolch.

As an Air Force vet I much prefer the old airframe of the F-15. Just a beast.

What a unique whine the F-35 engine has. Their demo team home base is an hour north of me. We get to hear them fairly often. And when the conditions are right can hear the sonic booms from out over the desert range as they train.

we see alot of low level c130 in wiltshire but those f15's really do it for me the still with the pilot looking straight at the camera gave me goosebumps

Love your work, really appreciate these videos. And as for favorite, I have a soft spot for the F-15, I can only hope the F-35's grow into the standards that the older fighter set.

Fantastic footage, love the F-15. Clear, sharp visuals. Those 4 Hercs together was awesome. Happy Holidays 😀😀👌

It's funny, when I saw the 4 Herc's flying in together I heard the Dambusters theme in my head.

Those f-15's are so beautiful. Thank you for sharing.

It's so crazy to me that humans can build such beautiful machines.

VERY cool shots! I know this may sound a bit odd, but the C130s are my favorites🤩 love watching them fly low and slow :)

I personally feel all of them are amazing, even the old technology is still way ahead of its time and the new stuff is crazy futuristic!

Thank you Elwyn. It is a real treat to watch these videos. Hope you have a great 2023.

My time at P&W was not wasted! F35 is agile, fast and stealthy. Beautiful!

3:48 is stunning 👌

the herc fly by was just majestic

The F-35's look so smooth as they do the loop.

Fantastic footage Elwyn especially that spluff at 3:45 it's absolutely 👌👌 against that sky, top draw. You've had a fantastic year looking at this video, the passing of the batten from the F15's to the F35's and those 4 Hercules just to mention a couple 👌👏👏✈️🇺🇲🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Here's to a fantastic 2023 👍🍺 have a good New Year Elwyn. ATB Andy

3:43 If this was a film, you'd think those ribbons had been added via CGI instead of being perfectly natural. Love the Welsh flag over the dash. Nice touch, Mr Pilot!

Always an outstanding presentation! Thank you for posting these gems and warm greetings from Nellis AFB, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA!

I admit the Eagle vortices was very cool, but the four-flight of Hercs was amazing

As a 67 year old dude …I’d love to sit in one of those jets just one time ….flying like that. Jealous !!

Just been watching this and put earphones in and noise is almost like being there . They all sound great but I'm old school, f15s for me and c130s are awesome.

They are beautiful devices and beautiful images. From a Brazilian admirer.