My First Low Level in the Hornet 

This gives me a whole new appreciation for the A10 pilots doing runs for us in the mountains.

Thanks for not adding music to this

I wasn't 100% if I'd worked with you before, but this video confirmed it! I was a Red Air GCI with VFC-13 while you were conducting this SFARP. Always love seeing aerial footage of fighters in Fallon!

I know that feeling all too well. During my last year flying for the Army we had our daughter, and I became distinctly aware of what I was risking. I remember the exact flight and moment I realized the same things you did. I was at a similar timeframe in my career as well, about 7 years in. I ended up making the choice to leave tactical flying behind, and I'm sure I'll miss it someday. But that last year was rough. Good on you for pushing through it and thank you for making this video.

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For a fraction of a second I thought to myself..he should close those mirrors for better FPS. Too much DCS for me.

Mondays with Mover have become a Tuesday ritual for me. (Australian time zone). Great video, thanks mate!

I spent all this money on a pilots watch, and a real pilot wears a digital G Shock. 🤦‍♂️

I can’t imagine being on one of those trails you can see on the mountaintops, just walking through nature then a pack of Hornets come screaming over you at 200’. It would be an experience.

Fantastic video, Mover. Takes me back to flying the CF-18 in the 80s and early 90s. We were authorized to 100' AGL; I flew hundreds of hours doing ground attack. In Northern Quebec (near Bagotville), the hills made it really tough to maintain 100' AGL. When we went to Maple Flag in Cold Lake, or Red Flag at Nellis, there were times my Radar Altimeter would go off (I had set it at 60'), and I was feeling quite comfortable. Turns at 4 to 5 G at 100' and 510 kts groundspeed were exercises in looking straight ahead through the HUD, watching the velocity vector closely. When we deployed to Lahr and Baden, West Germany, the 500' limit that was the rule at the time seemed like nose-bleed territory. In a single-seat fighter, low level flying is VERY dangerous. Looks like you did a great job respecting your personal limits and ensuring you didn't become a statistic, like too many of my close friends.

Let me just tell you that there is ABSOLUTLY NOTHING in this world that makes me more jealous and envious than watching this video. In July of 2001 I joined the Navy to be a fighter pilot. Fast forward 10 years I became a damn good AM (Airframe Structural Mechanic.) Never made it in the cockpit unfortunately. It is so awesome watching you fly. Thanks for posting.

Everything you have done, for a career, nothing but respect, stay blessed and thank you for all of your service....

No music. THANK-YOU!

This movie is so cool. It reminds me of my Low Altitude Let down Training back in the middle 80's flying in the Rhino! Making a 4 G level turn for 180 degrees was harder than it seemed without climbing. That was a objective my instructor stressed in our learning phase. It is amazing that this became so comfortable after continuous training and maintaining that skill level. Low level flying up in Goose Bay CA was the ultimate in my flying career. Thanks for the memories! Ross

What you do is so awesome, I am a 12 year veteran of USAF security forces and spent a lot of time guarding the F16 and other air craft, I spoke to a lot of the pilots as the passed through the ECP and always wondered what it was like flying one of these jets.

This is incredible. Thank you for putting this out. I've seen several of these low level videos but I've always been curious about what's going through the pilot's head. Your narration really scratches that intellectual itch for me.

Loved the video . I used to fly low level a lot on my F16 Falcon simulator. You are living the life.

Aircraft videos from a real deal fighter pilots like CW Lemoine's are really satisfying videos. This is really nice videos beginning to end!

This content, your skill, professionalism as a pilot/aviator and thr manner in which you present and reveal where it's at in a post modern fighter is sensational, enthralling, inspiring, lump in the throat stuff. As an Aussie, I'm proud to be celebrating 100 years of the RAAF! At 59 I've been into military aviation all my life and this forum just rock's. Thank you for the articulate and totally aware and switched - on presentations of the subject matter.