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Join the air force lol

@@yfposer I should have! 20-20 hindsight! I’m a little no a lot too old!

And loud AF!

@Jax's Aviation I was sleeping in Mather AFB base housing in Sacramento one weekend back in the late 80s. I was in the Buff squadron there at the time. Suddenly, my wife and I spring up out of bed. There’s this incredibly loud roar, cups are falling off shelves, windows are rattling, pictures are swinging, dust’s drifting down from the ceiling. My wife screams, “What the f*ck is that?” I had no idea. My first thought was that it was a tornado, or something, but I could see that it was a bright, sunny morning. Maybe it was an earthquake? Being a Boston boy, I’d never been in one. Come to find out later that day it was just a Bone beating up the pattern!

At first I thought it was F-15Es because of the tail code, except that it has the missile approach warning sensors (MAWS) below the canopy. Only F-15 SA, SG, QA and EX have these. It was difficult to see the RSAF insignia, but these are based at Mountain Home.

those CAG markings belong to which squadron?

@@speckgens 428th Fighter Squadron, the Buccaneers.

@@speckgens , VFA-113 Stingers !

NATO E-3s fly Royal Luxembourg Air Force colours with multinational NATO crews.

No B-1 lancers flying anymore, just the slower B1B variants.

When were you there? I was life support 93-98?

@@stevemcgarrett303 I was Sq 3 93-98, then TWSO 98-00

Hey guys! I just missed both of you. I was assigned to the NATO E-3A Component from May 1986 to December 1992, and 552 before that. Both great assignments.

Practicing “in country” tactical landings?

Pilot: “ooh man I think i missed the wire” Tower: “no stupid, pull your airbrakes to stop”

Not F/A-18s they were E/A-18s

@@deedubs602 yes...I meant that😊...I replied to someone who asked if those were Aim120s on the wing launchers and referenced these are EA-18Gs.👍

I miss working on fa-18's , I was a jet engine mechanic when I was in the Navy

@@delten-eleven1910 EA-18g can carry AIM-120

@@delten-eleven1910 Those are training HARMs, since EA-18G does D-SEAD along with EW.

Try seeing them at night take off full afterburner...a sight to behold.

Yeah me too...guess it's reflexive to Hornet drivers, even with more than 2 miles of runway straight ahead.

Oh yah it is super funny watching the carrier guys land on a runway

@@delten-eleven1910 Boy this carrier sure is long! And calm sea state too!

The US and Canadian Hornet pilots I know told me it's SOP to not flare the jet (any version) when landing because of the way the landing gear is meant to work. So they are supposed to be "firm" landings.

@@davidsmith8997 Yes indeed the F/A-18 has a trailing link main landing gear that's designed for 15 feet per second drop

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Look at what...shiny USless toys...

Thank you sir! I believe this was ASL AIRLINES

@@TheNellisSpotter correctamundo

My first thought was Kalitta. Need to see what they did at the track this weekend.

@@slowpoke96Z28 did very well

There is no low flying at SWC anymore.

Those are E/A-18G Growler variants of the F/A-18F, which have fixed wingtip electronic pods instead of aim-9x launchers.

The Growlers were carrying AGM-88 HARMs under the wings.

No, what you saw out on the wing tips are pods for the AN/ALQ-219 Comms Jamming system.

@@johnosbourn4312 Close. That's the ALQ-218, and they're EW receivers, not comm jammers. All jamming, including comm jamming goes through the ALQ-99 pods under the wings.

Those are f-15sg, from the Singapore Air force. They have a detachment at mountain home, within the 428th fighter squadron.

I noticed that 2....

Yes, and no. The F-15SG does have F110's in the engine bays, but the fairings beneath the aft cockpit are ECM antennas, not IR sensors.

Both. Every time came in within 30 minutes it seemed. Like a red flag recovery. So the runways got clogged up fast. Growlers and eagles on the left and bones on the right. There were like 50 Shaw birds that came in that took up both runways

@@TheNellisSpotter Awesome, yeah I can guess the crazyness of having both runways active at the same time. Surprised they went for the 03 as the 21 is further away from the town but I guess wind was enough of a factor that they went for the 03s. Anyway tanks for answering, hope I can make it across one time to see it myself.

That's not a Janet flight. Janet flies in and out of McCarran airport. Their planes are white with a red stripe.

That's a Navy C-40, carrying Sailors from the Growler squadron.

I enlisted in 76. Went to Crete Greece then Kirkland in Albuquerque in 78. Went to Nellis TDY on the way to Groom. I was SP. Been back to Nellis in recent years for the air show. Great stuff. 👍🇺🇸

HCX1500

Noted for next time

VAQ-138 Yellowjackets EA-18G out of NAS whidbey Island

@@TheNellisSpotter any idea where the first two planes were from?

Not this one

ECM pods on the Growler. It’s their main way of jamming enemy radars and communication.

Jamming Pods

@@Deez276 thanks for that. You learn something new everyday.

Those are Growlers, not F/A-18F. ALQ-99 jamming pods. The "propellers" (Ram Air Turbine) generate electricity to power the pod.

nope... E's i think.

@@SSaugaCriss I believe they may be EX's. Those are GE engine nozzles. US F-15's have been Pratt powered (until the EX) and do not have the "petals" on the nozzle. Plus there is a sensor on the rear near the horizontal stabs that I have not seen on the E. Unless those are Korean, Saudi or Qatari.

@@williamkillingsworth2619 somebody else said they are F15SGs. we're both wrong but np, take care.

@@SSaugaCriss word. I didn't know we sold to Singapore. Thanx.

It’s an F-15SG

@@TheNellisSpotter cool, they flying with the U.S. now at mountain home ?

@@TheNellisSpotter I feel stupid now, the Singapore training program.

No don’t be , I should’ve been more clear. Sorry

Those aren't USAF F-15Es, instead those are F-15SGs of the Republic of Singapore Air Force based at Mountain Home AFB, as part of the 428th Fighter Squadron "Buccaneers". This Squadron supports the RSAF's Peace Carvin-V,(5) Detachment, assigned to the 366th Fighter Wing, "Gunfighters".