Amazing video shows ultra-low level flying from the cockpit of an F-16 cockpit

This footage shows an ultra low-level flying of F-16 from Misawa Air Base, which is around 400 miles north of Tokyo on the Japanese island of Honshu.
Military pilots continue to receive a lot of training in low-level flying. Fighter jocks continue to train at low altitudes even though the majority of current war scenarios take place at higher altitudes in order to sneak up on heavily guarded targets and elude areas covered by sophisticated air defense networks.
While stand-off weaponry and electronic countermeasures are helpful, pilots' ability to place bombs on target and survive to fight another day may also depend on their proficiency in low-level combat situations around the globe.

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  • @andymurday4538
    @andymurday45385 жыл бұрын

    This has to be one of the best fighter jet cockpit view flight videos on KZread. Thank you for sharing. I would like to see you do a video of a long distance flight in the cockpit view of a fighter jet, from New York to Los Angeles. That would be awesome. We need videos like that. Please make it happen. Thank you.

  • @fr8fr6dr69

    @fr8fr6dr69

    4 жыл бұрын

    There are a few other good ones, F-16 and Navy/Marine Corps F/A-18. In the F-18 low-level vid, he hotrods it a bit and rolls inverted over a lot of the mountain crossings. I used to fly the low-level routes near Big Bend National Park, Texas - canyons, desert, some flat terrain. We would run them at 360KIAS and 420KIAS, but I believe in the F-16 and F/A-18 vids they are running them at 480KIAS or thereabouts.

  • @tijmenvrijburg8682

    @tijmenvrijburg8682

    4 жыл бұрын

    fr8fr6dr a little late but what did you fly?

  • @andymurday4538

    @andymurday4538

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@tijmenvrijburg8682 I have never flown a plane. I just like watching videos of flying. I wish I knew how to fly one though.

  • @DrBearAviation

    @DrBearAviation

    Жыл бұрын

    I agree that this is one of the best fighter jet cockpit view videos on YT. I watched it again and again, it is still awesome.

  • @ddd.777-

    @ddd.777-

    4 ай бұрын

    ​@@fr8fr6dr69what did you fly?

  • @Aurumai
    @Aurumai4 жыл бұрын

    I'd imagine the world feels so much smaller when our usually static frames of reference like clouds, mountains and the horizon itself can be explored within a matter of seconds like this.

  • @Aurumai

    @Aurumai

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@atharvsardesai4369 It's so crazy because you get a sense of that scale in video games when you fly, but because so few of us have ever physically experienced it, one might figure that it's just the video game that feels off and it isn't a good representation of reality. I still haven't flown in a fighter jet, so I could never say that I know now, but the feeling of scale watching a cockpit POV video is so similar.

  • @RobertErickson7100

    @RobertErickson7100

    7 ай бұрын

    Fighter Jet Pilots get in the Cloud formations, Using the Cloud as a Mountain, and Avoid going into them clouds.... Never know what could be hidden in the clouds... So if they hit the cloud, at least it wasn't a Mountain side... Especially when it is Really Storming... and Huge Cloud Formations....

  • @ddd.777-

    @ddd.777-

    4 ай бұрын

    Until you have to eject and you suddenly have to do tens of kilometers by foots

  • @tibor1234
    @tibor12344 жыл бұрын

    Awesome,, i could watch that for hours, it's so comforting. Thx

  • @Lightningbomb14

    @Lightningbomb14

    3 жыл бұрын

    I thought I was the only one who thought this was comforting :)

  • @TheCryptKeeper8
    @TheCryptKeeper83 жыл бұрын

    One of the best Vids out there. No silly music. Just a great ride. Thank you.

  • @USMilitaryPowerr

    @USMilitaryPowerr

    3 жыл бұрын

    Wow, thanks!

  • @alexandregoulart.terapeuta

    @alexandregoulart.terapeuta

    6 ай бұрын

    Well put!

  • @martinchamberlain542
    @martinchamberlain5423 жыл бұрын

    This is an astounding film. We see a lot of this here in the UK, mainly RAF Typhoons and USAFE F 15s ,with the odd C17 down in the weeds as well. I just love the bit where he or she flies between the windmills! Hope the pilot’s mother doesn’t watch this.....

  • @yasnac7576
    @yasnac75766 ай бұрын

    Back in 2013 my son and I did centrifuge testing for Virgin galactic at NayStar in bucks county PA. I now have a real appreciation for you guys and what they have to put up with when flying! Especially an F 16 I would love to go for a ride in one...

  • @simonvance8054
    @simonvance80542 жыл бұрын

    I love this...always wanted to fly an F-16...this is the closest I'm gonna get but it gives you the experience!..

  • @JZ909
    @JZ9093 жыл бұрын

    Parts of this look uncomfortably similar to me doing low levels in Falcon 4.0, right before I crash.

  • @youdoyouplayer8529

    @youdoyouplayer8529

    2 жыл бұрын

    I’m assuming one of those parts would be @6:23

  • @TheStormHelix
    @TheStormHelix5 жыл бұрын

    10:22 starts a good continuous 60 second canyon run.

  • @TeoZMuff313
    @TeoZMuff3133 жыл бұрын

    Best fighter jet video on KZread

  • @SHiFTyTReATS
    @SHiFTyTReATS4 жыл бұрын

    What a beautiful morning flight! Not a bad way to start your day #LivingTheDream

  • @rpbajb
    @rpbajb3 жыл бұрын

    I did this as a passenger in a T-6 Texan at just 4 G, and that was enough for me. Kudos to this pilot.

  • @per_scep_tivegamer879
    @per_scep_tivegamer8792 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful landscape & impressive flying.

  • @pascalsurlaroute
    @pascalsurlaroute11 ай бұрын

    Nice but would have been way better with report of altitude, speed and G-Force at the bottom of the screen.

  • @OCRay1
    @OCRay13 жыл бұрын

    Some of that was actually pretty scary. Really cool though.

  • @weeg91
    @weeg914 жыл бұрын

    Thanks, pilot,

  • @helpstopanimalabuse8153
    @helpstopanimalabuse81534 жыл бұрын

    Wonderful video, the skill level & temperant that these pilots have is incredible. I would have vomited several times. if i was in the cockpit.

  • @jamesadams893
    @jamesadams8939 ай бұрын

    Wow that was fairly realistic, Playstation is getting better and better.

  • @tylermcdonald2400
    @tylermcdonald24006 ай бұрын

    Imagine how slow driving a car would feel after this? 😂

  • @asheshinfinite3766
    @asheshinfinite37665 жыл бұрын

    Man, this is quite some scary stuff! Incredible! 😱😵😲😁

  • @mxcollin95
    @mxcollin954 жыл бұрын

    This IS badass!

  • @MooseVR
    @MooseVR11 ай бұрын

    Absolutely beautiful

  • @daffidavit
    @daffidavit9 ай бұрын

    If you slow this video down to .25 speed, this is what it would kind of look like on final approach to runway 35 at Danbury Conn. airport in a general aviation airplane. At about 600 ft. AGL you can look up at the mountain peaks on final at Danbury. In the winter you will even have the snow, like this. Beautiful.

  • @GWAsnipr7
    @GWAsnipr72 жыл бұрын

    Amazing!!! That has got to be So Fun!!! Good Pilot Tuan!!!

  • @RobertErickson7100
    @RobertErickson71007 ай бұрын

    I Enjoyed the Ride along, thanks

  • @thomasandersen1784
    @thomasandersen17843 жыл бұрын

    Somehow i get all stressed out, by watching this, and i imagine the pilot do the same. Great footage. Cheers from Denmark

  • @bradcook3242
    @bradcook32424 ай бұрын

    Very cool video!

  • @Caninedriver
    @Caninedriver6 ай бұрын

    I liked my time in helo's, but you guys have GOT to have hardons ALL the time!!!! What a gas!

  • @GWAsnipr7
    @GWAsnipr72 жыл бұрын

    Great Job!!!

  • @ALSPEHEIR
    @ALSPEHEIR3 жыл бұрын

    Man, I wish this video was in 6-fps so we could feel the speed even more.

  • @_theporkchopexpress
    @_theporkchopexpress Жыл бұрын

    Definitely gotta have that time to die chart at this altitude; top notch👍🏻

  • @mikescarborough9196
    @mikescarborough91967 ай бұрын

    DCS gets better every year!

  • @rafaelexpurueguia3119
    @rafaelexpurueguia31193 жыл бұрын

    Que relajante!!!!

  • @charlesbowyer3708
    @charlesbowyer3708 Жыл бұрын

    OUTSTANDING

  • @toejam7606
    @toejam76066 ай бұрын

    Great sim

  • @ddd.777-
    @ddd.777-4 ай бұрын

    That thing so sick dude

  • @gregorydobson4307
    @gregorydobson43079 ай бұрын

    Awesome is all i can say.😊

  • @keyscook
    @keyscook6 ай бұрын

    So very awesome! Thank you for posting - happy flying + Merry Christmas (Dec. 22, 2023) & Cheers from Seattle, USA 🍻

  • @66GraceWalker
    @66GraceWalker9 ай бұрын

    Wow & Yikes! Insane and Very Cool! 😎😳😎

  • @Wheres_Wald0
    @Wheres_Wald07 ай бұрын

    "From the cockpit of an f-16 cockpit" lol

  • @SirScottland
    @SirScottland6 ай бұрын

    Is this and IR route you’re following or just randomly flying around? Such a cool video. Freaking same height as windmills!

  • @Solid615
    @Solid6159 ай бұрын

    He was going so damn fast almost the entire flight. He had to of been pushing mach .99 in parts of this. Absolutely incredible video

  • @atatterson6992
    @atatterson69926 ай бұрын

    "From the cockpit of an F16 cockpit"? Surprised that title has lasted 5 years..

  • @yasnac7576
    @yasnac75766 ай бұрын

    Really great video! Where was this taken Cascades? I'm not a pilot but when you're below the tops of the windmills you're pretty low😂 So when your that low and there is snowing on the ground it's your shockwave kicking up white clouds? Thanks for the ride can I buy you a beer?

  • @MikeZak101
    @MikeZak1013 жыл бұрын

    Angels on our shoulders

  • @BoogsieClarke
    @BoogsieClarke2 ай бұрын

    Deadly!

  • @diytwoincollege7079
    @diytwoincollege70798 ай бұрын

    Cool

  • @zamarion101
    @zamarion10111 ай бұрын

    Stuff like this makes me think "huh we really live on a bigass planet huh

  • @toobasaurus23
    @toobasaurus23 Жыл бұрын

    Badass!

  • @frischebanane
    @frischebanane10 ай бұрын

    That First Low alt flight was quiet fast how many knots where you going over that Lake?

  • @mattnj211
    @mattnj2114 ай бұрын

    You really have to be fearless to do this job. Me for example would have my eyes closed the whole time and maybe even a skid mark or two.😂

  • @pattyj2944
    @pattyj29443 жыл бұрын

    I hate my job and had the worst day.. said no pilot, ever.

  • @echo-channel77
    @echo-channel773 жыл бұрын

    Gear up....and cruising altitude.

  • @judgegixxer
    @judgegixxer4 жыл бұрын

    Imagine going back in time with an F-16 and rockin full afterberner between the Great Pyramids in Egypt as they were just being finished...those people would have had their minds blown on a level no human has ever experienced.

  • @pileofashes85

    @pileofashes85

    4 жыл бұрын

    There are actually drawings and carvings in Egypt that depict fly crafts and look exactly like modern aircrafts I don't think they'd be as shocked as you think. The advancement those people made were incredible. I think there's more to our ancestors that people aren't telling us. I mean imagine building those pyramids in 20 years, unbelievable. Baffling.

  • @grahamthebaronhesketh.
    @grahamthebaronhesketh.9 ай бұрын

    That was quite good actually.

  • @SlosII
    @SlosII5 ай бұрын

    I wonder what would happen if you hit a DJI mavic full on at that speed...

  • @nohandleleft
    @nohandleleft Жыл бұрын

    You ruined it by spamming your logo every 30 seconds and cutting the mountain top rollovers.

  • @varunb9661
    @varunb96614 жыл бұрын

    Would have been good to show the speed and altitude as well

  • @neilphelan145

    @neilphelan145

    3 жыл бұрын

    Exactly what I'm thinking

  • @thert.hon.thelordnicholson7261

    @thert.hon.thelordnicholson7261

    4 ай бұрын

    Speed = fast Altitude = low

  • @workingclassmf
    @workingclassmf4 жыл бұрын

    So awesome. Wondering if the pilot is wondering if people are freakin out when they see him!?

  • @nitwit4947
    @nitwit49479 ай бұрын

    Next time do it in daylight!

  • @akwild83
    @akwild83 Жыл бұрын

    It would be a dream come true to ride in an F-16

  • @clearjet
    @clearjet4 ай бұрын

    Takes skill to fly into the sun and still avoid all of those transmission towers/lines and splitting wind turbines.

  • @r9337s
    @r9337s4 ай бұрын

    Sooo sick... When you're pushing right to go left, your inverted 😮😂

  • @dennisseeker36
    @dennisseeker363 жыл бұрын

    until you have done this, you just dont understand--- sigh-- getting old sucks

  • @AZAce1064
    @AZAce10646 ай бұрын

    When I was out camping in southern Oregon by Klamath Falls a fighter jet blew by at low altitude and scared the hell out of my friend and I we laughed at each other. I didn’t even have a chance to see what type of jet it was because it was gone before we even looked up.

  • @berniecoles2337
    @berniecoles23379 ай бұрын

    Watching it fly through the wind farm reminded me of Windy Miller. If you’re not British and half a century old, google it. Lol

  • @slicktripss4182
    @slicktripss41826 ай бұрын

    Were you using the rudders when flying through the valleys?

  • @silviutudorescu8114

    @silviutudorescu8114

    2 ай бұрын

    of course he is using the rudder to balance the yaw of the plane when swerving

  • @slicktripss4182

    @slicktripss4182

    2 ай бұрын

    @@silviutudorescu8114 ah yes, because he's flying fast and flying smooth its not obvious to an untrained eye, in flight sims its a lot more easy to see

  • @bondmode
    @bondmode4 жыл бұрын

    this new GTA looks lit

  • @robertopena4x4
    @robertopena4x42 ай бұрын

    Que agradable, alli arriba no te infraccionan por exeso de velocidad

  • @keithglaysher9201
    @keithglaysher92016 ай бұрын

    Damm it! That's low as you can go, is it about 200ft?

  • @JordonTucker
    @JordonTucker3 жыл бұрын

    i have been trying to google if we can buy these jets is it possible?

  • @fishfoolishness4222
    @fishfoolishness42224 ай бұрын

    Literally between the windmills

  • @mbc9290
    @mbc9290Ай бұрын

    KNOW WE’RE HAVING FUN!

  • @mbc9290

    @mbc9290

    Ай бұрын

    Note: enjoying the fruits of our labors!

  • @user-uu1bo5uh6p
    @user-uu1bo5uh6p4 ай бұрын

    Watched this video on Christmas, surrounded by family, and wearing my new sweatpants. SO EMBARRISSING!!!

  • @JPPDK1
    @JPPDK13 ай бұрын

    That job

  • @predator82dpilot56
    @predator82dpilot566 ай бұрын

    Do you think the world looks flat when you watch it from here?

  • @Xogroroth666
    @Xogroroth666 Жыл бұрын

    Why not with an X-15 at top speed? :P

  • @SS-HansLanda
    @SS-HansLanda Жыл бұрын

    the real top gun

  • @randallmacdonald4851
    @randallmacdonald48519 ай бұрын

    This is called NOE or Nap Of the Earth flying. There are three skill levels trained: flying at 500 feet AGL, 300 AGL, and finally 100 AGL. (Above Ground Level) This flight looks to be at the 100 foot AGL. And, of course, some pilots have been known to intentionally drift below that 100 foot AGL mark intentionally (or unintentionally). Aside from a CFIT (Controlled Flight Into Terrain), one of the prominent features of NOE is the heavy turbulence often encountered due to the surface winds not being consistent. This Viper had very little turbulence which I find remarkable especially at just 100 feet above the trees in places.

  • @RichSpeculation

    @RichSpeculation

    9 ай бұрын

    Cold stable airmass in winter late in day, little convective movement, light or no wind.

  • @bubba_swag5258
    @bubba_swag52582 жыл бұрын

    Holy hell I want to fly so bad.

  • @ericyang3332
    @ericyang33322 жыл бұрын

    Dang, sick graphics

  • @ericyang3332

    @ericyang3332

    2 жыл бұрын

    If you can’t tell, this is a joke

  • @zm5431
    @zm54313 жыл бұрын

    is this sped up?

  • @jurisavtschenko
    @jurisavtschenko7 ай бұрын

    Is the sun rising or setting?

  • @varunb9661
    @varunb96614 ай бұрын

    I think the Pilot is just riding his luck !! ;)

  • @razumikhinjones6283
    @razumikhinjones62839 ай бұрын

    It’s a video game

  • @Ryzler13
    @Ryzler133 жыл бұрын

    in the time it took to watch this video, at a lesurly 450kn, he'd have travelled 208.35 km

  • @johnadams-wp2yb
    @johnadams-wp2yb3 жыл бұрын

    Looks easy. Where can I apply ?

  • @trevorpeck1877

    @trevorpeck1877

    Жыл бұрын

    I'm a suicidal fighter jet please fly me into the ground. No I'm not suicidal it's a joke.

  • @mihai2526
    @mihai25262 жыл бұрын

    to think they do this at nighttime with night vision goggles. blows the mind

  • @atatterson6992
    @atatterson69926 ай бұрын

    I'm surprised that they chose to fly such terrain-hugging practice right into that low angle glare nearly the entire time. Perhaps that was the point??

  • @cs3473
    @cs34732 жыл бұрын

    1. My favorite part is when the pilot comes out of the Canyon and on to the Lake(?) 2. I totally muted the video and had "Mighty Wings" from the Top Gun Soundtrack blasting.

  • @nielsdorhout058
    @nielsdorhout0586 ай бұрын

    Imagine living there at 5:45 🥰 omg that wouldbe awesome

  • @janimakinen5828
    @janimakinen58283 жыл бұрын

    this video shows what pilots can do. 😊 waanna go some hide and seek with F-16 😆👀👻

  • @wladrozov5933
    @wladrozov59334 жыл бұрын

    How fast is it? (kmh)

  • @corey8420

    @corey8420

    Жыл бұрын

    Can just do like most KZread channels and only include metric or Imperial and if you as for both your made out to be an idiot.

  • @ILSRWY4
    @ILSRWY43 жыл бұрын

    flying over the water that low... you are just asking for a bird strike.....

  • @viperdriver82
    @viperdriver827 ай бұрын

    12:30-13:10 …..sheesh 😅

  • @allanalt2717
    @allanalt27179 ай бұрын

    This is flying in Japan I believe. Northern Honshu

  • @duanebidoux6087
    @duanebidoux6087 Жыл бұрын

    I'm surprised the Japanese allow a military aircraft to fly so low and so fast over what are obviously small villages and small industrial and shipping facilities. That would not be allowed in the U.S., I'm pretty sure.

  • @pmcate2

    @pmcate2

    Жыл бұрын

    Was just thinking this. Especially in between those windmills

  • @AdrianCronin
    @AdrianCronin2 жыл бұрын

    Talk to me Goose

  • @lucysluckyday
    @lucysluckyday6 ай бұрын

    At that height above towns you're likely to smack into some kid's drone .. or a bird.

  • @engine1987
    @engine1987 Жыл бұрын

    JAPAN MISAWA USAF 35FW WW