I love it when a pilot of such an advanced jet still speaks affectionately of gliders.

Cabo flew the Demo in New Hampshire this year on 09/11/2021. A pair of Bald Eagles were flying around the end of the runway, literally minutes before Cabo took to the sky. To say it was memorable is an understatement. Seeing that Raptor fly…seeing the Panthers take off, the Vipers ripping apart the sky as they flew 18” apart. It was my first airshow as an adult and I want to see everything fly!

Finally! A Raptor interview! Awesome!

Absolutely loved how this guy was really happy to talk in detail about the aircraft and how they fly. So many of the interviewees talk about quite a lot about all of the other aspects of their service. I knew when Cabo referenced old school cars and manual gearboxes that this interview was going to be great. ☺️

Best office view ever - I like that :)

Amazing interview! Great access and amazing channel! Just sub'd

@Aircrewinterview

11 ай бұрын

Thank you

Definitely looking forward to a Q&A session. I loved his final comments about flying in Alaska- simple, but profound. Much like Alaska!

Dear Mike, fantastic interview. I watched most of your contents. They are very good from professional and hobby point of view. I have aeronautics engineer background, 25 years career in this field, 10 years of subsystem and weapons integration, 15 years program management and marketing. Your contents and brings out the best of the interviewees. They give me insight of fighter world and feels from pilots point of view. Very helpful to me professional and as a hobby. Many years working with fighter pilots and still do but your contents are remarkable. I envy fighter pilots works and respect them as end user customers. Hope one day I could persuade one of our company pilots to make an interview with you. Keep up the good work. from Republic of Korea (South)

@Mobius118

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing this! I’m studying aeronautics engineering currently, What advice do you have that would enable and help me prepare to enter the same field you worked in for 25 years? Any advice is appreciated!

@nnn8388

2 жыл бұрын

@@Mobius118 Good to hear that someone reads my comments. Well in aviation field I think being a pilot will be the best choice. Military or commercial. If one fails to becoming a pilot like me, then we can study aeronautics. Two choice. 1) Study well an become an expert in one field. Aero, structure, flight control, etc. Study more and PhD will be good. 2) Have 5 years or more in aircraft engineering program in specific field, then become a manager for system engineering, program management or international marketing. Frankly I choose international marketing because after 10 years of engineering and masters degree I realizes, I was not smart enough for advance mathematics. International marketing is and adventurous career, but by the time you retire (I am 51 and 9 years left until retirement) you have no expertise while your friends have become experts in their field having done them for 35 more year. Experts have a better chance of getting a job elsewhere. Choice is yours. Hope my comments helps.

@Mobius118

2 жыл бұрын

@@nnn8388 Excellent advice, thank you very much! I appreciate your kindness in taking the time to respond and hope good comes your way. Your comment is very helpful! :)

Cabo is awesome, got to see him last year and what a performance.

An amazing life, and a very gifted character. Great interview, thanks

Another excellent piece Mike cheers. Looking forward to more from Cabo

@Aircrewinterview

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers mate.

I love getting to see (and hear) F-22s come in for their landing approaches into Langley every day,

Hello Cabo how are you and the girls Happy New year full of love!!

Great interview! Besides more fuel and missiles (mentioned by Cabo), one thing the F-22 needs is a helmet-mounted display/cueing system. There have been talks (and actual attempts) at giving it that capability, but so far nothing operational. It would be great to have especially to take full advantage of the AIM-9X.

@moonbear2130

2 жыл бұрын

I believe it’s getting one as part of this new F-22 upgrade program recently announced

@KRGruner

2 жыл бұрын

@@moonbear2130 I had heard that too, but as far as I know this is not specifically funded. I have also read that the main issue is the shape of the F-22 canopy makes it hard to use a bulkier helmet without banging it on the inside of the canopy. Now, those types of helmets are getting smaller/lighter, so maybe that will be solved, who knows.

@Aircrewinterview

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Karl.

@EstorilEm

2 жыл бұрын

It’s had HOBS w/ the 9X for half a decade…. The cost of integrating a full-scale HMD with all of the software modifications (that’s what people aren’t thinking about, the planes computers weren’t designed to show these secondary images, displays, menus, target tracks, helmet location tracking within the canopy, etc) would be astronomically expensive for a plane that is NOT supposed to get to a WVR fight in the first place, and will already be exceptionally more capable regardless of a HMD. I don’t think it’s a huge weakness given the HUD already and it’s amazing screens and great SA.

@KRGruner

2 жыл бұрын

@@EstorilEm It does not need a full-scale HMD. A simple aiming reticle for the AIM-9X would do. That still would require software, but lack of HMD and full HOBS capability (like, over the shoulder shots) is a major reason F-22s are often at a disadvantage (WVR) against F-16s, F-15s, F-35s and Typhoons (not the Rafale, since that lacks a HMD as well, at least in the French Air Force). I agree this is not the arena to employ an F-22 to start with, at least if not entering the fight without a positional advantage (which the F-22 often does enjoy due to stealth and speed/altitude), so I get why it's not a huge priority. But I can tell you the pilots would love to have it if possible. Sometimes WVR is forced on you in certain scenarios short of full-out war.

Loved that..

@Aircrewinterview

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers John.

They did over 972 intercepts over Syria alone.

One of the best interviews yet, I’m pretty sure I saw him flying back to Langley about two months ago directly over the farm here in VA (two ship, definitely F-22s which is obviously insanely rare to see.) I remember talking to ‘Loco’ Lopez about the aircraft they chose, we were at Oceana where the Blues “own the show”, and there were a bunch of people around - I was like “so these are completely unmodifird combat ready aircraft right?” And he was like “yup, we just rotate them out” exactly like Cabo said. Kinda a shot to the blues. ;) I know you can’t compare the two though. One funny thing we joked about was how “at least he had air conditioning” (at NAS Oceana it was hot and humid AF and we were all in flight suits) and he was like “yeah, but the jet is smart enough to prioritize cooling for the avionics, so when I was sitting there waiting for the previous performers to finish at the end of the runway, it got a little toasty.” 🤣 Such a cool aircraft. I wish I could ask him about the TU-95 intercepts, and some other nuances of the aircraft. He also mentioned how good the engines are, but the F119 really is spectacular. People are still catching up ~30yr after development started.

Great interview. I wonder what Cabo thinks of the new/'new' F-15EX, and whether he'd give up an F-22 to fly it?

@Aircrewinterview

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers mate. Maybe if we can get him on for a Q&A you can put it too him.

@deedsmillar6056

2 жыл бұрын

so there is such a thing as stupid questions

@williamkillingsworth2619

2 жыл бұрын

@@deedsmillar6056 lolololololol

@fretsward2225

2 жыл бұрын

The new F-15EX is a great airplane, but there's no comparison to the F-22...

Papacito ❤

F-22A has been tested, plumbed, and cleared for A2G weapons separation for many years, including supersonic release of 1000lb JDAMs and SDBs from high altitude. VLO Combat configurations look like this: Omnirole Configurations: AIM-9 AIM-120 1000lb GBU 1000lb GBU AIM-120 AIM-9 AIM-9 AIM-120 4x SDB 4x SDB AIM-120 AIM-9 AIM-9 AIM-120 4x SDB 1000lb GBU AIM-120 AIM-9 A2A: AIM-9 3x AIM-120 3x AIM-120 AIM-9 Semi-VLO Configurations open up 2 additional wing hard points for EFTs and AIM-120 dual racks for an additional 4x AIM-120s. F-35A/C Block 3F Configurations: AIM-9X 2000lb GBU AIM-120 AIM-120 2000lb GBU AIM-9X AIM-9X 4x SDB AIM-120 AIM-120 4x SDB AIM-9X AIM-9X AARGM-ER AIM-120 AIM-120 AARGM-ER AIM-9X A2A: AIM-9X AIM-120 AIM-120 AIM-120 AIM-120 AIM-9X Block 4 will be AIM-9X 3x AIM-120 3x AIM-120 AIM-9X

@thefrecklepuny

2 жыл бұрын

Which is why it became the F/A-22 for a short period of time. After all, the F/A designation was never used for more attack/strike oriented platforms such as the F-111, F-117 and F-15E.

@LRRPFco52

2 жыл бұрын

@@thefrecklepuny I remember that when there was a heavy push to let everyone know the Raptor was the F/A-22A, then they went back to F-22A. If it was accurate, they would call it the FAERAWAC-22A, but that would make admin accounting really hard. It’s easier to just call it a fighter. F-22A has been used as a stealth precision deep strike fighter with better A2G employment profiles than any other airframe out there, after it enters the threat airspace acting like the EF-111A used to in the electronic attack role. JSF do the same thing, only better in terms of EA/EW capabilities, and heavier ordnance capacity internally.

@EstorilEm

2 жыл бұрын

That part of the interview surprised me, I don’t think he stressed enough that it was really integrated more into the original design than he gave credit for. The SDBs certainly help it’s capability, but you’re not just going to get the bays and avionics to magically work with bombs and A2G weapons without extensive modifications and insane money unless it was integrated (at a base level) from the start.

F-35 designed primarily as Air to Ground platform?? Interesting. As we in Finland just bought 64 of em. Of course its nice to be able to support the grunts on the ground but I think mainly were trying to show credible air defense...

@JR-ut2ne

8 ай бұрын

The F-35 is a multirole aircraft so it’s a jack of all trades. As it‘ll mostly do ground attack during its life there is obviously a big focus on that aspect but it’s an incredibly capable air superiority fighter as well. It’s stealthy, has an incredible radar, very good weapons and is very good in BFM as well. In an air superiority role it’s second only to the F-22 in terms of capability. And overall it’s arguably superior to the F-22 due to its multirole capabilities. Your country did a very good purchase ;)

Very likable guy. He represents the USAF and America very well. Kind of curious how he earned his call sign.

I am a bit suspicious. Why does this airplane need so much praise when it is so good? Just think that nowadays there are so many compeditors from Russia and China being much cheaper AND more agile.

Are Air Force academy grads as despised as the grads from the other academies???? Not trolling, genuinely curious??? Heard no shortage of horror stories from mil and ex-mil about "ACADEMY GRADS" virtually without exception ALL BAD. The one exception was a man who exited the service decades ago.

@KRGruner

2 жыл бұрын

Total nonsense.

@AKlover

2 жыл бұрын

@@KRGruner By all means elaborate???

@KRGruner

2 жыл бұрын

@@AKlover No need to. This is absurd. Now go away.

@AKlover

2 жыл бұрын

@@KRGruner Did I touch a nerve by asking A simple question?

@KRGruner

2 жыл бұрын

@@AKlover I am not an academy grad, if that's what you mean. Your question was loaded and not "simple" as you allege it to be. You were obviously after something which is less than honorable. Now, the quicker you admit that fact, the better. Regardless, I'm done with you.

many of these younger pilots talk like they are in a rush. lol

Good interview but the lad needs to stop smacking his lips before he speaks