I had this same experience as a teenager in 1977. After an air show at Mcguire air force base in NJ, we were hanging around the static display F-15. The crowds had gone, and we were among the stragglers. Then a golf cart arrived, and out popped the F-15 pilot and a rep from the base. The pilot shook hands with the rep, got in his F-15 and began the checklist for take off. They never told us to leave,... we were literally within 30 feet of this thing, but we drifted back a bit as the engines came to life. And, of course, the takeoff was the cherry on top. Hands down one of the most thrilling experiences in my life. Back then, all I had was a bunch of aviation books with photographs. No videos to watch on TH-cam. So to experience a real, live, F-15 engine start was thrilling.
X-CALIBER! 82016 - my old trusted warhorse when I flew her at Langley AFB, Va. with the 71st FS Ironmen in the early 90’s. Still looking mighty mighty after all these years… 🇺🇸
SWEET! Watching him continue down the runway at 30 ft AGL - on burner - I knew we were about to see one heck of a climb...and he did not disappoint!!😎👍
Not a strike eagle, but better! C model! They probably didn't give special priority, but it makes sense to put the faster one earlier in sequence. Great video!
I was stationed at Langley AFB, VA from’74 to ‘77. We were winding down the C-130 wing and we watched all of the brand new F-15s for the 1st Tactical Fighter Wing 4:51 come in 5 at a time! They were all painted “Air Superiority Blue” back then, but once all 72 aircraft were there, they started painting them the light gray they are now. That start-up whine and the engine noise is unforgettable!! F-15 = BADASS!!!👍👍😄
Jim, I was at Langley from 76-80. I was an electrician in the 27th squadron. Lots of great memories. The F-15 that was at McGuire was probably from Langley. I had to go up to McGuire once to fix an F-15 from Holloman with a landing gear problem. Who knows, maybe we met.
In 1973 I was very lucky to get a summer job at the massive McDonnell Aircraft plant at the St Louis airport. I had a clerical assignment working on the very first blocks of the brand new F-15. They were even still building new F-4 Phantoms for export at the time. Its hard to believe that an aircraft model that I worked on 50 years ago is still in service.
My son flew the Strike Eagle for 8 years, he was an instructor his first four years out of fighter training and when finished he was able to select his fighter and there was no other choice. it is an awesome plane
I was stationed a Holloman AFB back in the early 90's when they still had the F-15's, I miss the sound of the JFS winding up, sounds like victory. I also went TDY to Klamath Falls Oregon where the Oregon NG was stationed where this jet is based at. It is a C model. The strike eagle wasn't released until 1988, this aircraft is a 1982. Air superiority at it's finest. Great video!
I hate to be that guy, but this F-15 is from the Portland ANG base. I hope you enjoyed your TDY at Klamath Falls. I worked in the engine shop at Kingsley Field for the better part of 26 years
I spent 20 yrs in the usaf. Got to take a ride in a f15 once what a frill that I will never forget...just happened to be in the right place at the right time.
I was stationed at Kirtland 78 - 80 Security Police and we got word an F-15 was here for the first time. Didn’t get to see it on the flight line but certainly could hear the thunder when it left and went straight up. What a sight. Love the Eagle.
Which flight were you on? I was there from 79-80. I was on C Flight with Msgt Presnell and TSgt Fisher. Guarding Manzano might have been the worst duty ever.
@@JamieSmith-fz2mz Manzano. I believe C flight as well but don’t recall those names. long time ago so don’t remember many names. I remember my sector sup was from New Hampshire he had that accent , I was from Jersey. We had a female LT. I remember another sector sup Tsgt Dotson You’re right awful duty. The fence line was like a prison sentence sitting in those crappy CJ 5s baking in the heat. I practically lived in the bar Friars East. Some names I remember Stan Butler Dennis Carter great guys. Ssgt Murry Cantrell pot head and all his buddies. I see they built an underground facility for the weapons so no more Manzano. Hope you’re well fellow 1608 SP. and that’s been changed to 377 gone back to the Viet Nam designation.
I was at March at the time(SAC of course), so I didn’t see F15s on a regular basis except I got a mini air show one time at Edwards! Years later in the 80s they (F15s) frequented Eielson AFB, AK(we still had “Alert” F4s)and I got to see some impressive flying! **SPS** all the way!!
Definitely not the Strike Eagle. This is the F-15C model, it only has a single seat and no Fast Pack fuel tanks. The F-15E has Fast Pack conforming fuel tanks on the fuselage with built in bomb racks while Charlie does not.
abs fantastic footage,certainly miss watching F-15C's flying with the 493rd fs 48th FW at Raf Lakenheath,sadly replaced by F-35's but thankfully still 2 squadrons of F-15E's 492nd & 493rd fs still operating with the 48th FW,again great footage of a legend
Looks like that F-15C is part of the 142nd fighter squadron (Redhawks), of the Oregon Air National Guard. They are going to be the getting the new F-15EX soon. They're the very first squadron to receive them. I can't wait to see those flying around Portland.
The order is F-15 A, B, C, D (2-seat variant) and Strike Eagle, which is a dual role platform - able to do precision strike missions as well as air-to-air fighting.@@trueairspeed130
I spent 22yrs. with about 8yrs. of that on the flight line with Eagles and Hogs. I had my altitude card and I could hop in the back of tubs to head out before the main units of maintainers arrived. Best time ever was flying out before Desert Storm to look for bed down locations for multiple wings. Once an Eagle Keeper, always an Eagle Keeper.
I was stationed at Bitburg AB, Germany, from 1976-1979, when F-15s replaced the F-4s the wing had been flying. It was like an air show every day. Good times.
I was at Hahn AB from 80-82 and we still had F-4E's. I worked the night shift in red section and there was a Bitburg F-15 out on the ramp there. We were out working in one of the TAB-V's when the F-15 started up down at the other end of the section. Had never heard a JFS before and sound of that thing howling away when the pilot engaged the finger lift kinda scared the crap out of us. Sounded like some kind of demon howling in the darkness of the woods! LOL
I was so jealous of my dad who flew the RF-4 and on the week of my commission in the Army after OCS I was able to ride with my dad during his FINI flight (last time flying in the USAF before retirement 28 years. Some people have all the fun!!
Loved the F-15s...before they got converted to two-seaters...always was convinced they should've been given to the Navy & Marines as well as the Air Force.
I did contract work at Seymour Johnson AFB in 2011-12 on ready buildings next to the flight line. I was an inspector and air monitor so during my down time I could sit on the building roof and watch the F15E Strike Eagles practice take offs and landings for hours. A full afterburner miltary take off is a wonder to behold. SJAFB Home of the 4th Fighter Wing. Motto "Fourth But First" The FA- FO warriors. 95 F-15E Strike Eagles in two operations Squadrons are stationed there along with 2 training squadrons and other support units This is The F15 Strike Eagle Training base for the USAF.
I grew up in the Philippines. My Dad was stationed at Clark ( his first post at Clark AFB was in the summer of 1941 - guess how he spent the war) in the middle to late 1950s. After that we returned stateside to Kirtland AFB. I was in 3rd to 4th grade at the time. Housing was around the end of the runway - as I remember - you can still see the streets on Google Earth but all the housing is gone. I remember one day we had company and a couple of jets took off right over the house, probably F-100s or F-101s. Our visitor asked my Mom; "HOW can you stand that noise?" To which my Mom answered quite cooly; "What noise?". Recently moved back to NM, Corrales actually, and am hoping I can get on the Base for a visit.
Cool Video! I see them when they come to Barnes Air National Guard Base, Westfield Massachusetts 104th FW / 131st FS. F-15c/d here also. But by 2026 the F-15s here will be replaced by F-35A (18) also Westover Air Reserve Base is behind where I Iive ..they have C-5M (8) Chicopee Massachusetts (Patriot Wing) Western Massachusetts..it’s also like a layover base going to and coming from the U.K…
Was at the Air Force Museum this Spring when the double MiG killer F-15C from Barnes was delivered. It was awesome watching the pilot make several passes before landing it for the final time. Even got to meet him later in the Museum. Glad we have it on display inside the Museum now.
I was aircraft maintenance officer at Elgin 79 - 81 ... I got to see this from the back seat of a D model ... One thing I noticed on start-up was the Jet Fuel Starter seems much louder and more robust than I remember. Was this an upgrade since 1990 when I retired?
I don't see anything mentioning a Strike Eagle, so not sure where that's coming from. But anyway, that's one of our good ole F-15C's out of KPDX. Nice video man!
Stationed at Kadena 79-81. Saw Eagle's put through their places w pattern shut down. 2-3K AGL doing tightest turns i had ever seen. Then at 1200 there was the daily SR71 Habu launch. Back when we were a great nation led by men, not senile in chief.
Love me some F-15, i was at an Eagle base in Europe for two years. Saw plenty of Alert Scrambles, They are just one behind the F-14,,,, Sorry I am old school, and grew up with the Tomcat, and got to work around them!!!!
Good but not great, no weapons on those hard points. They climb like that to avoid the airspeed noise over Albuquerque, because of the mountain range holding the sound at the ground.
I seen it F-18 takeoff at Tri-Cities airport after an airshow in Kingsport, Tennessee after he got airborne at the end of the runway, he went straight, vertical up in the air out of sight
Bad ass!! U.S. Fighter pilots while low pay, still have the very best job on the planet! I was shocked the first time I stood next to an F-15 and an F-18 Super Hornet. They’re both massive fighters up close.
Hear me once. I was on another passenger plane and had to wait. For a couple of these Superiority Fighters take off. I could feel the Thunder of the twin GE engines allowing them to go vertical to 25000 feet in seconds.
Wicked good video...just a note, that's an F-15C...not an E-Model Strike Eagle. Fantastic Max climb on takeoff....that's about a 4G load at the snap....had the privilege of a back-seat incentive ride in my younger days, and experienced the same climb....
They are called vertical stabilizers or vertical stabs. The F-14 Tomcat vertical stabs are also straight up. The F/A-18 Hornet and F/A-18E/F/G SuperHornet/Growler all use the canted vertical stabs as does the F-22A Raptor. If you cant the vertical stabs or better yet, eliminate them(think B-2A Spirit/B-21A Raider and some of the GEN 6 fighter concepts) there are major benefits in regards to Low Observability aka stealth. The F-15 Silent Eagle concept used canted vertical stabilizers as part of its reduction in RADAR Cross Section(RCS). It's very difficult, if not impossible to make a GEN 4 jet into a GEN 5 LO/VLO platform.
142nd Fighter Wing Oregon Air National Guard out of Portland, Oregon. 173rd Fighter Wing Oregon Air National Guard is out of Klamath Falls. They are the other F-15 unit in the state, for now.
You are very welcome Sir! I'm an old "fosil" B-52 and KC-135, and also an ex United Air Lines D-C6 and "rectum rocket" (B727) mechanic from back in the 1960s. I just love all kinds and types of airplanes. I'm really fond of old WWll airplanes as well. Anyway, keep up the good work Sir!@@trueairspeed130
As someone who knows absolutely nothing, just happened to click on this video because fighter jets are cool, can someone explain to me how the jet engines can be in a rectangular configuration? I thought all jet engines were round. What kind of propulsion system is inside a rectangular engine?
It's just the air intake that is square, not sure why they built it that way, probably easier to manufacture since it has two positions. Not sure also why it can move downward or upwards.
Only thing is that is F - 15 C Eagle . The F -15 E Strike Eagle is (painted Gunship gray like B -52 & the Bone . It is also a two seater . Where is WSO (weapons systems officer usually at least the rank of Major) gonna sit ?? . . . .
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I had this same experience as a teenager in 1977. After an air show at Mcguire air force base in NJ, we were hanging around the static display F-15. The crowds had gone, and we were among the stragglers. Then a golf cart arrived, and out popped the F-15 pilot and a rep from the base. The pilot shook hands with the rep, got in his F-15 and began the checklist for take off. They never told us to leave,... we were literally within 30 feet of this thing, but we drifted back a bit as the engines came to life. And, of course, the takeoff was the cherry on top. Hands down one of the most thrilling experiences in my life. Back then, all I had was a bunch of aviation books with photographs. No videos to watch on TH-cam. So to experience a real, live, F-15 engine start was thrilling.
And so loud…
Amen, brother. @@trueairspeed130
Agreed! I’ve not heard anything like it, either before or after!! Badass aircraft!!👍🇺🇸🇺🇸
And still my favorite AF fighter
Mine too! I used to watch them take off all the time back in 1984 at Eglin AFB.@@Resistculturaldecline
The howl on spool up is literal music to my ears. Rewatched it at least 10 times, thanks for sharing!
Glad you enjoyed it!
X-CALIBER! 82016 - my old trusted warhorse when I flew her at Langley AFB, Va. with the 71st FS Ironmen in the early 90’s. Still looking mighty mighty after all these years… 🇺🇸
Wow, that’s awesome
SWEET! Watching him continue down the runway at 30 ft AGL - on burner - I knew we were about to see one heck of a climb...and he did not disappoint!!😎👍
Glad you enjoyed
Not a strike eagle, but better! C model! They probably didn't give special priority, but it makes sense to put the faster one earlier in sequence. Great video!
Thanks
Except for ground vortices for the following plane.
I have experienced them myself flying out of Monroe, LA airport.
I was stationed at Langley AFB, VA from’74 to ‘77. We were winding down the C-130 wing and we watched all of the brand new F-15s for the 1st Tactical Fighter Wing 4:51 come in 5 at a time! They were all painted “Air Superiority Blue” back then, but once all 72 aircraft were there, they started painting them the light gray they are now. That start-up whine and the engine noise is unforgettable!! F-15 = BADASS!!!👍👍😄
glad you enjoyed
Jim, I was at Langley from 76-80. I was an electrician in the 27th squadron. Lots of great memories. The F-15 that was at McGuire was probably from Langley. I had to go up to McGuire once to fix an F-15 from Holloman with a landing gear problem. Who knows, maybe we met.
I served in the first Operational Wing of F15's at Langley AFB in 1976. I never get tired of seeing the Eagle fly !!!
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In 1973 I was very lucky to get a summer job at the massive McDonnell Aircraft plant at the St Louis airport. I had a clerical assignment working on the very first blocks of the brand new F-15. They were even still building new F-4 Phantoms for export at the time. Its hard to believe that an aircraft model that I worked on 50 years ago is still in service.
that's a cool story.
It never gets old watching the F15 .
I agree :)
So nice seeing the Sandia Mountains and the West Mesa again.
they are still there :)
My son flew the Strike Eagle for 8 years, he was an instructor his first four years out of fighter training and when finished he was able to select his fighter and there was no other choice. it is an awesome plane
sounds like some interesting stories may have been told.
I was stationed a Holloman AFB back in the early 90's when they still had the F-15's, I miss the sound of the JFS winding up, sounds like victory. I also went TDY to Klamath Falls Oregon where the Oregon NG was stationed where this jet is based at. It is a C model. The strike eagle wasn't released until 1988, this aircraft is a 1982. Air superiority at it's finest. Great video!
Thank you, and thanks for your service:)
I hate to be that guy, but this F-15 is from the Portland ANG base. I hope you enjoyed your TDY at Klamath Falls. I worked in the engine shop at Kingsley Field for the better part of 26 years
I spent 20 yrs in the usaf. Got to take a ride in a f15 once what a frill that I will never forget...just happened to be in the right place at the right time.
wow, getting a ride in one of those is extremely rare.
And if the pilot did his/her job then you grabbed that little bag out and used it….I know I did on several occasions!! Lol.
I was stationed at Kirtland 78 - 80 Security Police and we got word an F-15 was here for the first time. Didn’t get to see it on the flight line but certainly could hear the thunder when it left and went straight up. What a sight. Love the Eagle.
it was very loud. Wondering if the APU is the screecher until the engines are on.
Which flight were you on? I was there from 79-80. I was on C Flight with Msgt Presnell and TSgt Fisher. Guarding Manzano might have been the worst duty ever.
@@JamieSmith-fz2mz Manzano. I believe C flight as well but don’t recall those names. long time ago so don’t remember many names. I remember my sector sup was from New Hampshire he had that accent , I was from Jersey. We had a female LT. I remember another sector sup Tsgt Dotson You’re right awful duty. The fence line was like a prison sentence sitting in those crappy CJ 5s baking in the heat.
I practically lived in the bar Friars East. Some names I remember Stan Butler Dennis Carter great guys. Ssgt Murry Cantrell pot head and all his buddies.
I see they built an underground facility for the weapons so no more Manzano.
Hope you’re well fellow 1608 SP. and that’s been changed to 377 gone back to the Viet Nam designation.
I was at March at the time(SAC of course), so I didn’t see F15s on a regular basis except I got a mini air show one time at Edwards! Years later in the 80s they (F15s) frequented Eielson AFB, AK(we still had “Alert” F4s)and I got to see some impressive flying! **SPS** all the way!!
@@trob0914 I’ve been to Edwards for a few air shows , I live about 60 miles south of the base.
Definitely not the Strike Eagle. This is the F-15C model, it only has a single seat and no Fast Pack fuel tanks. The F-15E has Fast Pack conforming fuel tanks on the fuselage with built in bomb racks while Charlie does not.
thanks for clarifying.
So nice to see a plane like new to your channel watching from australia thanks for this video kym
Glad you enjoyed it!
AWESOME!! I live in Portland, Oregon and rarely get to see your planes up close like this. Thank you for 😊
Glad you enjoyed it!
abs fantastic footage,certainly miss watching F-15C's flying with the 493rd fs 48th FW at Raf Lakenheath,sadly replaced by F-35's but thankfully still 2 squadrons of F-15E's 492nd & 493rd fs still operating with the 48th FW,again great footage of a legend
thanks for the compliment.
@@trueairspeed130 your welcome
Amazing video and jet.
Air intake swing impressive.
Thanks got lucky being there
F-15C single seat fighter version. Strike Eagle is the F-15E two-seater wit targeting and navigation pods under each engine intake.
Thanks
Looks like that F-15C is part of the 142nd fighter squadron (Redhawks), of the Oregon Air National Guard. They are going to be the getting the new F-15EX soon. They're the very first squadron to receive them. I can't wait to see those flying around Portland.
Great info
That is not a Strike Eagle, it is an F15 c model. Look at the tail numbers and you will see that it was made in 1982
Does it have a different name?
the strike eagle came out in 1988, called an f15E though. I used to work on them, that's how I know
The order is F-15 A, B, C, D (2-seat variant) and Strike Eagle, which is a dual role platform - able to do precision strike missions as well as air-to-air fighting.@@trueairspeed130
Strike Eagle's are F-15E's. A Strike Eagle is also a two seater.
@@mattthacker9120so are F-15D's.
I spent 22yrs. with about 8yrs. of that on the flight line with Eagles and Hogs. I had my altitude card and I could hop in the back of tubs to head out before the main units of maintainers arrived. Best time ever was flying out before Desert Storm to look for bed down locations for multiple wings. Once an Eagle Keeper, always an Eagle Keeper.
great testimony, thank you for your service.
The airbus crew " no sir you go ahead we want to see this" not everyday to get to see a fighter plane take off this close in a civilian airport
you're probably right
Love the fist pump the driver gives the crew chief, like, "Heck yeah! Getting ready to launch in one of the baddest machines on the planet!"
Oh yeah!
That's the best Hang Ten on the Internet, way to go and thanks for sharing!!
Wow, thanks!
I was stationed at Bitburg AB, Germany, from 1976-1979, when F-15s replaced the F-4s the wing had been flying. It was like an air show every day. Good times.
Good to hear
I was at Hahn AB from 80-82 and we still had F-4E's. I worked the night shift in red section and there was a Bitburg F-15 out on the ramp there. We were out working in one of the TAB-V's when the F-15 started up down at the other end of the section. Had never heard a JFS before and sound of that thing howling away when the pilot engaged the finger lift kinda scared the crap out of us. Sounded like some kind of demon howling in the darkness of the woods! LOL
"Abends Bit, morgens fit" 77-81 MMS
I remember the days in the late 70s when the New Mexico ANG "Tacos" were flying castoff Navy A-7s.
That must have been cool to see
Flying out Honolulu was a thrill like this. Just seeing the rate of climb between the F15 and now the F22 vs airliners is eye opening!
glad you enjoyed
Greatest f15 start up EVER HEARD on TH-cam by far 😮❤
thank you
Excellent camera work. Very steady.
Thank you very much!
I was so jealous of my dad who flew the RF-4 and on the week of my commission in the Army after OCS I was able to ride with my dad during his FINI flight (last time flying in the USAF before retirement 28 years. Some people have all the fun!!
good memories
That really is an amazing story that you got to ride along on your Dad's fini flight. Did you get wet?
Loved the F-15s...before they got converted to two-seaters...always was convinced they should've been given to the Navy & Marines as well as the Air Force.
can they take off from a carrier?
@trueairspeed130 You would think so. Wingspan is about as wide as an A4,F4, or even an F16; seems there would be no problem...
Amazing to think this thing was built in 1982! A testament to the maintainers.
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I did contract work at Seymour Johnson AFB in 2011-12 on ready buildings next to the flight line. I was an inspector and air monitor so during my down time I could sit on the building roof and watch the F15E Strike Eagles practice take offs and landings for hours. A full afterburner miltary take off is a wonder to behold. SJAFB Home of the 4th Fighter Wing. Motto "Fourth But First" The FA- FO warriors. 95 F-15E Strike Eagles in two operations Squadrons are stationed there along with 2 training squadrons and other support units This is The F15 Strike Eagle Training base for the USAF.
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I grew up in the Philippines. My Dad was stationed at Clark ( his first post at Clark AFB was in the summer of 1941 - guess how he spent the war) in the middle to late 1950s. After that we returned stateside to Kirtland AFB. I was in 3rd to 4th grade at the time. Housing was around the end of the runway - as I remember - you can still see the streets on Google Earth but all the housing is gone. I remember one day we had company and a couple of jets took off right over the house, probably F-100s or F-101s. Our visitor asked my Mom; "HOW can you stand that noise?" To which my Mom answered quite cooly; "What noise?". Recently moved back to NM, Corrales actually, and am hoping I can get on the Base for a visit.
great story, I'm loving all the comments from people on this particular video. A lot of history around this airplane.
Cool Video! I see them when they come to Barnes Air National Guard Base, Westfield Massachusetts 104th FW / 131st FS. F-15c/d here also. But by 2026 the F-15s here will be replaced by F-35A (18) also Westover Air Reserve Base is behind where I Iive ..they have C-5M (8) Chicopee Massachusetts (Patriot Wing) Western Massachusetts..it’s also like a layover base going to and coming from the U.K…
Thanks for the info
Was at the Air Force Museum this Spring when the double MiG killer F-15C from Barnes was delivered. It was awesome watching the pilot make several passes before landing it for the final time. Even got to meet him later in the Museum. Glad we have it on display inside the Museum now.
@@FusionMonkey847 he did a quick flyover when he took off for the museum! Then he flew low over Westover (south Hadley/chicopee area) and was gone!
Dude walking around the jet with a hat on, LOL suprised that capt did not set the ground rules while he was walking
It seemed relatively casual he was on the general aviation part of the airport, no the airforce base for some reason
You gotta love a good low transition takeoff.
Got lucky that day
I was aircraft maintenance officer at Elgin 79 - 81 ... I got to see this from the back seat of a D model ... One thing I noticed on start-up was the Jet Fuel Starter seems much louder and more robust than I remember. Was this an upgrade since 1990 when I retired?
I don't know, but it definitely was screeching loud.
Beautiful thing to watch!
Glad you think so!
I don't see anything mentioning a Strike Eagle, so not sure where that's coming from.
But anyway, that's one of our good ole F-15C's out of KPDX. Nice video man!
Thanks for the info, what's this version called?
@@trueairspeed130 it's called an Eagle.
@@trueairspeed130 It's the F-15C Eagle.
Classic pilot move, pretending to check something before he hops in 😂
Maybe he knew I was filming
Stationed at Kadena 79-81. Saw Eagle's put through their places w pattern shut down. 2-3K AGL doing tightest turns i had ever seen. Then at 1200 there was the daily SR71 Habu launch. Back when we were a great nation led by men, not senile in chief.
Wish I could have filmed that too
That is just beautiful to watch👍
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Love me some F-15, i was at an Eagle base in Europe for two years. Saw plenty of Alert Scrambles, They are just one behind the F-14,,,, Sorry I am old school, and grew up with the Tomcat, and got to work around them!!!!
cool, sorry I stand corrected it's not a strike eagle, it's and F15 C model
I work with a former Eagle pilot. Some of the stories are incredible. If I could do it all over again😗😗
Same here!
I miss hearing and watching the F-15s. Startup is cool! Edwards AFB 99-02
my first time hearing one, definitely recommend ear plugs
Awesome plane ✈️👍
It sure is!
3 feet off the Ground.....Gear UP !! 🏁🏁
Glad I caught it on video.
I miss those Eagles here at Soesterberg, the Netherlands. Former home of the 32nd TFS "the Wolfhounds"
I stand corrected it's not a strike eagle, it's and F15 C model
KABQ.....a television station?
Albuquerque airport identifier
I assume he ATC gave priority to the F15 not because he is military but because of the jet was from the airliner. I could be wrong.
sounds right
Who grinned when it broke the surly bonds of earth?
everyone
Nice work
Thank you! Cheers!
great thanks! wow what a machine!
You bet!
UN SALUDO Y ABRAZO FUERTE PARA EL HERMANO AVIADOR Y PILOTO CAPITAN COMANDANTE CORONEL JULIO FUENTES MERCADO F-16 FIGTHING FALCON PILOTOOOOOOOOOO
hola bienvenido
Good but not great, no weapons on those hard points. They climb like that to avoid the airspeed noise over Albuquerque, because of the mountain range holding the sound at the ground.
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I seen it F-18 takeoff at Tri-Cities airport after an airshow in Kingsport, Tennessee after he got airborne at the end of the runway, he went straight, vertical up in the air out of sight
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Bad ass!! U.S. Fighter pilots while low pay, still have the very best job on the planet! I was shocked the first time I stood next to an F-15 and an F-18 Super Hornet. They’re both massive fighters up close.
A lot of training involved I can imagine
USAF is offering hundreds of thousands of dollars in retention pay to keep pilots in the service.
I wonder what the AA pilots were thinking? Something similar to seeing a guy with a really stunning woman? :-)
that sounds about right :)
Damn I love the F-15. Going to be weird when all the single-seat air superiority versions are gone.
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Hear me once. I was on another passenger plane and had to wait. For a couple of these Superiority Fighters take off. I could feel the Thunder of the twin GE engines allowing them to go vertical to 25000 feet in seconds.
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Refueled many 15’s while stationed in Italy. There’s nothing like being on the flight line and seeing the takeoff and vertical climb.
would have loved to see that too with Italian landscaping back drop.
Noise dump with an awesome finish.
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Love your passion!
thank you
MAN the G's he must have felt.
I would have probably passed out. :)
It amazes me how they can 'leap' into the air like that...
You and me both
That's a familiar sound. I hear that from my house, and I'm all the way over in the north valley.
It’s a loud one
@@trueairspeed130 true, but the acoustics of Albuquerque also help reflect that sound between the mesa and the Sandias.
👍 thanks again!! :)
Any time!
Undefeated!!!! Enough said!
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Wicked good video...just a note, that's an F-15C...not an E-Model Strike Eagle. Fantastic Max climb on takeoff....that's about a 4G load at the snap....had the privilege of a back-seat incentive ride in my younger days, and experienced the same climb....
Lucky you, not sure I’m up for that kind of Gload
That thing is amazing and wonderful and noisy and everything! But it is not a Strike Eagle... 🤔
I know that now :)
Great screenshot 0:11 ❤😊 ........
indeed.
Old Bird still can fight 👍
no doubt about it
That was awesome👍
Glad you enjoyed it
Nice but, referring to the description, this is not a “Strike” Eagle.
I stand corrected it's not a strike eagle, it's and F15 C model
Why do the vertical wings on the back of the plane (not sure what their correct name is) stand straight up and the same wings on a F-14 tilt outward?
great question for an aerodynamicist :)
They are called vertical stabilizers or vertical stabs. The F-14 Tomcat vertical stabs are also straight up. The F/A-18 Hornet and F/A-18E/F/G SuperHornet/Growler all use the canted vertical stabs as does the F-22A Raptor. If you cant the vertical stabs or better yet, eliminate them(think B-2A Spirit/B-21A Raider and some of the GEN 6 fighter concepts) there are major benefits in regards to Low Observability aka stealth. The F-15 Silent Eagle concept used canted vertical stabilizers as part of its reduction in RADAR Cross Section(RCS). It's very difficult, if not impossible to make a GEN 4 jet into a GEN 5 LO/VLO platform.
@@hoghogwild Thanks.
THATS AN AIRCRAFT! John P.
indeed
"Long may you reign supreme in your domain" and by god, she certainly has. 144-0 and counting.
Amen
F-15C, not F-15E Strike Eagle. Just an Eagle. Best fighter in the world until the F-22 came along. Both big and sexy on the ground and in the air.
you're correct
Where is this base ? , it sure looks like HAF
Kirtland Albuquerque
F-15 EAGLE 🦅 104 kills 0 losses in air-to-air combat, no other aircraft has that record!
great info, thought I have been told since I posted this, that it is an F-15C model, is that also called an eagle?
@@trueairspeed130 . Yes! Check out the new F-15EX, it's mind-blowing!
142nd Fighter Wing Oregon Air National Guard out of Portland, Oregon. 173rd Fighter Wing Oregon Air National Guard is out of Klamath Falls. They are the other F-15 unit in the state, for now.
Thanks for clarifying
@@trueairspeed130 my pleasure. Son-in-law is in the 173rd as a jet engine mechanic.
@@michaeldavenport5034 Has your son-in-law been at the Kingsley engine shop long? I worked there from 1986 til my retirement at the end of 2010.
@@kurtwenzelburger7628looks like he got there around Aug 2008.
Nice. Was in the engine shop at the 142d from 1987 until 2015. Knew quite a few guys at the 173d.
In Thrust We Trust
that could be a cool T-shirt
@@trueairspeed130 you could sell a bunch, it's a great idea!
Looks like Albuquerque New Mexico
it is
Beautiful take off...
Yes it was!
The F-15 is still the most beautiful plane in the air, in my opinion.
can't disagree with that.
"Up We Go,........ Love it, love it, love it!
Thanks
You are very welcome Sir! I'm an old "fosil" B-52 and KC-135, and also an ex United Air Lines D-C6 and "rectum rocket" (B727) mechanic from back in the 1960s. I just love all kinds and types of airplanes. I'm really fond of old WWll airplanes as well. Anyway, keep up the good work Sir!@@trueairspeed130
Looks like the Chinese spy balloon when he is climbing the little ladder up into the plane in the upper right hand corner
🤪 where ?
I’m serious as he starting to climb look in the 3/4 up to the right in the sky
Could be another airplane
It’s when he’s about halfway up the ladder right at the back of his neck to the right
yes, departing traffic off runway 08, they climb fast and veer right or left because of the mountain range@@Oldnoitall
Sexy beast of an aircraft
I totally agree :)
Super as usual ❤❤❤
Thank you so much 😀
As someone who knows absolutely nothing, just happened to click on this video because fighter jets are cool, can someone explain to me how the jet engines can be in a rectangular configuration? I thought all jet engines were round. What kind of propulsion system is inside a rectangular engine?
It's just the air intake that is square, not sure why they built it that way, probably easier to manufacture since it has two positions. Not sure also why it can move downward or upwards.
Look at the exhaust, round, just like the engine.
Only thing is that is F - 15 C Eagle . The F -15 E Strike Eagle is (painted Gunship gray like B -52 & the Bone . It is also a two seater . Where is WSO (weapons systems officer usually at least the rank of Major) gonna sit ?? . . . .
Thanks for the clarification
How can you compare a ccesna with a war plsne
Easy it was closest to it :)
@@trueairspeed130😅
AWESOME!!!
Glad you think so!
4:08 amazing take off
one of the best I've ever seen. Not even an air show.
Nice!
Thank you! Cheers!
Not too shabby for a 41 year old lady…🔥🔥
crazy
I guess Mig-29 was designed after this one...
that would be interesting to know
@@trueairspeed130 The look similar with the Mig-29 having their own Russian touch...