AXALP 2021 The Greatest AvGeek Show on Earth!! Spectacular Swiss AirForce Live Firing!!
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THE GREATEST AVGEEK SHOW ON EARTH: SWITZERLAND’S AXALP LIVE-FIRE DEMO
Axalp is, in my humble opinion, very likely the best air show on earth, although the Swiss Air Force will be quick to tell you that it’s not really an airshow, rather, it’s a live-fire training exercise to which the public is invited. It’s officially named Fliegerschiessen Axalp, which translates to Air Force Live Fire Axalp.
It’s an exercise that’s held on top of a mountain in the Swiss Alps, uphill from the ski town of Axalp. Attendance requires getting to Switzerland, a long drive, a bus ride that’s almost as exciting as the show itself, a chairlift ride, then a hike up the last 1,000 vertical feet.
I want to thank the Swiss Air Force for fantastic flying. we got two Day's of glorious weather but lost the last Day due to poor weather! I love your country and will return to Axalp next year. cross fingers!!
Elwyn R - วิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี
The panning at 0:34 is insane.
Nailed it !! ✈️👌
and the fact your in my video again 😂
@@ElwynR trying to get my fifteen minutes of fame. Still a few more to photo bomb yet 🤠
are you flying one of the FA-18S?
I‘m watching your Mach Loop videos!
@@ElwynR Compare 1930s Nazi Germany Vs 2020s Communist China IN YOUR NEXT VIDEO Project before it's too late
The manœuvre at 1:16 is literally incredible… the amount of skill required for that is unbelievable 🇨🇭🇨🇭
(Look at all the fast food workers in the comments trying to explain how easy it is to do this because they have 100 hours in Microsoft flight simulator lol)
Not that much you just need to be at about 400 knots and do a barrel roll, hardest things are precise maneuver
@@Galinjins yeah I’m sure From your gaming chair it looks easy!
@@Gee478 It's a digital fly-by-wire system, the Hornet is made aerodynamically unstable. So not sure what makes you think it'd be hard to make those maneuvers. Watch the Finnish Hornets for some real action!
aerial dancing is what i'd call it, not really useful in real world situations, still takes skill, kudos to pilot/operator
@@mattinasa2595 it's basic military flying skills, not a passport matter. Stop blabbering about how cool been a scandi means. No matter what system input moves your flight controls you still need to know what to do and when.
That inverted pull back on the stick over the peak of the mountain was straight out of Top Gun Maverick! Incredible!! The Swiss pilots and this videographer really impressed me, well done.
Thought the same
Just fyi this is how it is always done to go over and back down a mountain. You flip upside down so that the g-forces pull you into the seat - positive g's - instead of creating negative g's if you had stayed right-side-up, which push you towards the canpoy. Negative g's are apparently quite uncomfortable. Going upside down also uses the natural lift of the wings, which create lift pushing the aircraft towards the wings top, thus allowing for a tighter turn than you'd otherwise be able to accomplish going nose down against the direction of the wing's natural lift.
I am quite certain it's the other way round. When I saw the trailer for Top Gun: Maverick, I had an instant déja vu 😉
Greatest air show I have ever seen.
@@professionalappreciator u
They did it this way with the Mirage III, with the Hunter, with the Tiger, and now with the Hornet. It's part of the training, it has nothing to do with Top Gun.
Wow, those soldiers hanging from the chopper and flying off to the distance are fearless. Bravo!
Now that my friends is an Air Show. What a spectacular display of force and superb flying skills.
The Swiss always surprise the world of how a country can project a low profile and yet they
occasionally surprise the world of how they are a force to be reckoned with.
Go Switzerland!💪
They prove it's the quiet ones ya have to look out for.
From America!
And that doesn't even include what they have hidden in the mountains since WW II waiting to greet Hitler's armies with flowers and cupcakes. I've seen the big metal doors.
@@austindarrenor There was a hot minute at the beginning of the pandemic that I wondered if we were going to blow the tunnels and bridges into the country...
@@morganw42 Imagine blowing the Grand St. Bernard tunnel. 😮
Switzerland is definitely a country that's hard to invade and occupy. Besides huge countries like Russia, Canada, USA, Brazil or China, due to their size.
@@austindarrenor j jj
This is literally jaw dropping footage
:O
Almost pitch perfect performance
@@MaximumPasta hahaha same here ! Awesome !
I was holding my jaw closed while reading this comment. lol
Literally. As in, real. Basically, without _any_ regards to height, jaws will actually become dislocated from the head, and drop, meaning in regards to gravity.
Quite a problematic symptom, to be frank. It's not well documented whether it affects the swiss people in a general sense, or just these wonderfully magnifcent folks at an air show.
As a Finn = als eene Finnische Bube:
Love you guys. You've got the mountains. We've got the forest. Keep your quality & style.
This is the most incredible maneuvering I've seen! The Swiss are such talented aviators🇨🇭🇨🇭🇨🇭
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The best place for an air show. Hands down.
You mean : in the air ?
@@soundcrumbs 😖
Be cool if we could get one on the Mach loop here in the UK. This is astounding stuff bet there's some awesome stills from this
@@iitzfizz Unfortunately the RAF refuses to open up the area around its live firing ranges. That would be something to behold.
Amazing, now that's an airshow. Like others have said definitely made my bucket list. I felt like a young kid again, going to my first airshow watching this.
can’t wait to see the Swiss navy in action
LMAO
I did, it's pretty underwhelming....
We actually have some boats on some lakes so.. 😂
😆
Switzerland actually have a tiny merchant Navy ;)
I don't think I have ever seen a real live fire demo at an airshow. Amazing!
Well on paper it’s an exercise not an airshow. ;)
@@Phillsen that’s awesome
@@davidbarnard9467 I have been there and it's really something.
But you have to hike up there really early in the morning if you want to have a good place to sit/stand as it's not a secret any more.
Also the weather in the alps is changing fast and isn't that easy to predict. In some years when the sight is low they cancel right at the time it would start.
@@Phillsen thanks for the info. Im considering going next time. But I just read the next one is in 2025. how is it regarding budget? If I'm not wrong there are no tickets to enter, but to get there you might need to pay a bus and a lift, and for sure stay in a town nearby as a tourist
All I can hear is the alarm in the cockpit -
“Terrain, terrain, terrain”
pull up, pull up.
Don't sink don't sink 😭😭😭😂😂😂
They have the Swiss language pack installed! It says: Hueregopfertami pass uf!
In Swiss jets the alarm goes off only once, after each take off: "You're in the mountains. Deal with it."
@@thearchibaldtuttle Hahahahahahah
I love the smell of Toblerone in the morning
The Swiss are badass... It's always funny that the world sees Switzerland as a peaceful and serene place with pristine dreamy alpine sceneries plus all of their specialties...And don't get me wrong they're all that but, as someone who's spent many vacations there since I was a kid, I can tell they are extremely patriotic and their military ( especially the air force ) is as good as anyone else if not better...I wouldn't mess with them...As for this demonstration I can only imagine the skill level it takes to fly supersonic jets in a country that's mostly mountainous...
Maybe, but maybe that all that they are good for, never seen them fighting for something, or someone.
@@Jflonsn That's because thank God they never had their country invaded or attacked...
But history usually shows that an invasion of Switzerland would be too long, too complicated and too costly...
Even the Third Reich had planned an invasion of Switzerland "Operation Tannenbaum" and decided to scrap it because of the country's mountainous landscape...And probably other things too...Such as all the secret Swiss bank accounts with Nazi gold and God knows what else...
I am not Swiss but I've been there regularly since I was 4 and the one thing that always impressed me is that the people are intensely patriotic, not to mention the fact that after serving in the various branches of the military basically each Swiss citizen remains a reserve soldier until a certain age and they're required by law to keep their weapons at home...
Which means that, within days, there would be several millions of people ready to fight...
How do I know all that ?
It's because I've been to Switzerland thousands of times since I was a kid and I have very close friends there...
That said, nobody wants to go to war and I'm sure that the Swiss would rather live peacefully every day going forward...
Yea nobody can harm them, after ww3 the survivors would be the swiss people. But, they are dependent on their neighbours. They profit with no intention to give something back. Without the rest of europe ( end exploiding the financial system) they would be just be some poor mountain people. Sorry but if you don't care for anyone why should anyone care for you.
@@Jflonsn That is true... At least they'll still have chocolate to sell...If that makes a difference...
i would say we aren't that patriotic.
Danke für die Grossartige Flugshow Aufnahme. Die kleine 🇨🇭SCHWEIZ🇨🇭 zeigt denn grossen Welt wie ein Flug Show geht💪💪.
wieso klein? die schweizer piloten zählen zu den besten der welt
Das unsere kampfz Piloten die Ungekrönten Könige der Alpen sind hat sich längst rum gesprochen.
Was einem zu denken geben müsste wäre dass ein grosser Teil unserer Luftwaffe an dieser Show teil nimmt.
Und was geschehen kann wenn eine Luftwaffe zu klein ist zeigen ja leider jüngste Ereignisse
@@Knightrider2709 Bin absolut deiner Meinung Peter, die Linken und die Grünen denken für immer Frieden
in 1978 i went to school in the alps near lake geneva, from time to time fighters would fly from low level near the lake straight up the side of the mountain and over the ski fields, sometimes you could hear them, and not see them until they sprung out of the fog at close to mach 1, unbelievable, ill never forget it
I hope I can see some of that flying when I go to Switzerland next summer on a tour...but I probably won't be lucky enough, especially if they only do those maneuvers at certain times of the year.
@@garyausten5939 you can inform yourself… i am from Switzerland and in summer they often do flyingshows👌🏻
Hawker Hunters? (Mk.58) ,DH Vampires? Or Mirage III?
I saw a 3 plane formation flight of F/A-18's fly right over my institution a few months ago, close to lake geneva. They are still at it!!!
I don't think I can express how cool this is without swearing!
i am a swiss army soldier and this guys secure our air every day so thanks..🤗
Being totally surrounded by NATO is helpful
They secure your air ?
From whom ?? The same boat people that invade you on the ground by the thousands?
Ahh... Russians of course! Right,?
Fantastic. The pilots, the aircraft, the video work, the backdrop, everything ! Thanks
Glad you liked it! everything just clicked 👌
the second f-18 that makes the left turn is absolutely awesome, its sounds 🤘
Full left bank @ 9.23 G's. HoleyMoley. Good Dance with this old lady.
Wow this is incredible! This is absolutely the best air show footage I’ve ever seen, without a doubt! Thank you so much Elwyn.
Wow, thank you!
Not after Watching SU-57 Airshow..But this is very very good..would love to be there..
@@octaviussludberry9016 yes I believe it is.
@@lnr243😊😊😢
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Better than any airshow that I have seen, and I have seen quite a few. The turning ability of the F-18 is freaking impressive.
фуфло твой Ф-18
@@maisenia2011 однозначно!
F-18- отстой.
Russians mad their "superior" planes as they were thought to be are not as good heh
@@maisenia2011 a
@@WSK29what third world country are you from?
The only air show in the world where the spectators are higher that the aircraft. Spectacular.
Stunning as always, what a footage mate, superb! This is a show to visit in the future for sure!
This just made it to the top of my bucket list for shows to attend. This is some amazing footage!
If you like nature... it's quite a nice hiking trip, too.
Me too!
Ditto
Me too
@@Vickzq it's about a 3 hour hike up there right?
This is literally the most spectacular airshow I've ever seen
I just I wish to see it in real life not in a video
I just watched top gun and this video perfectly encapsulates the moves/stunts we saw in the movie!! and now i can share it to my friends who saw the movie but had no idea what they were seeing was real, they thought the scenes were CGI-ed
Bravo thumbs up for this video!!
WOW, that sure beats standing behind a railing in the pouring rain👍🏻
You got that right!
You have to hand it to the Swiss they know how to put on a show, and I agree it is the greatest show on earth thanks for sharing this with us👍👏👌😍
Couldn't agree more!
That's my countryyy!! 😎💪
Greatest show without aerobatics? My condolences =)
OMG yes. Absolutely bonkers
Eh
Everyone knows how to put on a show. Swiss is perhaps the worst one. Its embarrassing how lame it is. Got ahead, google shit.
Love you videos, as the ex-Ground Forces Liaison between the USAF and US Army, I grew to absolutely love the ripping sound of great fighters passing overhead, this is MY KIND of ASMR.... Bravo for putting these up.
This scenery and the performance here are absolutely breathtaking. And the video maker does a great job! 👍
Glad you enjoyed it!
I cannot imagine the tremendous self confidence and skills those pilots must have. Wow!
Comes with training training training
Stunning, absolutely stunning!!!! Great to see the aircraft at speeds not normally seen at general air displays. Thanks for sharing, terrific stuff!!! Keith.
thanks Keith, it was a great couple of Days
Awesome video! Thanks for posting. Even all these years later, the F/A-18 is such a weapon.
I was lucky enough to see it live a few years ago, it was well worth the effort to hike up there! Get there if you can!
Stunning work, sensational flying - many thanks for such great videography 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
i see the swiss army had extra flares lying around
Correct, we have too many and need to use them before they get too old!
Its the only day we use them 😂
usually only use ones near their expiration date. would be thrown away anyhow.
@@CFO404 @q
LOL, best ever !!
Amazing Swiss F-18. 🇨🇭🇨🇭🇨🇭♥️♥️♥️
I hope to see this live one day, it doesn't get better than this, spectacular.
They certainly do put on an amazing show/live fire exercise. Very cool 😎👍
The Swiss Air Force does know how to put on a show!
Encore
@@SaintCergue More than 30 brand new F35s will be with you very soon. Watch out for the FADEC, it's still very buggy.
didnt know our neighbours have pilots that good. maneuvering this tight spots between mountains must be awesome. good cameraman aswell. chapeau
Swiss are like, "What safety precautions?" and I love them for it!! Amazing show and amazing footage!
There's plenty of safety precautions. Live firing can be done only with safety in mind.
I can almost feel the G forces from only watching
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They fly with watchmaking precision! 😀 Thank you for sharing the video!
Wow Elwyn, that was a packed audience with spectacular views..great images, cheers buddy 👍🏼🥰
j'y suis allé plusieurs fois étant jeune... c'est tellement le top!, bravo pour la qualité des images et du son, on s'y croirait!
never seen a airshow with live fire in the us. beautiful to watch and beautiful mountains. The f5's were a sight for sore eyes!!!!!
It is not an air show, it's a training exercise. They just so happen to tolerate spectators because they can't close the bloody mountain to the public for 2 weeks.
If they called that an air show, it would be illegal. You can't have planes flying over people in Europe during air shows, and you are obviously not allowed to use live ammunition.
@@mcgeufer Rules: "You can't have planes flying over people in Europe during air shows."
The Swiss: "Hmm... nothing says we can't fly *under* people."
@@donjones4719 They do fly over your head too, I was up there a few times.
In fact it is not avoidable to fly over people, because the terrain.
There is also footage from "wild Gärst", the mountain behind the targets.
The most convenient air show for aviation lovers and spectators in terms of the feeling of aircraft flight, and even the work of the pilots is amazing !
Spectacular video! What a way to put on an airshow. Thanks for sharing!
The way the second jet you see in the video appears is just awesome the sound the flares everything is just awesome
My jaw has hung open this entire video. What absolutely amazing footage! I can only imagine watching in person.
I’ve never seen anything like this this is amazing I can’t imagine what it be like standing on the hill unreal!! Thanks
Glad you enjoyed it
Not really a hill, it’s a mountain and it requires some walking to get there.
You can do the walk from a nearby funicular station or walk from some lower parking place, in any case walk you must.
AMAZING FLY SHOW WITH AMAZING BACKGROUND! Wish I could be there. Congrats to Swiss air force. Hope to see some of these manoeuvers sometime at Athens Fly Week here in my country!
AMAZING PHOTOSHOOTS TOO!
The smiles on these people's faces is impeccable
Thanx Elwyn - one can‘t do it better. And I love my country and it‘s very skilled pilots. Best of the world!
Couldn't agree more!
Simplemente EXPECTACULAR ejercito del aire toma ejemplo!!!
Literally the best air show on earth by miles.
You Swiss aviators are top notch! Great flying boys! Well done!
FABULOUS footage!
Axalp is one for my bucket list.
Gona share this to my page
WTF live fire! Amazing show! Great footage! This is now on my bucket list!
Wow. This is airmanship as precise as the inner workings of a Swiss watch, recorded with absolutely amazing camera work. This footage renders all other similar offerings tame in comparison.
Elwyn, Thank you so much for sharing. What a FANTASTIC show...😉👍👍👍
Absolutely awesome !!!
I would have such a sore face from grinning if I was there 🙂
Wow, I live in Switzerland and didn't even know about this event. You made an awesome camera job. I need to go there next year!
Me too 🙈 missed it by a week this year 😩
Könnt ihr mir sagen wo das ist? Ziehe zurück nach Zürich demnächst aus Deutschland und würde das auch gerne live erleben, danke Euch👍🏻
@@smaimer4974 Es ist am Axalp neben Brienz
@@smaimer4974 Berner ober Land
American engineering at it's finest. Beautiful F-18 demo.
Wow. What a professionalism of flying !!! Awesome.
This makes Mach Loop look VERY tame!
Absolutely spectacular. You must have been thrilled to get so much superb footage. :)
I was but also missed so much!
The most daring & amazing airshow ever. Truly a rare sight to behold . Fighter jets shooting forth in amazing formation amidst breathtaking mountainous region. The Swedish are a top notch bunch. Maneuvering such tough terrain are beyond ordinary thoughts. Everything about Sweden 🇸🇪 are stunningly & magnificently beautiful, the places, people & atmosphere....now its fighterplanes & raw talents....regal & splendid life indeed.
Switzerland is not Sweden
Why do people always mix up the watch makers with the ikea guys?
Ich weiss es auch nicht, vielleicht weil beide Länder mit Sw… beginnen.
Bros living in TOP GUN movie
Now that's an airshow, no lame freakin music, just KWOWOWOWWWWWWOWWWKRRRRRRRRRR & BRRRRRRRT. Majestic.
Dam that was really cool the scenery is unreal absolutely Beautiful
OMG how stupidly impressive those pilots are😵💫😲 Incredible footage, well done👏
Wow, what a treat! Freaking amazing skills/planning/trust. I get goosebumps when I hear 5-6 jets in formation/tandem Apart from a V10 engine revving, this is the best sound on earth.
Really exeptional, it is very beautiful. Merci Elwyn!
This is why i live in Switzerland🥰🥰🥰
Практично. И пилотам лишний опыт, и для местных жителей незабываемые впечатления. Авиашоу среди горных скал смотрятся действительно превосходно.
Привет)
woooooow that is absolutely stunning !!! no further words needed !!!
Live fire at a demo? That is some real bad ass shit dude.
what about ricochet possibility?
it's the other way round: it's the annual live fire exercise on the Axalp Air Force firing range which can be attended by spectators
@@djizzah The spectators are far enough away, don't worry
Now that is an airshow! 1:12 put the biggest and most excited smile on my face!
CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IT ON AMAZON PRIME AUGUST, 22nd 2022... TOP GUN 2, YEAH! I PURCHASED IT FOR KEEPS.
BRAINS AND MAD SKILLS ARE ALL IT TAKES TO BE AN ELITE FIGHTER PILOT... AND I HAVE NONE.
KUDOS TO THE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN... FIGHTER PILOTS IN OUR UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES, THANK YOU.
Very fantastic aircraft introduction good..absolutely great performance..
Thank you so much for these pictures Elwyn, the swiss pilots are really incredible and it's something which' s well known here in France !
I 'ld have liked so much to see them fly on Rafale in these mountains, unfortunately....
Hey SirDjedj, Swiss Armed Forces Officer here, I can feel you, I wanted the Rafale very badly for our Air Force
En Suisse, beaucoup de gens auraient voulu le Rafale. Il y a certainement eu des enjeux politiques faisant que le F-35 à gagné la manche.
@@adbossx1 On sait que le Président US est intervenu personnellement pour que cette vente se fasse, et qu'il y a également eu un important lobbying voire des pressions de ce que l'on appelle le complexe militaro-industriel. A tel point que cela a vraiment fâché les plus hautes autorités françaises, et d'autant plus que cela venait en complément de l'énorme marché perdu par la France des sous-marins pour l'Australie.
Il n'empêche que quand on regarde le cahier des charges de la Confédération concernant les besoins et les attentes de ce futur chasseur de l'Armée de l'Air Suisse le Rafale cochait toutes les cases, alors que le F 35 en était loin. Et puis revirement de situation en 48H et le F 35 a été préféré.
Peut-être y-a-t'il eu quelques discrets échanges de valises, ou quelques villas ou appartements en Californie ou en Floride ont eu un nouveau propriétaire helvète, allez savoir...
WOW. The most incredible backdrop for an airshow!! American naval fighters in a land-locked air force... And The Patrouille Suisse flying what America SHOULD have bought.
Fantastic footage, well done and THANK YOU!
انا عربي يمني احترم سويسرا واتمنى لها ولشعبها كل الخير.لم نرا منهم الا الاحترام
So schöne Worte, und dies von einem Jemeniten, welche im Krieg sind und die Welt schaut einfach weg. Traurig. Ich wünsche einen baldigen Frieden in Jemen 🕊️🕊️🕊️. Herzliche Grüsse aus der 🇨🇭
@@realtruth9346 ولك الف تحيه واحترام
Another superb video Elwyn, no dramatic music just action!!!
Keep em comin fella.
Thanks, will do!
Wow Spectacular 👏 & the scenery 👏 love ❤ air shows & the sound
James's Bond comes to mind .
Glad you enjoyed it
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The dude waving at the crowd while dangling underneath a heli XD. He's so relaxed while just hanging out in the air.
Bruh...I'm dead 🤣🤣☠️
Очень впечатляет, такое воздушное шоу должен увидеть каждый своими глазами.
I have seen the Blue Angels in San Francisco many times and the Thunderbirds at Edwards AFB. As wonderful as they are, this display of the skill of Swiss pilots through the Alps is incredible. The F-18 is an awesome fighter, as are the F-22, F-16, and F-35.
You don't like F-15's?
@@krylatich My bad! I love the F-15. And let's not forget the awesome B's, AC, and SR-71, etc!
@@krylatich
My Favorite Fighter the Legendary F-15 Eagle
I wonder how long the F-35 will last in the hands of the Swiss Air Force. They managed to chew up the F-18, a reinforced carrier plain. Now the F-18 shall be replaced by the F-35A. They might turn the LM junk into scrap way faster then ever intended. Assuming a 30 years service time for the F-35A might be rather optimistic.
I have absolutly no idea why was this recomanded to me but i loved it!!!
Einer der Geilsten Präsentationen die ich gesehen habe....Danke Schweiz und die ganzen Teilnehmer
What an absolutely amazing place and "show" 😂 most definitely on my bucket list!! Great video 👏👏👏
Thanks so much! 😊
Outstanding! The Swiss people may be justly proud of their military! Well Done!!
Me as a swiss guy of course yes. But we have a lot of people that said "we are neutral, we dont need an army"
Im..Im...just shocked! the 5 blokes hanging off the Heli, that bad fkr tearing round the edge of the mountain at close range......just fkn glorious......err, thanks for that.....I think....LOL, awesome mate all round, this is mind blowing to me. Cheers, W Yorks.
Juste perfect comme aéroport du Bourget à Paris. Magnifique, so thanks you very much the moment👋