Just to point out since this comes up a lot, these aren't a waste of taxpayer dollars. The military considers these part of the required amount of flying hours for pilot training, the American public just gets a free show on the side. The bomber flyovers sometimes actually simulate a bombing run with the stadium as the target XD
@@DennisMerwood-xk8wp dear idiot, the funding and training hours are already allocated. It's just a matter of where it's done. If it weren't done over a stadium they would have another route planned. The respective leagues ask them to do it and they arrange the training schedule to plan for flyovers. Why are you people this uninformed? Too much CNN?
@@kerryknight228 The basic acquisition price of an F/A-18 A Hornet is approximately $21 million per plane. However, after being specially equipped, each plane costs $56 million. The US Navy budgets about $40 million a year to maintain the squadron. According to the Boston Phoenix, in 2007, annual salaries for 114 support personnel cost $5.6 million. Pilot salaries cost approximately $12 million annually. It costs roughly $20 million in fuel expenses for shows (rehearsals and performances, based on 2010 jet fuel price) a year. Plus, it costs approximately $2 million on staff lodging and meals to do these shows each year. So based on these numbers, the Blue Angels cost American taxpayers roughly $112-million every year. Blue Angel jets burns about 8,000 pounds of jet fuel per hour of flight. 8,000 pounds of jet fuel equals 1,200 gallons. Since there are six demonstration jets that's 48,000 pounds of jet fuel per hour or 7,200 gallons per hour. For a 4-hour show that's 28,800 gallons. Enough to drive your family car 864,000 miles. It costs $13,344,000 in fuel alone to train just one Commanding Officer and $85,957,200 in fuel for the training of the 14 other pilots. A horrendous waste of tax payer money.
@@tehClew B1-Bs, yeah, they're loud. B2 Spirits? They're actually designed to be quiet from the ground because the exhaust is completely above the wing. They can probably be loud, but all the B2 flyovers I've ever seen have been eerily quiet for a plan as big as it is. One football game I was at soon after it started doing sports flyovers (air force v navy at fed ex field) there was first an F-18 flyover, of course loud as hell. Then the B2 did a flyover. The entire stadium got so quiet as it went over, I could hear players talking on the field from the upper deck. Everyone around us just noted how terrifying that experience was, seeing a plane fly overhead and barely hearing a thing.
@@dakkonfury I’m in the airforce and grew up 10 minutes from whiteman airforce base, the home of the B2s. They are loud as fuck and you’re full of shit.
I didn’t hear a mention of it, but the one that gets me is when they have an empty spot in the formation. They of course do that for the obvious reason.
@@04m6gto No fooling: The Bone can go supersonic, like a fighter. In combat, they literally cannot be heard until they pass. (Of course, if you are the enemy, that sound is a great relief, as it means you were not the 🎯.)
My late uncle was a lieutenant colonel for the USAAF and flew in Vietnam and Korea. For his funeral, there were retired AF airmen who performed the missing man formation flyover in honor of his service. It’s surprising how simultaneously inspiring and humbling it is to witness.
I still live next to an airforce base and jets and "breaking the sound barrier" is almost a daily occurrence EDIT: I didnt even start the video before commenting, barely a minute in they show the stadium I live right next to also, haha
MacDill Air Force Base from 1969 until the early eighties had F4 phantoms and Canberra bombers permanent station. Every other type of plane the Air Force owned would fly into MacDill and out of MacDill from time to time as it was a sac base at the time. I was about three miles off the main gate. I never considered it noise or a pain or annoying to me that sound is the sound of freedom.
You can’t describe the feeling of standing in the stadium listening to the National Anthem and then the fly overs. It is timed perfectly. The sound is deafening and depending on what flys over the stadium shakes. Also depending on what they are flying, in Nashville the pilots are in the stadium at half time and are introduced to the crowd. Love it.
The college I attend produces a lot of military pilots because of our aviation and aerospace programs, so it’s always an extra point of pride when (at halftime) they introduce the pilots that preformed the fly over are Auburn grads. Also, it never fails to get everyone in the stadium of 87,451 hyped when we feel the rumble of the jets when they pass over. There’s nothing else like it
Had some doing live fire practice not far from my home a few weeks ago... That sound made my hair stand on end (bc I knew immediately what it was)... My family: "What in the hell was that?!" Me holding back tears: "FREEDOM!"
I was working on equipment topside (chaff launchers) when F-14s did a surprise “flyover” at about 150 ft. you don’t hear them till they’re 100 yards past you & the sonic boom scares your lunch out of you… We thought the launchers went off
I used to live near a stadium and a ball park here in Texas. Flyovers would happen and I knew a big game was about to start. I was also a subcontractor at Lockheed Martin some years back and would see the jets flying around there too.
Great one today. Relatively knew to your channel but I must admit I enjoy listening to regular guys from another place and your take because too often we are inundated by experts who want to tell us what to think. Great job
Hi guys. So glad you did this reaction. The flyovers do tend to bring people together for a minute. Sadly in todays world there aren't as many who really get the warm feeling of pride that we used to have so much more of. Hope we can get back to that one day. Quick story. My brother was a 30 year military guy. Many of those years as a SEAL. They were stationed in Virginia Beach which has both an Amphibious Base (where my bro worked) and a Naval Air Station. Their house was closer to the Air Base so they got lots of overhead traffic. Well I was down visiting for a couple weeks and for a few days there were other visitors as well. Every time for the first 2 days that a jet went over they would start talking about the noise and "how can you guys stand it" etc. Well I guess my brother finally had heard enough. We were all sitting in the family room talking and watching a game. My nephew who was about 10 or 12 at the time was sitting on the floor doing homework, Sure enough you could hear the sound of an approaching jet and the griping started again. That plane passed and another approached and my brother called to his son. He looked at his Dad and said what? My brother said what is that and pointed to the sky. My nephew listened and said "Oh that's just the sound of freedom Dad" and went back to his work. We didn't hear another gripe about the noise for the rest of their visit. Hope 2021 is a better year for all of you fellows and everyone out there. Stay safe and well. You guys should check out the Tomb of the unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery. The changing of the guard there is very cool as well. In that same patriotic vein, 2 music videos that are tributes to fallen warriors of all wars and all generations. Both by Trace Adkins. Here are the links. Hope you enjoy them even if you don't do reactions to them. th-cam.com/video/rJO7lJIxG10/w-d-xo.html and th-cam.com/video/GSEauSGFK74/w-d-xo.html
I was at a semi-pro baseball game and the Blue Angels gave them a flyover, as they had a demonstration that weekend in the same city! Just up to practice and they talked to the local people and decided to just do a random fly-by! Crowd went fucking nuts!
I live a few miles from an NFL stadium and when they do fly overs, they typically fly directly over our house on at least the entrance or exit. Four A-10 flew over two weeks ago.
This was the first video of y’all I watched almost 3 years ago. Since then I’ve watched every video multiple times for two years since. Crazy what one video can turn into
These flyovers are very exciting, but I must say as someone who lives across the water from Logan Airport, Boston. It is not nearly as exciting when commercial aircraft take off or land over your house every 20 mins 😂 Another fun vid guys. The best reaction channel on YT!
This was the first video of y’all I watched. Since then I’ve watched every video multiple times for two years since. Crazy what one video can turn into
I'm in Jacksonville, FL, where we've got some air stations, so when I was able to go to the home games here, there was pretty much always a flyover. The F-18s and F-16s are pretty awesome, but the B-52 and B-2 are most memorable, especially because they fly relatively low and you can feel it all through the stadium. The timing's awesome. And I also appreciated that once the pilots parked their planes, they'd head over to the stadium to be recognized during one of the commercial breaks. Funny thing is, while I was watching this, had an F-18 (maybe two) fly over my home, just the loud road of jet engines for a moment. At this point I'm not taken much off-guard by it, just take a moment to appreciate that sound because it's awesome. The one flyover of my home that did surprise me was when I used to live directly in the flight path into one of the air fields, and one morning got woken up by a large plane flying low enough that the sound and vibrations made it seem like the world was ending around me or something... kind of cool when it's not waking you up suddenly. Also remember when my folks lived near a small airport where they had Apaches stationed for a while, the Apaches would hover over homes and you could feel everything vibrate. Thankfully they don't get quite that low with a stadium.
Great story.. I was stationed on Coronado, on the west coast. During the '11 Carrier Classic, Obama was there on the Carl Vinson flight deck. I walked out my barracks and felt the vibration. I was streaming the bball game live, and it was about 5 seconds delayed on "live" telecast... pretty cool.🇺🇲👍🏾✈️
Guess I took it for granted cause I grew up on an Air Base. I was used to jets breaking the sound barrier daily. Now when there is an Air Show in Chicago , I’m amazed at the 100s of thousands who go to it. Wow. I see them doing the flyover in Chicago
Like how you were saying when the planes go over everyone forgets that there are rival teams its all about America. That happens in a baseball game on the day Osama bin Laden was killed and the news spread across the stadium, everyone forgets that the game is happening. You should react to that!
@@officeblokedaz sorry for the late response! I have been on vacation for the past weekend! Here is the link for the video! th-cam.com/video/uVeTLjJVlr4/w-d-xo.html
People think it's a waste of money but in truth, these flyovers are just part of the regular training budget. They're going to use the fuel anyway, so it might as well be at a football game.
I live directly across the river from the Jaguar NFL stadium in Jacksonville, Florida. The fly overs fly RIGHT over my house every time. It's a free show. Awesome. If you're in the stadium or my driveway, you can feel it in your chest. It's really really incredible.
1:11 that is Luke Keuchly, one of the best linebackers of all time, and probably the greatest player in my Carolina Panthers’ short history. You should absolutely watch a video about him, as he retired last January unexpectedly.
There's something about the thunderous roar of a formation flight of military aircraft flying overhead that just gives you a huge rush of "F*CK YEAH!" energy
Back in the 1990s, celebrating Independence Day in Boston, I had the thrill of seeing one of the first B-2 Spirit flyovers WHILE I was standing on the deck of the USS Constitution...there is nothing quite like the sound of the thing...but you are right that it does not look of this world. Nowadays, I live in a place where massive C-5 Galaxy cargo planes very frequently fly over as they take off and land from Westover ARB in Massachusetts. ✌
Derrick Thomas. Reaction. Those are the only 3 words needed. He was Lawarence Taylor without the drugs. Best pure pass rusher ever. Loved his dad that died in Vietnam.
My family took a trip to England when I was...eh, 14 I think. We had extended family in Bulwell (sp?). During this 3 week trip, we took a mini-trip to Wales. I'm honestly not sure where in Wales we were when I saw this, but while we were out driving one day, we came across these giant hills all dotted through this area and we decided to climb one. As we got to the top, some Jets flew by, lower than the top of the hill we were on, so we could look directly at the pilot as they flew by. I'll never forget that trip :) PS. You were both correct, btw. That's the B-2 Stealth Bomber.
Must’ve been South Wales mate. Brecon Beacons. Not sure where bulwell is tbf. There’s a lot of military activity around the beautiful Brecon Beacons. 👍🏻
@@officeblokedaz Bulwell's like 5 miles north of Central Nottingham, it must be part of the Nottingham...district or however it's organized in the UK because when I searched google maps it actually lists it as 'Bulwell, Nottingham, UK' Brecon Beacons, looked it up. I doubt I'd recognize the exact place we went up, but from the photos I saw that looks like where we were. I remember pretty much every step of the way Wales being beautiful. Lots of picturesque towns/cities etc... That particular moment stuck with me though.
@@officeblokedaz I don't know that I went to Robin Hood land, but going to Nottingham Forest as a kid and seeing the Great Oak was a hell of a memory. I do recall a ride of some sort, but it was like a trip through Robin Hood's history ending with the story of how the site of his burial was determined via arrow shot. It's been awhile, like...26-28 years. The castles, ruins, gardens etc... are somewhat of a stark contrast to the States where you just won't find architecture like that, for obvious reasons. Really cool trip. My one regret is I wasn't a tad older to appreciate it more, and also...perhaps sample some of the fine beverages of the land.
Fort Sill is the American Army Artillery School. If you wish to not sleep on Friday nights, you are welcome to try to sleep in Lawton hotel. The school loves to shoot the big guns, do what you should have learned, before they let the student soldiers go on leave on Saturday...
Your last statement is so correct. Everyone is quiet in solidarity and as soon as the words "and the home of the brave!" are sung there's guaranteed to be someone yelling "let's fucking kill them!" immediately after.
We spend a ridiculous amount of money on our military. This is one way to get them solid training and provide a "morale" boost at the same time. The stealth bomber that flies over the KC stadium is doing a simulated bombing run. Pretty neat that they incorporate training and make it a real exercise
Used to live in VA near naval base Oceana. It’s amazing as long as they weren’t flying over at 11pm, which they did sometimes. Lots of I love jet noise bumper stickers and just as many hate ones lol.
England is so cool. You speak of the Spitfire and other vintage war planes. You guys really know who to honor the soldiers of WWII. My brother has been to several of the reenactments of those shows. Very impressive.
As a half Japanese half American. Born and raised in Dallas Texas living in Japan for over a decade now. The whiskey 🥃 and videos like this remind me how great America is. Them flyovers.
I grew up near a NASCAR race track and the jets would come in a few days early. We always see the jets on race week. I remember one time I was at recess and the jets flew over head and I didn’t think “hey is there a race Sunday.” Me and the rest of the kids stood there in awe of the jets and many waved. I remember going home and telling my mom about the planes that flew over our school. I’m not sure if they deliberately flew over the playground or not, but that was the coolest thing!
U.S. military uses fly overs as part of their training so the cost is already factored into the budget and that's why we can have so many fly overs at sporting events.
During the COVID pandemic the Navy Blue Angels and the Air Force Thunderbirds were doing flyovers in many U.S. cities. I was lucky enough to see them in the Houston, TX area.
Was at an Florida State home football game versus Chattanooga, and they Did a B-2 flyover and it shook the whole stadium!! Was amazing!! Fly overs are awesome!!
Rose Bowl Game about 10 years ago or so, had two B1B Lancers fly over and when they cleared the far edge of the stadium they pulled up, hit their afterburners and climbed out of sights it was one of the loudest noises I've ever heard. It was AWESOME!
The main purpose of the flyover is for practice flights or moving the planes from one place or another. They use it as drills and such. They're so freaking cool though, it gets you powered up!!
I was a member of a robotics team during the FRC 2019 competition. On the first morning of the Aerospace Valley Regional, a jet or two did a fly over at the high school we were competing at. It was really cool seeing that kinda thing in person!
I go to the most home games for the Green Bay Packers. We always have the fighter keys fly over and it always a thrill. It’s amazing when the pilots show up at the game, we go crazy for them!!
I live in Jacksonville, FL, which is where the Blue Angels first took flight. I have never been to a Jag game that didn't have a fly-over. Living right across the river from NAS Jax, I see fly-overs every day.
I am of Scottish heritage and live in North Carolina, not far from Fraser's Ridge. I am not an Outlander addict, but the culture and history of Scotland intrigues me. Good show!
I worked in an office in Palmdale and the big stealth bomber would do touch and go landings every once in a while and the car alarms went off for miles around. It was amazing to hear the power in it!
The most recent flyover I really remember was over Camping World Stadium... on April 2nd, 2017. I wasn't _at_ Wrestlemania, but my house was in the flight path. Apparently my sister's house as well, considering I got a call from her almost immediately afterwards. (One of the few Manias I watched live, though. The highlight was probably Triple H being led to the ring by the Orlando Police Department. #aside)
I love them because American football is basically the height of the nation's recreational enjoyment. And the flyover is a reminder of the hard work done and sacrifices made to reach a point where everyone can enjoy life on such a grand scale.
There is a place I go camping often on the Kern River in Golden Trout Wilderness. California, it’s not too far from Edwards Air Force Base. The fighter jets come roaring up the river following the canyon twists and turns, it’s very impressive. They are traveling faster than the speed of sound at times. I have seen them so close that I could read the numbers on their wings. Once, a pilot did a barrel roll right over where we were camping, to our cheers, it was so close I could see the pilot in the cockpit when he went upside-down. Mind-blowing.
You guys should check out the Jim Cornelison national anthem at Soldier Field video. It’s during the playoff run the Bears had a couple years ago. There are two videos. The crowd is so loud during the singing of the national anthem standing and cheering. It’s very moving.
The B-2 stealth is housed at Whiteman AFB near Kansas City, MO. Every KC Chiefs game I have been to there has started with a B-2 flyover. Everyone should experience it once from the upper deck. One word, AWESOME!
The best part about a pregame flyover is that it costs the NFL nor the city nor the military anything to do it. Because of the precision and timing and analysis, it's a training exercise.
There were a few jets that were doing practice flights in the area of my college back in 2017 and it was just invigorating to watch during break for lunch before our late-day exam. It just kind of wiped out all the worries my class had about the exam and we ended up getting our best scores that day, because of the lack of that bothersome worry (The usual dread and worry of "I'm going to fail even though I studied so hard" and such).
My grandparents live beneath a training area for the airforce and you can often hear them flying around shooting practice flares. Occasionally they will go supersonic and you'll feel them chasing eachother. You almost never see them though. They arent there for show.
Flyover are pretty awesome and it is the noise and the power but if you want an excellent experience....The SR 71, when it’s flying over, you can feel it in your chest, it’s amazing.
You cold always tell when a flyover was going to happen in college because my friends in the marching band would always talk about timing the national anthem that week so they could get it JUST right with the aircraft on gameday.
Have been there in the stadium in Charlotte when they did this. Scared the ......out if me ! Forgot about the flyover and thought it was an earthquake.
I worked near the downtown airport in Kansas City when the squadron of A10's was coming in one after another to land prior to the Chiefs game that year. It was awesome to see them coming in at under 500 feet to land.
When I was stationed in the Navy, at Coronado Island, on the west coast, Barack Obama came to watch the bball college game, on the carrier flight deck. It was called the "carrier classic."...I was just outside my barracks and saw the flyover, live while streaming the game, live on my computer... pretty cool.🇺🇲
I'm lucky to have lived in San Diego for decades. My University, UCSD a mile at most near the Pacific ocean. Almost due east of was NAS MIRAMAR, when the carrier air wing were in we could always hear them practicing their touch and goes. Sadly one spring the Blue Angels were practicing their program before their annual show here. I was walking across campus at that time and heard such a tremendous bang that was ear shattering. For a few moments I had wondered if the chemistry lab had blown up. Nope. One of the guys was practicing a move where he flies upside down, very close to the runway.... Tragically he augured in and the wreckage and he were in shattered pieces all along it. I had always wanted to go to an airshows, but have to say after that, never went, but watched from afar... And never from the stands. Thank goodness no members of the public were there. But this past summer and fall into early winter everyone in Coronado (which sits smack in the middle of the harbor where the carriers are) was really giving us civilians a great show. We could see the F-35's or whatever zoom off and do their ops temp stuff practicing their landings on the carriers. Carriers were over the horizon so we couldn't see those. But we sure as heck got some chills up and down the spine hearing the roar of the fighter jets! Had fun watching the helos practicing too. A real treat... especially as the fighters were going out in those tight formations. 0f my 40 years out of my nearly 65 years has been in San Diego, and as often as I've seen the carriers here and observed these airwings in action, this stuff never gets old. Glad you enjoyed watching this. What a rush to even watch. I remember hearing once in an interview a carrier pilot was asked what a night landing was like. He said : "It's like having sex in a car crash.". I will take his word for it.
Just to point out since this comes up a lot, these aren't a waste of taxpayer dollars. The military considers these part of the required amount of flying hours for pilot training, the American public just gets a free show on the side. The bomber flyovers sometimes actually simulate a bombing run with the stadium as the target XD
That's just total bullshit General! These fly overs are a horrendous waste of taxpayer money.
@@DennisMerwood-xk8wp dear idiot, the funding and training hours are already allocated. It's just a matter of where it's done. If it weren't done over a stadium they would have another route planned. The respective leagues ask them to do it and they arrange the training schedule to plan for flyovers. Why are you people this uninformed? Too much CNN?
@@DennisMerwood-xk8wp Educate yourself. Your feelings are feelings, not facts.
@@kerryknight228
The basic acquisition price of an F/A-18 A Hornet is approximately $21 million per plane. However, after being specially equipped, each plane costs $56 million.
The US Navy budgets about $40 million a year to maintain the squadron.
According to the Boston Phoenix, in 2007, annual salaries for 114 support personnel cost $5.6 million. Pilot salaries cost approximately $12 million annually.
It costs roughly $20 million in fuel expenses for shows (rehearsals and performances, based on 2010 jet fuel price) a year.
Plus, it costs approximately $2 million on staff lodging and meals to do these shows each year.
So based on these numbers, the Blue Angels cost American taxpayers roughly $112-million every year.
Blue Angel jets burns about 8,000 pounds of jet fuel per hour of flight. 8,000 pounds of jet fuel equals 1,200 gallons. Since there are six demonstration jets that's 48,000 pounds of jet fuel per hour or 7,200 gallons per hour. For a 4-hour show that's 28,800 gallons. Enough to drive your family car 864,000 miles.
It costs $13,344,000 in fuel alone to train just one Commanding Officer and $85,957,200 in fuel for the training of the 14 other pilots.
A horrendous waste of tax payer money.
At least those dollars stay in the US.
The one plane missing from the formation represents those lost in combat.
Missing Man Formation
Thank you for sharing that... Wonderful way to remember those we lost
@Brandon BP
LOL......We have 1840 fighter jets.
I'm no fan of democrats but that bullshit.
@@TrulyUnfortunate Aparently BP deleted his comment. I can only guess what idiotic thing he was spewing lol
Absolutely
The stealth bomber flies over Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City and it always shakes the entire city. Pretty cool.
Metaphorically? Every B2 flyover I’ve seen they sound like a damn ghost.
A few years back the b2 flew over for the indy 500, it was a sight I couldn't hear it until after they went by. But boy did you feel it.
@@dakkonfury they are loud as hell dude. I don’t know what you’re talking about lol
@@tehClew B1-Bs, yeah, they're loud. B2 Spirits? They're actually designed to be quiet from the ground because the exhaust is completely above the wing. They can probably be loud, but all the B2 flyovers I've ever seen have been eerily quiet for a plan as big as it is. One football game I was at soon after it started doing sports flyovers (air force v navy at fed ex field) there was first an F-18 flyover, of course loud as hell. Then the B2 did a flyover. The entire stadium got so quiet as it went over, I could hear players talking on the field from the upper deck. Everyone around us just noted how terrifying that experience was, seeing a plane fly overhead and barely hearing a thing.
@@dakkonfury I’m in the airforce and grew up 10 minutes from whiteman airforce base, the home of the B2s. They are loud as fuck and you’re full of shit.
BTW, helicopters don't fly; they beat the air into submission.
Like me when I'm drunk
😂
Yeah, until they don't. Went down in a helicopter in 1977. Never been the same after that.
@@kokomo9764 woah dude. How high up were you?
Helicopters don’t fly, they’re just so ugly that the ground repels them.
There is no way to describe the feeling of a flyover. The sound of the jets, the feeling of patriotism, there is just nothing like it.
Geaux tigers 🐯💜
Yes all us Americans orgasm during every flyover. If you don't then your not a true patriot
I went to the Bears V Miami 2019. It was cool seeing the jets but nothing special like how y’all put it
True like when the Rose Bowl Game does it on New Year's it is pretty cool
And then there's players taking a knee.
They military actually uses these flyovers as technical training missions.
...and PR...
*tactical
@@RyTrapp0 Mostly for PR
Time on target is time on target
Mostly for PR... And to get training hours in
I didn’t hear a mention of it, but the one that gets me is when they have an empty spot in the formation. They of course do that for the obvious reason.
Known as the missing man formation
There was a race at Texas Motor Speedway where a helicopter landed on the infield and out came the pace car.
You mean this one
th-cam.com/video/TlhfMgg5yhU/w-d-xo.html
Rip the pilot he later died overseas
@@hiteshadhikari that's the one
@@peterhineinlegen4672 got u covered, cheers
@@hiteshadhikari I guess that clip isn't enough to react to, I'd like to see it in a compilation.
The B-2s are nearly silent. The B-1s however are like 8 fighters strapped to a single frame, ungodly loud.
And as loud as they are, you'll never hear them coming. Quite possibly the best sound ever.
@@04m6gto No fooling: The Bone can go supersonic, like a fighter. In combat, they literally cannot be heard until they pass.
(Of course, if you are the enemy, that sound is a great relief, as it means you were not the 🎯.)
No offense to anyone, but this makes me so proud to be an American!
My late uncle was a lieutenant colonel for the USAAF and flew in Vietnam and Korea. For his funeral, there were retired AF airmen who performed the missing man formation flyover in honor of his service. It’s surprising how simultaneously inspiring and humbling it is to witness.
I lived next to an Airforce base growing up and had the daily “breaking of the sound barrier” window rattler.
I still live next to an airforce base and jets and "breaking the sound barrier" is almost a daily occurrence
EDIT: I didnt even start the video before commenting, barely a minute in they show the stadium I live right next to also, haha
I almost miss having to pause conversations just to let the jet pass.... almost. Lol
I live near a base too. While it is cool most days there are some days you just wanna open the windows and relax lol.
Me, too
MacDill Air Force Base from 1969 until the early eighties had F4 phantoms and Canberra bombers permanent station. Every other type of plane the Air Force owned would fly into MacDill and out of MacDill from time to time as it was a sac base at the time. I was about three miles off the main gate. I never considered it noise or a pain or annoying to me that sound is the sound of freedom.
THATS OUR AMERICAN MILITARY! AND WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THEM!! 💪🏽🙏🏽❤️
America could use all the morale boost we can get right now. Keep that in mind as you pick your next vids. Thanks for what you do Blokes.
The missing man formation...
One of the few things that can make a man cry 😅
You can’t describe the feeling of standing in the stadium listening to the National Anthem and then the fly overs. It is timed perfectly. The sound is deafening and depending on what flys over the stadium shakes. Also depending on what they are flying, in Nashville the pilots are in the stadium at half time and are introduced to the crowd. Love it.
Brilliant!! 👍🏻
The college I attend produces a lot of military pilots because of our aviation and aerospace programs, so it’s always an extra point of pride when (at halftime) they introduce the pilots that preformed the fly over are Auburn grads. Also, it never fails to get everyone in the stadium of 87,451 hyped when we feel the rumble of the jets when they pass over. There’s nothing else like it
Thank you for respecting our traditions here in the States.
You blokes are good people ☮️
I love those A/10 Warthogs!
beautiful things
Go brrrrrrrtt
Had some doing live fire practice not far from my home a few weeks ago...
That sound made my hair stand on end (bc I knew immediately what it was)...
My family: "What in the hell was that?!"
Me holding back tears: "FREEDOM!"
Y’all should watch the “SR-71 flight speed check”.
I was working on equipment topside (chaff launchers) when F-14s did a surprise “flyover” at about 150 ft. you don’t hear them till they’re 100 yards past you & the sonic boom scares your lunch out of you… We thought the launchers went off
I used to live near a stadium and a ball park here in Texas. Flyovers would happen and I knew a big game was about to start. I was also a subcontractor at Lockheed Martin some years back and would see the jets flying around there too.
I'll guess it was either Cowboys or Rangers...I used to work at Lockheed🤔
The coolest flyover I've seen in person was a B-2 and two F-22's. Amazing!
Great one today. Relatively knew to your channel but I must admit I enjoy listening to regular guys from another place and your take because too often we are inundated by experts who want to tell us what to think. Great job
Thanks Ronald. Appreciate that 👊🏻
Hi guys. So glad you did this reaction. The flyovers do tend to bring people together for a minute. Sadly in todays world there aren't as many who really get the warm feeling of pride that we used to have so much more of. Hope we can get back to that one day. Quick story. My brother was a 30 year military guy. Many of those years as a SEAL. They were stationed in Virginia Beach which has both an Amphibious Base (where my bro worked) and a Naval Air Station. Their house was closer to the Air Base so they got lots of overhead traffic. Well I was down visiting for a couple weeks and for a few days there were other visitors as well. Every time for the first 2 days that a jet went over they would start talking about the noise and "how can you guys stand it" etc. Well I guess my brother finally had heard enough. We were all sitting in the family room talking and watching a game. My nephew who was about 10 or 12 at the time was sitting on the floor doing homework, Sure enough you could hear the sound of an approaching jet and the griping started again. That plane passed and another approached and my brother called to his son. He looked at his Dad and said what? My brother said what is that and pointed to the sky. My nephew listened and said "Oh that's just the sound of freedom Dad" and went back to his work. We didn't hear another gripe about the noise for the rest of their visit. Hope 2021 is a better year for all of you fellows and everyone out there. Stay safe and well. You guys should check out the Tomb of the unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery. The changing of the guard there is very cool as well. In that same patriotic vein, 2 music videos that are tributes to fallen warriors of all wars and all generations. Both by Trace Adkins. Here are the links. Hope you enjoy them even if you don't do reactions to them. th-cam.com/video/rJO7lJIxG10/w-d-xo.html and th-cam.com/video/GSEauSGFK74/w-d-xo.html
Nice, Jeff 👍🏻💙
Love your post, Jeff Detmer
Awesome story!
I was at a semi-pro baseball game and the Blue Angels gave them a flyover, as they had a demonstration that weekend in the same city! Just up to practice and they talked to the local people and decided to just do a random fly-by! Crowd went fucking nuts!
We live between Arrowhead (Kansas city chiefs) and Whiteman afb. So we see the B2 flying quite a bit.
3:30 fun fact! My dad owns a custom plastic fabrication shop, and has actually made several windshields for those planes
3:40 The Alien tech is called a B-2 Spirit (Stealth Bomber)
I live a few miles from an NFL stadium and when they do fly overs, they typically fly directly over our house on at least the entrance or exit. Four A-10 flew over two weeks ago.
Gonna take a wild guess and say Baltimore?
I saw the B-2 fly over us at the Rose Bowl. It was inexplicably amazing.
I always forget the stealth bomber exists until I see it. It’s like a surprise every time lol
I was at a Football game after 911 and during the flyover the entire crowd was in tears. Man we've fallen so hard as a country.
This was the first video of y’all I watched almost 3 years ago. Since then I’ve watched every video multiple times for two years since. Crazy what one video can turn into
I was at that Giants-Chiefs game right after 9/11. The whole presentation of the game was at a different level than a regular season game.
Please react to " the green beret who went on a one man rampage to save his comrades" by Simple History.
R u referring 2 Sergeant Benavides?
@@horacecock-johnson5035 yep.
Great story
Sgt. Roy P. Benavidez: Legendary Badass
Love the channel; much love from America!!
These flyovers are very exciting, but I must say as someone who lives across the water from Logan Airport, Boston. It is not nearly as exciting when commercial aircraft take off or land over your house every 20 mins 😂
Another fun vid guys. The best reaction channel on YT!
It just puts the biggest smile on my face!!
In Britain - "Mach Loop" is the hot spot for aircraft observation. There are numerous TH-cam videos.
Yes in Wales! One of my bucket list items is to go there and see it in person!
"The incredibly stupid one" by Simple History is great too.
This was the first video of y’all I watched. Since then I’ve watched every video multiple times for two years since. Crazy what one video can turn into
They do sometimes have the guys in squirrel suits. I went to a game where they parachuted in and it was awesome!
“Forget the game let’s get the Office Blokes on” 😂😂😂
I'm in Jacksonville, FL, where we've got some air stations, so when I was able to go to the home games here, there was pretty much always a flyover. The F-18s and F-16s are pretty awesome, but the B-52 and B-2 are most memorable, especially because they fly relatively low and you can feel it all through the stadium. The timing's awesome. And I also appreciated that once the pilots parked their planes, they'd head over to the stadium to be recognized during one of the commercial breaks.
Funny thing is, while I was watching this, had an F-18 (maybe two) fly over my home, just the loud road of jet engines for a moment. At this point I'm not taken much off-guard by it, just take a moment to appreciate that sound because it's awesome. The one flyover of my home that did surprise me was when I used to live directly in the flight path into one of the air fields, and one morning got woken up by a large plane flying low enough that the sound and vibrations made it seem like the world was ending around me or something... kind of cool when it's not waking you up suddenly. Also remember when my folks lived near a small airport where they had Apaches stationed for a while, the Apaches would hover over homes and you could feel everything vibrate. Thankfully they don't get quite that low with a stadium.
Great story.. I was stationed on Coronado, on the west coast. During the '11 Carrier Classic, Obama was there on the Carl Vinson flight deck. I walked out my barracks and felt the vibration. I was streaming the bball game live, and it was about 5 seconds delayed on "live" telecast... pretty cool.🇺🇲👍🏾✈️
Guess I took it for granted cause I grew up on an Air Base. I was used to jets breaking the sound barrier daily. Now when there is an Air Show in Chicago , I’m amazed at the 100s of thousands who go to it.
Wow. I see them doing the flyover in Chicago
Like how you were saying when the planes go over everyone forgets that there are rival teams its all about America. That happens in a baseball game on the day Osama bin Laden was killed and the news spread across the stadium, everyone forgets that the game is happening. You should react to that!
What game was that Alex? That’d be great to do. 👍🏻
@@officeblokedaz sorry for the late response! I have been on vacation for the past weekend! Here is the link for the video! th-cam.com/video/uVeTLjJVlr4/w-d-xo.html
@@officeblokedaz glad you liked my suggestion!
@@officeblokedaz it would be great to see you react to it! It really is cool.
People think it's a waste of money but in truth, these flyovers are just part of the regular training budget. They're going to use the fuel anyway, so it might as well be at a football game.
Total bullshit. These fly overs need to be shit canned!
America!!! Love this so much. Proud patriot here!
I live directly across the river from the Jaguar NFL stadium in Jacksonville, Florida. The fly overs fly RIGHT over my house every time. It's a free show. Awesome. If you're in the stadium or my driveway, you can feel it in your chest. It's really really incredible.
1:11 that is Luke Keuchly, one of the best linebackers of all time, and probably the greatest player in my Carolina Panthers’ short history. You should absolutely watch a video about him, as he retired last January unexpectedly.
There's something about the thunderous roar of a formation flight of military aircraft flying overhead that just gives you a huge rush of "F*CK YEAH!" energy
The SOUND, the SHAKING, the CRESCENDO of the anthem...then the flyover at the end...NO OTHER feeling like it!
It makes me choke up everytime I see those. They’re amazing
The military pilots have to log a certain number of hours each year to maintain their skills and flyovers count towards those hours.
Back in the 1990s, celebrating Independence Day in Boston, I had the thrill of seeing one of the first B-2 Spirit flyovers WHILE I was standing on the deck of the USS Constitution...there is nothing quite like the sound of the thing...but you are right that it does not look of this world. Nowadays, I live in a place where massive C-5 Galaxy cargo planes very frequently fly over as they take off and land from Westover ARB in Massachusetts. ✌
Derrick Thomas. Reaction. Those are the only 3 words needed. He was Lawarence Taylor without the drugs. Best pure pass rusher ever. Loved his dad that died in Vietnam.
My family took a trip to England when I was...eh, 14 I think. We had extended family in Bulwell (sp?). During this 3 week trip, we took a mini-trip to Wales. I'm honestly not sure where in Wales we were when I saw this, but while we were out driving one day, we came across these giant hills all dotted through this area and we decided to climb one. As we got to the top, some Jets flew by, lower than the top of the hill we were on, so we could look directly at the pilot as they flew by. I'll never forget that trip :)
PS. You were both correct, btw. That's the B-2 Stealth Bomber.
Must’ve been South Wales mate. Brecon Beacons. Not sure where bulwell is tbf. There’s a lot of military activity around the beautiful Brecon Beacons. 👍🏻
@@officeblokedaz Bulwell's like 5 miles north of Central Nottingham, it must be part of the Nottingham...district or however it's organized in the UK because when I searched google maps it actually lists it as 'Bulwell, Nottingham, UK'
Brecon Beacons, looked it up. I doubt I'd recognize the exact place we went up, but from the photos I saw that looks like where we were. I remember pretty much every step of the way Wales being beautiful. Lots of picturesque towns/cities etc... That particular moment stuck with me though.
Brian Murphy Nottingham is like middle Britain. Sherwood Forest and Robin Hood land. Could’ve been snowdonia area of north Wales too you visited.
@@officeblokedaz I don't know that I went to Robin Hood land, but going to Nottingham Forest as a kid and seeing the Great Oak was a hell of a memory. I do recall a ride of some sort, but it was like a trip through Robin Hood's history ending with the story of how the site of his burial was determined via arrow shot. It's been awhile, like...26-28 years.
The castles, ruins, gardens etc... are somewhat of a stark contrast to the States where you just won't find architecture like that, for obvious reasons. Really cool trip. My one regret is I wasn't a tad older to appreciate it more, and also...perhaps sample some of the fine beverages of the land.
Fort Sill is the American Army Artillery School. If you wish to not sleep on Friday nights, you are welcome to try to sleep in Lawton hotel. The school loves to shoot the big guns, do what you should have learned, before they let the student soldiers go on leave on Saturday...
Your last statement is so correct. Everyone is quiet in solidarity and as soon as the words "and the home of the brave!" are sung there's guaranteed to be someone yelling "let's fucking kill them!" immediately after.
We spend a ridiculous amount of money on our military. This is one way to get them solid training and provide a "morale" boost at the same time. The stealth bomber that flies over the KC stadium is doing a simulated bombing run. Pretty neat that they incorporate training and make it a real exercise
Only your first sentence is true. The rest of your comment is bullshit!
Used to live in VA near naval base Oceana. It’s amazing as long as they weren’t flying over at 11pm, which they did sometimes. Lots of I love jet noise bumper stickers and just as many hate ones lol.
I've seen many flyover. Mainly at the Indy 500 and it never gets old. There is something that makes you feel good when it happens.
England is so cool. You speak of the Spitfire and other vintage war planes. You guys really know who to honor the soldiers of WWII. My brother has been to several of the reenactments of those shows. Very impressive.
You guys have to do barry sanders highlights!!!!!! The best running back of all time
As a half Japanese half American. Born and raised in Dallas Texas living in Japan for over a decade now. The whiskey 🥃 and videos like this remind me how great America is. Them flyovers.
Yo...we pulled into Yakuska Navy base. We rode the train to party in Ropomggi. Sorry for the misspelling...great experience in Japan👍🏾
I grew up near a NASCAR race track and the jets would come in a few days early. We always see the jets on race week. I remember one time I was at recess and the jets flew over head and I didn’t think “hey is there a race Sunday.” Me and the rest of the kids stood there in awe of the jets and many waved. I remember going home and telling my mom about the planes that flew over our school. I’m not sure if they deliberately flew over the playground or not, but that was the coolest thing!
U.S. military uses fly overs as part of their training so the cost is already factored into the budget and that's why we can have so many fly overs at sporting events.
During the COVID pandemic the Navy Blue Angels and the Air Force Thunderbirds were doing flyovers in many U.S. cities. I was lucky enough to see them in the Houston, TX area.
Greetings from FLORIDA USA!
You guys are too funny! luv it!
In Chicago, the jets flyover my neighborhood on far Southside just to make it to Soldier Field in time for the end of the Anthem
Was at an Florida State home football game versus Chattanooga, and they Did a B-2 flyover and it shook the whole stadium!! Was amazing!! Fly overs are awesome!!
Rose Bowl Game about 10 years ago or so, had two B1B Lancers fly over and when they cleared the far edge of the stadium they pulled up, hit their afterburners and climbed out of sights it was one of the loudest noises I've ever heard. It was AWESOME!
5:55-6:45. Thats my city. I used to live close to where that took place!
The main purpose of the flyover is for practice flights or moving the planes from one place or another. They use it as drills and such. They're so freaking cool though, it gets you powered up!!
I was a member of a robotics team during the FRC 2019 competition. On the first morning of the Aerospace Valley Regional, a jet or two did a fly over at the high school we were competing at. It was really cool seeing that kinda thing in person!
I go to the most home games for the Green Bay Packers. We always have the fighter keys fly over and it always a thrill. It’s amazing when the pilots show up at the game, we go crazy for them!!
I live in Jacksonville, FL, which is where the Blue Angels first took flight. I have never been to a Jag game that didn't have a fly-over. Living right across the river from NAS Jax, I see fly-overs every day.
I am of Scottish heritage and live in North Carolina, not far from Fraser's Ridge. I am not an Outlander addict, but the culture and history of Scotland intrigues me. Good show!
I worked in an office in Palmdale and the big stealth bomber would do touch and go landings every once in a while and the car alarms went off for miles around. It was amazing to hear the power in it!
The most recent flyover I really remember was over Camping World Stadium... on April 2nd, 2017. I wasn't _at_ Wrestlemania, but my house was in the flight path. Apparently my sister's house as well, considering I got a call from her almost immediately afterwards. (One of the few Manias I watched live, though. The highlight was probably Triple H being led to the ring by the Orlando Police Department. #aside)
I love them because American football is basically the height of the nation's recreational enjoyment. And the flyover is a reminder of the hard work done and sacrifices made to reach a point where everyone can enjoy life on such a grand scale.
There is a place I go camping often on the Kern River in Golden Trout Wilderness. California, it’s not too far from Edwards Air Force Base. The fighter jets come roaring up the river following the canyon twists and turns, it’s very impressive. They are traveling faster than the speed of sound at times.
I have seen them so close that I could read the numbers on their wings. Once, a pilot did a barrel roll right over where we were camping, to our cheers, it was so close I could see the pilot in the cockpit when he went upside-down. Mind-blowing.
You guys should check out the Jim Cornelison national anthem at Soldier Field video. It’s during the playoff run the Bears had a couple years ago. There are two videos. The crowd is so loud during the singing of the national anthem standing and cheering. It’s very moving.
As the daughter of two air force vets - always took my parents to Veteran's Day game in Oakland. Always have the flyover. It hits different. ❤️❤️❤️
The B-2 stealth is housed at Whiteman AFB near Kansas City, MO. Every KC Chiefs game I have been to there has started with a B-2 flyover. Everyone should experience it once from the upper deck. One word, AWESOME!
The best part about a pregame flyover is that it costs the NFL nor the city nor the military anything to do it. Because of the precision and timing and analysis, it's a training exercise.
I love your videos. This was very emotional. Loved it!
There were a few jets that were doing practice flights in the area of my college back in 2017 and it was just invigorating to watch during break for lunch before our late-day exam. It just kind of wiped out all the worries my class had about the exam and we ended up getting our best scores that day, because of the lack of that bothersome worry (The usual dread and worry of "I'm going to fail even though I studied so hard" and such).
Loved this video, guys! Hello from Florida! Today is Super Bowl Sunday!
My grandparents live beneath a training area for the airforce and you can often hear them flying around shooting practice flares. Occasionally they will go supersonic and you'll feel them chasing eachother. You almost never see them though. They arent there for show.
Flyover are pretty awesome and it is the noise and the power but if you want an excellent experience....The SR 71, when it’s flying over, you can feel it in your chest, it’s amazing.
LMAO at the sound that was dubbed over the A-10 flyovers. Yeah… that’s definitely what an A-10 sounds like.
The Army Navy college football game has the most insane flyover
Facts. #GoNavyBeatArmy
You cold always tell when a flyover was going to happen in college because my friends in the marching band would always talk about timing the national anthem that week so they could get it JUST right with the aircraft on gameday.
Have been there in the stadium in Charlotte when they did this. Scared the ......out if me ! Forgot about the flyover and thought it was an earthquake.
I worked near the downtown airport in Kansas City when the squadron of A10's was coming in one after another to land prior to the Chiefs game that year. It was awesome to see them coming in at under 500 feet to land.
You should check out the Blue Angles. U.S. Navy's flight demonstration team.
If you get the chance see the blue angels and the Thunderbirds.
When I was stationed in the Navy, at Coronado Island, on the west coast, Barack Obama came to watch the bball college game, on the carrier flight deck. It was called the "carrier classic."...I was just outside my barracks and saw the flyover, live while streaming the game, live on my computer... pretty cool.🇺🇲
I'm lucky to have lived in San Diego for decades. My University, UCSD a mile at most near the Pacific ocean. Almost due east of was NAS MIRAMAR, when the carrier air wing were in we could always hear them practicing their touch and goes. Sadly one spring the Blue Angels were practicing their program before their annual show here. I was walking across campus at that time and heard such a tremendous bang that was ear shattering. For a few moments I had wondered if the chemistry lab had blown up. Nope. One of the guys was practicing a move where he flies upside down, very close to the runway.... Tragically he augured in and the wreckage and he were in shattered pieces all along it. I had always wanted to go to an airshows, but have to say after that, never went, but watched from afar... And never from the stands. Thank goodness no members of the public were there. But this past summer and fall into early winter everyone in Coronado (which sits smack in the middle of the harbor where the carriers are) was really giving us civilians a great show. We could see the F-35's or whatever zoom off and do their ops temp stuff practicing their landings on the carriers. Carriers were over the horizon so we couldn't see those. But we sure as heck got some chills up and down the spine hearing the roar of the fighter jets! Had fun watching the helos practicing too. A real treat... especially as the fighters were going out in those tight formations. 0f my 40 years out of my nearly 65 years has been in San Diego, and as often as I've seen the carriers here and observed these airwings in action, this stuff never gets old. Glad you enjoyed watching this. What a rush to even watch. I remember hearing once in an interview a carrier pilot was asked what a night landing was like. He said : "It's like having sex in a car crash.". I will take his word for it.