Skilled US F-18 Pilot Negotiates Crazy Landing Approach on Aircraft Carrier

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[jilllatif]

Highest level of respect for our U.S. Military. All of you are very amazing and intelligent. God bless the U.S.A. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[paulmartos]

Awesome is right. Two thumbs up to the men and women of the Navy and Marines. I'm always stunned by how young the people are and how competent. But then I served in the Air Force many moons ago and watched 18 to 21 year olds like me maintain and service and even operate things like B-52s and ICBMs.
We're in good hands.

[williamgreen]

These are the best videos out there. Really appreciate them!

[Farhip]

Never knew an F-18 could fuel another aircraft. Pretty friggin cool!! 👍🏻😎👍🏻

[jeffreymorris]

Awesome professionalism prevails on board and airborne.
This You Tube platform is a must subscribe.

[ralphhubbell]

This is an outstanding video explaining what the jobs and responsibilities for all of the carrier sailors are. Very well presented and interesting!

[scottlouissmith]

Just goes to show you, the greatest threat to mankind is mankind himself!

[rudyyarbrough]

There is an error in the launch info. At launch, the pilot has his right hand on the front bow handle and the left hand is on the throttles with a lock lever that won't allow the throttles to move backward at launch. No pilot would be shot off with his hand NOT on the throttles. Another thing not mentioned was that after an arrested landing or missed approach, the pilot goes to full power, not AB. It is a strange feeling to go to full power when you feel the wire. But if it breaks or any other malfunction the plane is powered up and can make a missed approach with no hesitation. One of the sickest feelings is sitting in the cockpit facing outboard and not being able to see anything but water! I flew the F-4B and when we air to air refueled, if you approached the basket too slowly it would move away from the probe because of the nose cone wake. So there was a moment when you had to be going towards the basket a little faster than was comfortable or you would not plug in. Fun exciting times!

[tanpengjoo]

MADE IN USA ALWAYS POWERFUL N BEAUTIFUL

[SeanBunting-qpsb]

These personnel are keeping us safe in our beds.. glory an blessings bestowed upon them 🙏 ✨️

[paulbowler]

I am proud to say that the hovercraft was invented by Mr (later Sir) Christopher Cockerell, in a small village in the UK about 4 miles from where I grew up!

[dingues]

toujours de belles images !! j'ai toujours hâte de découvrir les nouvelles vidéos !! MERCI

[georgehugh]

As a former Naval Flight Officer, the first two statements ("flight deck operations" with the Wright brothers? & aircraft carriers "significantly altering WWI") made me leave by 0:29

[andykolcun]

So where was the "Crazy Landing Approach on Aircraft Carrier?"

[PeaceU-eces]

And to think I used to dread pulling my 24' Four Winns cabin cruiser into a slip on a windy day, but landing a fighter on a pitching Carrier deck in the middle of the ocean is just insane!
Hats off, Mega Salutes, and three loud Cheers for our Naval Aviators, and all who support them!!

[eknight]

If they haven't already, DCS needs to add that "chainsaw" sound to the catapult launch @ 3:33.

[Dextronaut]

5:08 - and that kids is how new fighter jets are made

[ahmadalmahdi]

« إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَمَلَائِكَتَهُ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ۚ يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا صَلُّوا عَلَيْهِ وَسَلِّمُوا تَسْلِيمًا » 🥰...

[kontjong]

I would really like to have flown one of those.. above all else.. but I had to settle for else, but what else?

[zoneive]

As soon as I see sped-up footage I'm out.