This F-15 Aerial Dogfighting Video Was Shot Entirely By Pilots

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Awesome stuff.

[Fast Moving Angel]

Agreed. Thanks for posting this.

[jazusamo]

Very nice, thanks for posting.

[mike_9958]

Fighting Cocks look good but I’m partial to the Black Widows - 421 Fighter Squadron.

[Dr. Pritchett]

Cool!

[mike_9958]

very cool video though

[Joe 6-pack]

Back in my drinking days, one of the guys I hung out with had been an F-4 fighter jock from Viet Nam and into the late 70's. He told me the story about how they thought they were the hottest stuff going until one day they were taking off and were just lifting off the runway when they noticed that an F-15 that had taken off just in front of them had executed a tight diameter loop and was on their tail. He said on that day, he knew the world had changed.

[GeorgeWashingtonsGhost]

Hey, ‘fighting cocks’ is homophobic and ‘black widows’ is racist.

[SunTzuWu]

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=245_1347123155

Awesome video. First song is a cover of Bad Company's "Bad Company" by Five Finger Death Punch.

[Sans-Culotte]

Bump

[Jewbacca]

I’ve flown the F-4 (briefly), F-16 (extensively), and the F-15 (briefly).

The F-4 has never been known for agility, but remains a fine ground attack aircraft.

[RedWing9]

Bookmarking for post cubicle enjoyment!

[Sergio]

Home viewing bookmark.

[Wyatt's Torch]

Bump for when I’m not behind an idiotic firewall...

[Jewbacca]

For clarity of my own post, I flew the Kurnas version.

Different engines and electronics.

[Snickering Hound]

I’d rather listen to what the pilots are saying than that crappy overly loud soundtrack.

Does every military aviation video still think they have to play some rock track like “Top Gun”?

[Joe 6-pack]

I've never flown any, but have always been an aviation enthusiast. Based on my eyesisght, the only aircraft I was qualified to fly were the T-10B and MC1-1 :-)

It always intrigued me that the Thunderbirds had, for at least a short time, gone with the Phantom as their performance aircraft. I would have figured (in that era, anyways) the F-5 would have been a much more suitable choice for their acts.

[Jewbacca]

I think it had to do with fuel and cost of spare parts.

We produced a really cool variant of the airframe for Turkey and the last version (the 2000) was so hot it competed with the F-18 at a much, much lower price point.

Ergo, certain defense companies ceased support of our product. :-(

[tomkat]

OUTstanding !   thanks :-)

[Portcall24]

Well that makes me feel very very old. Another Ground Control Intercept (GCI) controller and I did all of the tactical radar control for the eagle as it came into the AF inventory as part of the Follow-On Test and Evaluation (FOT&E). We were Air National Guard (ANG) controllers in Phoenix, AZ and the eagles were at Luke AFB. We did most of our air-to-air fighting between I-10 and the Mexican border. We fought Dissimilar Air Combat Tactics (DACT) against AF F-4s, USMC F4s, F-100s, other F-15s, Top Gun and even T-38 with the 64th Aggressors Sq fromn Nellis AFB, NV. Some of the greatest close control I ever did. Even as we were doing it we both knew it was something we would remember for the rest of our lives. One not familar with the radio calls may not know that it is very closely scripted. Because the radio can be difficult to understand it helps a great deal to know what call is expected. This was before AWACS and all if our controlling was with a manual radar scope so you had to use a rag and a grease pencil and try to keep the different birds straight. You would never believe how many people would come into the dark room to watch and listen as the fights developed. Sorry for carrying on.