2014 Greenland F16 Low Level Test GoPro by STI

Thanks for all the comments. Please allow me to explain a bit more about this video below - but first some other videos from the mission;
1) RDAF official video:
#!/photo.php...
2) Berlingske.dk:
www.b.dk/nationalt/se-groenlan...
3) TV Syd (about the mission - in Danish):
www.tvsyd.dk/artikel/252170:Vi...
4) Rightthisminute - clip brought in US TV
www.rightthisminute.com/video/...
First of all; to be able to release video from an operational test including 100 feet flying took a lot of effort and kicking down walls in a military system. This was the biggest achievement in the whole process. Please bear in mind that it would have been so much easier for me to keep it to my self and enjoy it alone. I made a choice to share it with all of you and I am deeply thankful to the Headquaters on Fighter Wing Skrydstrup and The Tactical Air Command Denmark, that they were open minded and allowed the release. That being said...
I got approval (orders) to bring cameraes for documentation - not for public release (in the beginning). I recorded to video during the tests. I edited the video in my freetime during long and late nights. I choose the music and I choose to let everybody see the video - FREE OF CHARGE. Therefore I hope that you enjoy the video with or without music.
DON'T COPY MY VIDEO WITHOUT PERMISSION. VIDEO IS COPYRIGHTED TO STI, RDAF. ANY USE OF THE VIDEO MUST REFLECT OWNERSHIP.
"The video combines the best of two worlds; F16 flying and the breathtaking scenery over Greenland" - quote JOK (my wingman on the mission).
Please also remember;
1) I am not a professional video producer, sound editor, or video director. I just did it to share the experience with you.
2) Music; I selected "Daybreak" for the following reasons; I actually love this song (and if you like - call me lame for it). I also love other songs, but by selecting this song I pay a tribute to GoPro and its team. GoPro made a great camera (HERO 3 black edition) that allowed me to shot way better video than ever before. The suction cup is great since you can place it, record and do your job while the video is being recorded. Another really important aspect is that GoPro bought the right for "Daybreak" - not only for them selves but for everybody, that wants to publish video with this song. That makes it legal to show my video everywhere.
2) I love the idea about a free internet where people can find quality stuff FREE OF CHARGE. Therefore; to all the companies (20+ so far) that has contacted me in order to sign contracts about earning half the money the companies can earn on selling it to TV show etc - F O R G E T I T... My video is free of charge and can be used unedited by everybody as long as they give credit to "Royal Danish Air Force" and "John Kristensen". If you want to edit in it - contact me first, please.
3) I will nevet post video with original sound! Why? First; cause I think it sucks when it is recorded in the air tight casing that I use. Second; cause I have had video stolen before - original sound makes it easy to steal and then make it look like it is your own video.
Enjoy it and perhaps there will be more from the 3-day mission...
STI
Royal Danish Air Force
Detachement Commander / Lead Pilot on the Greenland F16 Test
Original description:
HQ video with RDAF F16s low level over Greenland ice sheet; the flight takes us along the ice rim east of Kangerlussuaq, to the DYE-2 radar station, over the icefjord near Ilulissat, over the inspectionship Knud Rasmussen, and over the town of Ilussisat where the polar explorer Knud Rasmussen was born.
Extra description;
The clips are from day 2 and 3 of the mission; so filmed on the out and back to Thule AFB (landing up there can be watched in the video made by the air force officials on facebook "Flyvevåbnet" page).
The clips in my video are not in a cronological order - it was better (I though) when I mixed the clips with the same bank angle etc. My original music choice was based on my sons advice "Dad, this is what the new generation wants to hear"; "Survival" by Eminem fits better to the clips but the Fighter Wing commander did not like that song (too many f... words) and it gave some restrictions due to copyright etc. I did not want to restrict this video in any way so the GoPro sound was an easy choice for an alternate music track.

[@jfk5824]

Remember to go to "settings" and choose "1080p" - it will make it even cooler on hd screens. More video from the mission will follow when we get a chance to edit it - "we are just pilots - so bear with us" :-)

[@chriskanemeier]

Great scenery! The music kinda put me off, rather it have been cockpit noise ;)

[@nikthequick9688]

video was awesome...music was great too. I know you guys are going fast but that music makes me want to see super fast flying haha :)

[@jfk5824]

chriskanemeier Believe me - the cockpit noise with GoPro in an airtight casing is even worse. Sugest you put your favorite music on your iphone, put on your Bose QuiteComfort 15, turn off the music on the computer and watch the video again - enjoy!!!

[@chriskanemeier]

John Kristensen I was speaking from a flight enthusiast standpoint, I'd rather have heard the noise myself. Nothing against the song or anyone who enjoys it.

[@jfk5824]

chriskanemeier:-)

[@JoshuaC0rbit]

Best job in the world. I've loved this plane for 30 years.

[@heinedenmark]

Me too...

[@windshearahead7012]

Joshua C I love it forever ♾.

[@PatrickDubois]

You have a much nicer office window than I do. ☺

[@demonbatty]

I can't stop watching this video, its that beautiful. I've been absolutely fascinated by F-16s since I was very young and this has to be one of the best cockpit vids I have seen in ages. Thank you for going the extra mile and making it public so enthusiasts like myself can enjoy such amazing footage.

[@Marcin79W]

This is the video of all times to me. The best Viper shots out there! No matter how tough day I had, I play this, I'm back on track!

[@beowshawitz]

Unreal, I can never get enough of these type videos.

[@ryand7151]

Stunning video. Really like the camera angles during the formations. Great perspective!

[@albula642]

Hello STI, thank you for sharing this video. I have seen it shortly after it came out and in 6 month cycles I keep coming back it. It's a really great video for us aviation enthusiasts who aren't able to this kind of things. Blue skies!

[@LR-jr5hi]

The BEST "in cockpit" view I have viewed ever!!! Feels like your flying the aircraft!!! Beautiful scenery!!!

[@jfk5824]

Thank you so much

[@Deffinnition]

man... this is just incredible! what a beautiful job!

[@ardek31]

Thank you for this brilliant video. Even if you are not a professional video producer, you did a great job and I love the way you did it (to share something exceptional that so many would like to try once in their live). Nowadays, it is way too complicated to share our passion of flying with others. Thanks for having conducted and won this battle !

[@Julian-si4jz]

Still on of the best videos out there.

[@v1rotait23]

Thank you John! - A great video. I didn't mind the music at all. :) The flying is superb, and the scenery of such a foreign and far away land, just amazing. The view from the F16, through the clear canopy is amazing. Thank you to the Danish Defense Force for allowing us mere mortal civilian pilots to fly along in such awesome fighters! - A grand job for the few that have definitely done the hard yards to earn it!

[@FlightChops]

Thanks for sharing and I appreciate the effort you took doing the editing yourself. And I have to admit, I also love that song despite how over played it is getting :P

[@DANHjAM]

Ah man, what an experience it must be to fly one of those. Fantastic video, thanks for the upload :)

[@theolewell7535]

Beautiful views, beautiful flight, beautiful plane ...

[@Speedster404]

@john kristensen Haters gonna hate. But thinking about being a pilot and the process of working hard and being a pilot is amazing! HAVE SOME RESPECT PEOPLE. Everyone has their own taste of music, just mute the video and play your god damn song if you don't like Daybreak. John, keep it up! Love the vid and keep doing what you're doing!

[@SYNFPVPILOT]

Absolutely stunning footage! Thanks for sharing this ride!

[@Walc]

Amazing video John, thanks for sharing. I love the F16's. Can't wait to see and hear them live this Friday in Roskilde.

[@mattischlese5385]

Half of the clicks is coming from me. I'm enyoing this for a while now. I only put in "f16 greenland" in the search bar and enjoy your craft. For every day of the last week I watched this artistry and I'm becoming addicted to it. Thanks so much for the effort!!! You are one hell of a pilot and the musics fits perfectly. Pure love for the art of flying, tnhanks again. I'm sitting here playing on my flightsim just trying to get close to this feeling. I love you!!

[@mattischlese5385]

Lord was I drunk when I wrote that cheesy shit two years ago

[@Taxia123]

The job looks so relaxing; It's just free sight seeing to me !

[@aleksithegreat]

Absolutely gorgeous! The landscape, the nature, awesome view. Almost had a feeling to be in a plane too :) Hope you will make some more ;)

[@craigmerry42]

Awesome effort - thank you for the unique perspective!

[@zakelwe]

Love the head of the glacier, and the meltpond and the early warning station in the white for miles and miles. The geography is amazing. Not a bad pilot too I would guess, although I am not expert. But thanks. You have a great job. Some nice flying, some good camera work, well picked out what to show. Top work all around.

[@UraFlight]

Awesome observation from this cockpit

[@bowser515]

What a great video, I know you've worked very hard to get into your position, but I still say you're a very lucky guy ;) What I wouldn't give for a flight in an F-16, never mind to to do it as a day job. Congratulations. Please do upload more videos like this, all the best.

[@perijensen888]

Good to see my country from above !

[@AnwaarAliOfficial]

Amazing video. Thank you for sharing.

[@ClaudioPedrazzi]

Thanks for sharing and for the insights in your description. Wonderful, awesome!

[@unforkableonion5081]

Awesome landscape! Thanks for the ride :)

[@DaveLambphotography]

Thanks for sharing this truly awesome video. It's very well done!

[@andymurday4538]

Cool video of someone doing the coolest job in the world!!!

[@JavierCR25]

Simply AWESOME!

[@bolellifmj]

All the way from Brasil, this is freaking Awesome!

[@gtamodman122]

Thank you for this mate. A BIG thank you from me! Fly safe!

[@lazygamerz]

You have an amazing job, most of the time.

[@henry44ph]

Awesome !!!!!!! Thank you for sharing JFK.

[@Macarite]

Majestic, just what I needed!

[@littlesigh]

Saw you guys when you came through Thule! Thanks for the show!

Excellent video and nice music

[@johnnythreefour2902]

Man, that looks so cool. Almost as cool as flying the planes in Grand Theft Auto, except you don't have as much to look at. But, if I didn't have the game to play, I would definitely like to try this!

[@themistoklesv]

Nice vid, good to see you enjoy your time up there. Greetings from Greece, thanks for sharing

[@nezihcakir6459]

I loved this video. Thanks

[@Excludos]

This is amazing! Well done combining the great scenery with action, and making it fit with the song. Love it

[@mbvoldum]

Really nice, and superb edit :) Saw this video via an American site and was pleased to see a fellow Dane ! Keep it up and thanks for sharing and of cause for your service!

[@EagleOneM1953]

So unfair, some guys have all the fun, too much fun. Thanks for posting though, always a hoot to see a video like this.

[@user-ly3wb6dj7m]

thanks a lot sti.great job!!

[@SadNihilist]

Awesome video man, don't worry about the music because this one fits in perfectly, its one of the jet flight songs. I'll be waiting on more flight videos man ;)

[@69HIVLTGE599]

Awesome vid. Thanks for the share guys.

[@dingd0ng01]

Sensational. Thank you

[@j2kjellyify]

Awsome one lucky guy to be flying them about would of loved to do that for a job keep safe and thanks for sharing the video

[@DamienHelbig]

Great in 1080 ! Amazing movie, thanks ! Happy landings guys ;)

[@OfficiallyMJB]

Wow, that was an amazing video!

[@FamilyFunIRL]

Very cool!

[@NickAlpha_]

Great video

[@watermountainsky]

Very tastefully done

[@dahllia1]

Great video. Folks at Northrop Grumman are proud to make the radar, navigation, and other avionics for the F-16!

[@stelioskenteroglou2743]

Very nice video

[@oliverwales8012]

Wow this is awesome! I wish I had this job.

[@fernandomfernandes]

Thanks for sharing it with us. :-)

[@SnoDraken]

Well done!

[@mms16mms16]

Amazing video, puts professionally produced Hollywood movie footage to shame!

[@Scott-gy9ob]

Dude. You are the man. Thank you.

[@janoycresovas5order66compa9]

This is so cool!

[@stingoh]

Very cool video, and great choice of music. Never seen that kind of scenery from an jet fighter viewpoint before!

[@Mihka]

Thanks for sharing this vid. it's inspirational ! I love to fly low level too (as low as 10-15 feet @220 knots) and I know it's unforgiving if you in the canyons..

[@boilluminati]

Amazing !!!

[@chartphred1]

Awesome footage. More of that huge icecap, and that old abandoned radar station!

[@lukejohnson3755]

Nothing lame or amateur about that at all John. Thanks for sharing

[@ClausArdal]

The coolest job EVER!!!

[@burningsol]

You went through a lot of trouble to post this. This is an amazing video! Thanks so much, man! Er, Major, I mean.

[@denisgouverneur]

great, thank for sharing.

SUPERBE !

[@tonyburn]

Wow. Amazing. Thanks for sharing! :-)

[@aulis21]

Remember to go to "settings" and choose "1080p" and set ultra high textures and enjoy battlefield.

[@mydownloads17]

Excellent video. Thank you very much. More like this please. And your choice of music is fine. :-D

[@rajatbisht21]

Don’t know why but this video motivated me to join my country’s Air Force (🇮🇳). Amazing Video 🙌🏼 Wish me luck!

[@TheOldmate88]

Awesome!

[@s.derwael8242]

For the few who felt the need to post aggressive and insulting comments. This is really "Low Level" behaviour. If you can't handle your frustrations, please KEEP AWAY but don't shoot at the pilot. Luckily the majority feels the same enthusiasm to share those amazing images and give the pilot all the respect he deserves.

[@therealCG62]

Hey mate, just kinda found this dicking around on youtube looking for F16 cockpit footage. Just wanted to voice appreciation for going through the hurdles to actually put this out there. If you don't mind my asking, what specific model Viper were you flying?

[@stingoh]

Fantastic video!! Unreal landscapes, very different from other jetfighter cockpit footage. Have you ever flown other jets of that generation such as the F18, F15 or F14? If so, how do they compare to the F16?

[@stijneversdijk8653]

wow. this is Awesome. gj man!

[@Theresa5601]

Thanks that's amazing

[@riadbensebti]

amazing

[@hirooooo8227]

Very Cool !!

[@jfk5824]

I do not know why I can reply to azxs ca ?? but the answer is - no there are no added effect or anything like that. It is the raw original video that has just been cut a little bit here and there. The clips are from day 2 and 3 of the mission; so filmed on the out and back to Thule AFB (landing up there can be watched in the video made by the air force officials on facebook "Flyvevåbnet" page). The clips are not in a cronological order - it was better (I though) when I mixed the clips with the same bank angle etc. My original music choice "Survival" by Enimen fits better to the clips but the Fighter Wing commander did not like that song and it gave some restrictions due to copyright etc.

[@FunteX]

ישמעאל שהיד Ishmael Shaheed The hud, yes amongst other things , target aqusition and such. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head-up_display

[@jasone9069]

Thanks +FunteX!

[@FunteX]

ישמעאל שהיד Ishmael Shaheed No problem. ;)

[@janandersen7932]

Thats awesome....

[@-_Nuke_-]

+STI MIL-DK how much does each time you take off and do a flight costs? What I mean is, even if you just do a takeoff and then an immediate landing?

[@lpmitsamkai4262]

Cool video i love to fly

[@tjthebikemechanic6863]

Good shit man-escorting an airplane to the airport that's like a dream to me

[@wackydk]

I believe it's another RDAF airplane, used for transport, patrolling and surveillance: flymag.dk/721-squadron-danish-transport-squadron/

[@insidetheviper]

I love your videos, I whish you were still publishing Viper stuff.

[@justinballard7605]

That is awesome!

[@grugbug4313]

Solid!

[@seangrant00]

Great footage, my Grandfather probably had his hands on this plane at General Dynamics at some point. For those whining about the music, there's a lot of it on KZbin so go watch a music video....this is an F16 video, I'd like it with Barbie Girl playing

[@jackjones7504]

Awesome video . Thanks for putting this up and making it available for Us all to see. For the Music whingers , there is an easy fix to this , in fact 2 of them , learn how to fix , instead of whinging .

[@allnewgaming1808]

Please give me a ride in youre jet man !!!!!! what a amazing job you have and thanks

[@adityadutta0027]

I should be studying for history test right now

[@wackydk]

Music: OVERWERK - Daybreak (GoPro HERO3 Edit) Oh and awesome video!

[@Babeudoubap]

I could watch this for hours...

[@kimpedersen8297]

Awesome Video :-)

[@Talent2013]

That was awesome cool. best inflight video i ever seen (and i have seen alot) The video quality are outstanding. (will GoPro soon do recon flight cam i ask my self lol. and the music, just makes the video pefect. When i was younger i saw these guys takes off/on and perhaps had been my work today. to equip those F16 and refuel. i should had come in a half year later then i maybe had end of with that platoon there refuel the plains, had a good friend there.

[@jfk5824]

I filled out the GoPro Video of the Day - but aparently they did like it enough :-(

[@Talent2013]

John, thats sade to hear, i dont know what entertainmentt they have missed. and no matter where you are from in the world there is good chance you would like that clip :)

[@alexli1994]

The scenery was absolutely beautiful and the video did a gorgeous job of displaying that natural beauty! One question though, I noticed that one of the pilots had a clipboard with a stack of paper on it, and I was wondering what those would usually be used for (i.e. maps, mission goals, etc.)? Thank you for sharing John!

[@jfk5824]

alex li :-) Thanks a lot. The clipboards are used for that exact purpose; airfield layouts, low level flying maps etc. :-)

[@alexli1994]

John Kristensen Thank you for answering! Keep up the good work! :D

[@ashok.vardhan.g]

John Kristensen Thanks for sharing your "view", Greenland is so incredibly fascinatingly beautiful :)

[@StaK_1980]

Nice video! Make more of these ! :-)