F-22 Raptors Chase SpaceX Rocket Over NASA-Cape Canaveral Space Force Station -Exclusive Cockpit POV

[@ps9417]

THANK YOU for not putting in annoying background music like the other 99% of KZbin.

[@atigerclaw]

The only acceptable background music would be 'Comona' anyway.

[@Major.Tom.1973]

yes! thanks for cockpit sounds

[@Ali_ON3]

👍👍

[@dhavalmysore]

Now if only they could do that at the airshow as well! Been going to airdot airshow for past few years and they blast obnoxiously loud music instead of just letting the jets play their own "tune", so to speak. Commentary is great but lay off the music at the airshow guys.

[@StoveLad]

I want to hear the turbine 🎵🎵

[@oldRighty1]

Falcon: "Would you intercept me?"

[@ShadowSniperUK]

"I'd Intercept me" !!

[@chrisoffersen]

There it is! lol

[@BlakeJoy]

I see you're a man of culture

[@dextermorgan1]

​@@ShadowSniperUK"I'd intercept me so hard" 😊

[@ShadowSniperUK]

As I get older I realise I'm more and more like grandpa buff

[@fgaviator]

This was on April 18th, 2024. I was at the Orlando Airshow two days later, where the F-22 display pilot also spoke about this event. Freaking chasing a SpaceX rocket on its way to the orbit! With a F-22 fighter... He couldn't believe they actually got the opportunity to be doing this. And he was still smiling days later. I'm sure, he is still smiling now. Just like like most of us, who are now watching this... :)

[@TheMichaelBeck]

Those two pilots have a "Sea Story" they'll be telling their friends and family for the rest of their lives. ✌

[@nochina3520]

no it aint

[@eligebrown8998]

He didn't chase shit to orbit. As soon as they reached 20,000 ft they turned away

[@rogerthomas169]

Hardly a chase, more like observing

[@dellendinho]

Do you know what altitude they got to?

[@rc44004]

He didn't chase it, he observed it.

[@PsRohrbaugh]

Seriously. I was hoping for a full afterburner climb following the rocket.

[@sebastianfletcher-taylor1024]

Yeah, and don't get me wrong it's beautiful footage and observing it is plenty fantastic, but there is a difference.

[@garethsutherland9649]

@@PsRohrbaugh at 1:25 u can see they hit afterburners m8 :) beautiful.

[@garethsutherland9649]

@@PsRohrbaugh Sorry maybe i misunderstood, u meant FULL climb. My bad :D

[@boogarfartboy]

​@@PsRohrbaughsame here.

[@DrewWithington]

It's amazing that rocket launches are now so routine that the focus is on the F-22 Raptors, not the Falcon 9. Thank you Space X.

[@LTV_inc]

Spacex didn’t invent the rocket or all of space technology get a clue.

[@eragonawesome]

That's a great point I didn't even think of until I read your comment! It really is crazy how launching stuff to orbit has just become another every day event

[@oldmech619]

I think they need to do a retake. Lost a little on the end, and maybe get in a bit tighter. Upgrade that camera a lot. Or maybe I am asking too much. ;-)

[@Timmyval123]

What's even crazier is those raptors are far more expensive than a falcon 9 !

[@jebes909090]

@@Timmyval123 because those raptors are FAAAAAAAAAAR more advanced than the falcon 9. its basically just fuel in, fire out. not much more than that. the amount of technology on the raptors is leaps and bounds above.

[@joesmith6972]

The Raptors hitting the afterburners and flying with the rocket is like when dogs find each other and immediately start playing together.

[@scythelord]

except in this case it's a greyhound that starts running and two chihuahuas try running after it.

[@user-xn4hu3nh9n]

That’s so awesome

[@Inertia888]

@@cjskelton7603 A near-orbital flight plan would be amazing to see in HD video, no matter who did it. I'm sure there are many more edge of space tests, than a joe public, like me will ever get confirmation of. Imagine what they got behind the curtain, the day an edge of space vertical climb is something that is taken somewhat lightly! I hope I live to see the day of such engineering.

[@snakerstran9101]

I thought something similar but was thinking dogs chasing a motorcycle.

[@iridium8341]

It's more like a chihuahua chasing after a car.

[@FahQx]

This reminds of a mission in Ace Combat 7 when you have to chase ICBMs before they reach space and shoot them down.

[@bugnut4432]

OGs remember the mission in AC4 when you defend a rocket while it launches

[@PowerHouseWash]

Did you save us? 😉

[@skipperg4436]

Nah, It was in Assault Horizon xD

[@Ali_ON3]

AC7 …. Yes 👍👍👍

[@Mclain11]

Or the v2 launch from ace combat zero

[@turpac1]

"What did you do today at work dad"? "Oh nothing much son, just chased a rocket ship into orbit"!!!😅😁

[@AirDotShow]

Not a bad days work

[@3ddesigns220]

How can our time be so amazing and so stupid at the same time?

[@jeffingram8279]

First time i have seen a raptor with a legitimate reason to go full afterburner

[@larkop6504]

Count your lucky stars, every week I used to watch jets with a genuine reason to go vertical from take off. It's not a nice feeling when your told launch get as many jets armed an airborne ASAP, intercept. But alas it's being happening for decades, testing one another's response times.

[@chiaricharlie6608]

What’s the legitimate reason?

[@altoso1]

@@chiaricharlie6608 rocket fast as fuck

[@Kubose]

1:23 just the sound of the engines spooling up is so good, chefs kiss honestly

[@specrtre]

As well as seeing the Afterburner lighting up on his wingman's aircraft

[@toodlepop]

that was cool. i realized what it was when i saw the burners light on the other plane. had to go back and listen to it twice haha.

[@michaelardai9703]

Too bad they weren't chasing Starship. Then you would have raptors chasing raptors...

[@AirDotShow]

It would have been a 35 Raptor formation 🤣

[@stimproid]

Raptorception

[@Blox117]

they should hope not, dont want to be showered with debris

[@mho...]

dont all spaceX rockets use versions of Raptor engines?!, wsnt that the whole point? , to use the same engines on alll rockets, to minimize maintainence complexity?!

[@stimproid]

@@mho... Falcon 9 uses Merlin engines and burns kerosene/oxygen. Starship uses raptor and burns methane/oxygen.

[@Donleecartoons]

22: "You should go home now." Falcon: "I am!"

[@Orphican]

Falcon: "...I'll be back."

[@Blox117]

you mean in pieces like all trashX

[@Donleecartoons]

@@Blox117 Events do not seem to support your statement. Please elucidate.

[@volksdude1970]

​@Donleecartoons In half of his defense... it technically does return in "pieces". The orbital booster stage, then the payload stage. But I'm sure they worked out the kinks of unplanned disassembly by now.

[@OneBiasedOpinion]

The Falcon is one of the few vehicles on the planet that can legitimately out-run the Raptor in a straight climb.

[@mrkc10]

Beyond impressive climb rate. F-22 is truly in a league of its own 🫡🇺🇸

[@NigelRCharman]

F22 climb rate 50,000 ft/min. Typhoon climb rate 315 m/s, which if my maths is correct equates to 62,000 ft/min. Not as stealthy, but better climb rate. See Top Gear, where, from a standing start it got to 1 mile altitude and back to the start before a Bugatti Veyron could get 1 mile down the runway and back...

[@thatg6838]

@@NigelRCharmanthe F-22s rate of climb is also 62,000ft/m

[@deanoq]

And the falcon 9's climb rate makes it look like a toy 😜

[@Agm1995gamer]

F15 is faster

[@cj5376]

The F-15E can climb at an initial rate of 67,250 feet per minute (342 meters per second) from sea level Eagle drivers and keepers 🫡

[@Apr0x1m0]

Watching a Falcon 9 launch from the cockpit of a F-22, now thats something you dont see every day! Thanks

[@espinaca27]

Dude, I’m so grateful for technology like the 360 cameras and GoPros. Normal people like me watching ridiculous (in a good way) stuff like this was not possible 20 years ago

[@FOSTERSFARMGARAGETV]

My Grandpa, would be amazed to see our technology today! He retired air force from WW2 and Korean war! After he retired he helped with the mass production of the F16 Fighter jets in Fort Worth Tx, through the 1980 and 90's for General Dynamics. They would test fly them over our small town in east Texas, so i rode my bike to our local airport F51 and demanded to become a pilot at 12 years old at 14 i solo a Cessna 152 with man named Bob who singed me off at 40 hours to become a private pilot! Thanks for awesome video! Sky's the Limit!

[@tappajaav]

Do you still fly?

[@FOSTERSFARMGARAGETV]

@@tappajaav Yes sir I became Owner in a flying club and have bought and sold several aircraft over the years!

[@SpaceAndAviation]

When I was at the Orlando air show (first day) I got to finally meet my favorite pilot after the demo (Razz) we talked and I told him how amazing the performance was! After that, he ripped off his F22 Demo Team patch and gave it to me. I have it framed next to my F22 model. You can see that same patch at the very beginning of the video on his bottom shoulder to his right side!

[@VedaSay]

2:28 Once you have chased the rocket...always look back and ensure its not chasing you now! 🙂

[@vertigo72480_official]

SpaceX gets fighter escort, freaking awesome!

[@jctripplesticks]

"Trigger, they fired a Starlink satellite! You need to intercept it before it reaches orbit!"

[@littlesneez9002]

(i made a full edit of that lol)

[@tjb_altf4]

Came looking for the AC reference and was not disappointed

[@Jayjay511]

Que BGM, Magic Spear II

[@matthewkingsmill7372]

I was infantry, aviation never really bothered me. But the older I get the more I’m in awe of the machines and the pilots.

[@Andrew-13579]

Seemed to get a late start. I guess the point was to get them both in the picture going vertical. The F-22 would win the race maybe to about 30,000 feet, then Falcon 9 would dramatically pull away from it…just the nature of a rocket going to orbit. They should chase a Starship-Superheavy. Then it would be Raptors chasing Raptors. 😄

[@dazzpeace]

1000000 points for wordplay

[@emmitt169]

@@dazzpeaceYou're dumb they have videos of jets chasing Rockets all the time ​

[@Marc83Aus]

@GaijinGamerGirl The falcon 9 doesnt surpass the max speed of the F22 untill just after max Q at 19 km altitude. The F22 can climb almost to that altitude but it only takes 90 seconds for the F9 to reach that velocity and only 30 seconds later its going twice as fast and is twice as high as the F22 can reach.

[@JLswatchthis]

​@GaijinGamerGirlyou are wrong again

[@raynic1173]

F-22's gave up as the rocket went past max Q and said "see-ya, landlubbers." 😂 😂

[@PsRohrbaugh]

Maybe. They broke off the pursuit at 18,000 feet. I suspect it was to keep the climb information secret, because a F22 can get to 30/40 thousand feet pretty fast.

[@raynic1173]

@@PsRohrbaugh I doubt they could pursue at that angle of attack and speed. I believe right after Max Q, they're soon to hit the sound barrier and then just smoke it. It would probably make the 22's look bad... so to avoid any embarrassment... Well just break off at 10k... 😂 Edit: I did a bit of research, the jet could keep up easily...

[@PsRohrbaugh]

@@raynic1173 so I just did some Googling, and according to various articles max q occurs about a minute into the flight between 8 and 10 miles high depending on orbital inclination. And that's way faster than a F22. But trying to find reliable numbers for the first 50,000 feet of flight has been more than a little bit confusing. I just know that the official top speed of the F22 is Mach 2.5 (with some sources speculating it can break Mach 3), with a climb rate of "over 60,000 per minute", and that's nowhere near the performance we saw in the video clip.

[@raynic1173]

@@PsRohrbaugh wow, ok. I didn't realize the 22 can climb that fast. My understanding is, as you say, Max Q normally takes place at about a min. which is subsonic. But then powers up after. I look into that. So it seems if we take your upper limit of 10 miles, ~ 50k ft. The 22's could easily out pace the rocket. But after that? I'll look into that later...

[@PsRohrbaugh]

@@raynic1173 That's exactly why they didn't want to push the airplane and reveal it's maximum capabilities - it's the best fighter interceptor we've got. First airplane go Mach 1.5 without afterburner (supercruise). Remember the Chinese Ballon a few years ago? Even that revealed classified F22 capabilities. Before that the altitude was listed as "55,000+ feet", but it made it to 60,000 feet to intercept the balloon without issue. Being at 10,000 feet and doing a supersonic climb chasing the rocket to 50k+ might be cool as hell, but it also might give away more performance information than we should.

[@dsdy1205]

Falcon 9: "You're not that guy"

[@Robert-Cinque777]

Raptor: try me

[@kobusdowney5291]

The only Raptor able to beat a falcon 9 is mounted on the bottom of a starship...

[@4some2joe0]

SR-71 Blackbird joined the chat

[@dsdy1205]

@@4some2joe0 show me an SR-71 that ever pitched its nose higher than 45 degrees lol

[@4some2joe0]

@@dsdy1205 Ha I'm sure it's capable, it'll be interesting to see

[@alexventer1634]

“Would you intercept me? I’d intercept me.” ~Habitual Line Crosser

[@nochina3520]

i will not

[@cjcantrell80]

“The kid races space rockets just for kicks” or something like it better be in a video soon.

[@smugfrog8111]

@@cjcantrell80 He better mention this, lol.

[@dieseldawg9144]

@habitual_linecrosser

[@grant2053]

@@cjcantrell80 God he better...

[@jamesodonnell4771]

Rocket: *Launches* F-22: "Oh _yeah_ ?"

[@tatocorvette]

A cool hot rod trying to chase a Top Fuel Dragster... still cool anyways!

[@lowprofile2412]

Great analogy

[@cjcantrell80]

That guy that just got the twin turbo setup dialed “yeah, I’ll run it”.

[@biknjak]

😎👍

[@soulerflare7]

​@@cjcantrell80 Or a k&n airfilter !!!

[@RangieNZ]

@GaijinGamerGirl Keep drinking the cool-aid bro, keep drinking it..

[@fontcaicoya5686]

That was incredible - what a rate of climb! Impressive to see it keep up with the accelerating SpaceX rocket for a moment.

[@GW2Vids1]

It did not all dude

[@tappajaav]

It didn't, not in the slightest. Cool view regardless.

[@tyjones5019]

Pretty unimpressive actually, and I love the 22.

[@toodlepop]

it was more of a "it briefly lessened the rate at which it was being vastly outpaced".

[@criminalcuteness3952]

The speed these things climb altitude is mind boggling

[@AirDotShow]

Can you believe how fast they shoot up? It's insane!

[@stevefowler2112]

I'm a retired A.E. myself and my Dad was an Engineer with GE at The Cape from '56 til '76 when he got transferred to Vandenburg in Cali. Anyway I remember him telling me a story in the early days when the engineers were gathering data regarding the oscillation forces along the missile fuselage during Max V and they would schedule F104 flights out of MacDill in Tampa to rendezvous with the missiles before Max V and take film of the missile. He said it sounded easy but it turned out to be a whole set of new intercept math and procedures to get the 104's at the exact spot in the atmosphere at the exact moment in time for a successful intercept. This video jogged my old memory banks.

[@chandlerm2571]

Someone call habitual linecrosser about this one

[@StoveLad]

LOL I wonder what sort of accent a Falcon 9 would have?

[@pedromadrigali187]

It would probably talk like Elon musk

[@stefensmith9522]

Ahhh ... America ... Watching rocket launches from the cockpit of a f22 😂. I love this country

[@ricdale7813]

Gotta tell you when After Burn kicked in we could just about feel those G's and the rate of climb was ridiculous. Outstanding!

[@draygoes]

To those saying that this wasn't a Chase... The people that are saying that the Raptor pilots are doing the job of a chase plane, which is to observe and sometimes document, are correct but that's not the full story. Getting close to that rocket may be difficult or impossible for one or several of several reasons. 1. I'd imagine that test data gets more and more mudded down the closer you have a couple of Raptors flying to the subject. 2. Raptors are some of the most nimble fighter jets on the planet and you can see that they did go all out but that thing they are chasing is a Rocket. The thrust to weight ratio is likely on a completely different playing field between that rocket and a Raptors twin engines. 3. I'd probably not want to be within 10 miles of it just in case of something going wrong. If that thing explodes, I'd rather be way over there ------>

[@OneBiasedOpinion]

Also the rocket is probably generating insane turbulence in its vicinity with those engines going full throttle. You don't want to be flying close, even if it doesn't explode.

[@Giitzerland]

This should happen ALL the time! What a great way to improve skills, manage nerves, understand limits, and expectations than chasing a real rocket?!

[@DonVideoGuy007]

At the 01:47 time code mark, the SpaceX Falcon 9 said to the Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22 Raptors: "Gah-BYEEEEEE!" ... 😁 - and those Mach 2.25 capable (1,500 mph top speed) F-22 Raptors have an incedible "vertical climb rate".

[@rkr9861]

Not exactly a fair comparison when the Falcon 9 booster is rated to Mach 10 before MECO.

[@tappajaav]

@@rkr9861 Fair? Nothing about this video is about fairness

[@OneBiasedOpinion]

There's also the little issue of the atmosphere thinning out eventually, which starves the jet engines. Those planes can only chase so far before the laws of physics force them to return.

[@383mazda]

Well those pilots will never be Arkansas highway patrol with that chase, but still very cool video!!

[@selectthedead]

Definitly on every Fighter pilot's bucket list!

[@acarrillo8277]

I used to do this in the shuttle launch mission in the first Hawx game

[@greecoboost]

Same. Then the shuttle would always pull away while my aircraft stalled because it reached max altitude. Fun times.

[@momentary_]

Having the Raptor and the Falcon within the same frame really showcased how much faster rockets are than planes. It's insane how quickly the Falcon ascended from ground level to low orbit.

[@AirDotShow]

Rocket engines and jet engines are entirely different animals for sure

[@jerz8289]

It is fitting that the best gen 5 fighter in the world is tracking/guarding the launch of the most advanced rocket system in the world.

[@fourthhorseman4531]

F22: I'm a rocket too!

[@fabianrudzewski9027]

A full on zoom climb behind the rocket would have been super cool. Edit: obviously not inside the exhaust stream. Just like they did here but keep climbing with full power as long as they can follow the rocket.

[@nochina3520]

no

[@Shaft0]

Yes

[@Ragnarok182]

Not sure that's possible, the rocket would probably do something to the Raptors if they were right behind it or even near it.

[@fabianrudzewski9027]

@@Ragnarok182 obviously not directly inside the exhaust stream, as even another jets exhaust stream can cause engine problems. Just like they did here, but keep the burners lit and see how long they can keep up.

[@NegativeSum]

​@@fabianrudzewski9027Falcon 9 17,500 mph. F-22........ nope!

[@cbspock1701]

Very cool saw this launch, we saw the raptors fly over our area in way to Cape. They talked about it at the Orlando airshow, very cool to see what the pilots saw

[@XavierAncarno]

When the afterburner engage, pure bliss 😊😊

[@AirDotShow]

We agree, so cool 🚀

[@marcocasati6953]

Nice! it's kind of cool that the new SpaceX engines that curently are being tested on the Starship rocket are also called Raptor, and the Falcon 9 engines are called Merlin like the Top Gun character :)

[@hamhouke]

Merlin like the engines in another super fighter of the WWII era - the P51 Mustang.

[@marcocasati6953]

@@hamhouke Absolutely! :)

[@floridagunrat1625]

The primary engines on the falcon 9 first stage are raptors. They are also using the same raptor engines on the starship, just more of them (33 as opposed to 9). The engine on the second stage of the falcon 9 is called the Merlin vacuum engine as it is designed to operate in the vacuum of space.

[@konkam744]

@@floridagunrat1625 right from the SpaceX website: Falcon 9’s first stage incorporates nine Merlin engines and aluminum-lithium alloy tanks containing liquid oxygen and rocket-grade kerosene (RP-1) propellant. Falcon 9 generates more than 1.7 million pounds of thrust at sea level.

[@marcocasati6953]

@@floridagunrat1625 that is not correct, the engines on falcon 9 are all merlins which is an open cycle engine running on RP-1 and oxygen, the variant on the 1st stage is called Merlin (sea level, there's 9 of them) and the variant on the 2nd stage is called Merlin vacuum, the difference is the longer bell nozzle which is optimized to contain the exhaust in the vacuum of space. The Raptor engine is a full-flow stage combustion engine running on methane and oxygen and is currently only flown on the starship/superheavy vehicle. there's 33 with sea level nozzles on the 1st stage and 6 on the second stage of which 3 have sea level nozzles and 3 have the larger vacuum nozzles.

[@H3LLS4NG3L]

Those noises the aircraft makes when the afterburner is on are amazing.

[@AirDotShow]

music to our ears

[@GuyFromSC]

Could this be a potential mission in which the F-22’s were to protect the rocket and payload? I’m sure there’s very expensive and cutting edge technologies on board. Seems like a good defense tactic to have those radars scanning the skies around the launch. Could this be a possible?

[@cryptoico2647]

If something go south, they are to engage and destroy the rocket 🚀 😂

[@DK-mt1xw]

Well, with all the threats we face, I wouldn't be surprised if that's actually why they were there!

[@GuyFromSC]

@@cryptoico2647 Nah man, they are supposed to destroy the threat Mr. Challenger. 🤣

[@Ganiscol]

No.

[@MrStkrdknmibalz9799]

Jeez, that must be a fun job. Imagine walking into work and asking your boss what's on the schedule today and he says, "you're going to be chasing a rocket." "Schweeet."

[@AirDotShow]

Timing is everything!

[@umurkaragoz]

Everyone is gansta until F22 engages afterburners 🔥🔥

[@bojangles2492]

I'm in Aus but all I'm thinking right now is 'America! Fa#k yeah!'

[@USA-GreedyMenOfNoIntegrity]

Hypocrisy and infidelity at its finest in the USA.

[@mattyice2099]

That's what we get to see from 50 percent of our taxes going to "defense" budget lol. Hey you guys purchased lockheed martin's F-35 lightning II now- that's big money. Love our aussie friends.

[@bojangles2492]

@mattyice2099 My brother moved to the US a few years ago with his family and works as an engineer. His daughters are marrying there, the family is taking root in the US. Definitely look forward to visiting one day.

[@mattyice2099]

@bojangles2492 hahaha that's so funny- my Sister lives in australia and married a navy sailor they have a family now. Exact opposite that's funny :) i love visiting australia. What a beautiful nation with beautiful people.

[@atigerclaw]

[MISSION ACCOMPLISHED] >

[@littlesneez9002]

I was going to say Trigger, but that works too.

[@atigerclaw]

@@littlesneez9002 Trigger shoots down the rocket. Mobius One engages in one of the largest single air brawls in history to sanitize the airspace around a rocket. Also, this video, and the track 'Comona' are only ten seconds apart in length. Try playing them side-by-side.

[@littlesneez9002]

@GaijinGamerGirl yea this is Ace Combat 4.

[@sman5877]

At 27 seconds after lift off the rocket is 277 mph . at 41 seconds about 400mph . at 52 seconds about 540 mph. When the raptors power up to climb the rocket is already super sonic passing 925 mph . When the video ends the rocket is 2700 mph and 111,000 feet high . The rocket will reach 17,800 mph. Nice video .

[@AirDotShow]

Thanks, glad you liked it

[@trevorphillips2868]

Has to be amazing to be one of those pilots. Imagine going from Cessna Piston Airplane altitude to Airliner altitude just like that and back down to Cessna Altitude Piston altitude with a rocket going off

[@JonnyUnderrated]

You dont see that every day. Damn. We are living in interesting times people

[@MichealGratz]

Imagine being escorted into space by f-22s 😂

[@scottstevens2752]

You're welcome for that joy ride......

[@PlayerFalcon4]

Amazingly cool, but not the first time its happened! Back in the early days of the Titan 1 missile program NASA was having problems with the skin of the missile. This was before the advent of HD video and photography, so their solution was to equip two F4 Phantoms with special camera pods and chase the missile vertically and close! Imagine a pair of Phantoms, a few hundred feet either side of a titan missile in flight, in formation, and taking lots of video and photographs.

[@pin65371]

I'd guess when they are testing the Starships there are fighters with missiles following them so if anything goes wrong they can shoot it down. Yes the rocket has self destruct but I'm guessing they still would have another way if that ended up failing.

[@erietan1573]

@@pin65371 SpaceX has never and will never have chase fighters equipped with missiles ready to shoot at Starship. That's just too absurd of an idea to do these days. They've initiated self destruct multiple times on previous tests and they're automated. If the onboard computer detects an anomaly, it'll self destruct.

[@theNeathBoy]

Cool, although I was wishing there was an altimeter reading on display in the video to see how quickly they were climbing and to what altitude.

[@AirDotShow]

they climbed up to the approved 17,000 ft ceiling then had to back off

[@theNeathBoy]

@@AirDotShowok thanks.

[@dazzassti]

That is some EPICNESS right there. Nice one ☝️

[@OneBiasedOpinion]

I love how the second they go in for the pursuit, you can hear those afterburners spooling as the jets stand on their tails and go vertical. Such an impressive display.

[@billy1673]

What a cool job these guys have!

[@OdenthorIcefang]

If you are connected to the right people..... you could do it too.

[@rrocketman]

00:55 totally awesome thanks for this bruh

[@AirDotShow]

Glad you liked it!

[@shibumi5210]

Hey, an F-22 could keep up with it up to about 30-40,000 feet! Rate of climb on those beasts is amazing...

[@brianv1988]

I was able to watch them fly over on someone's live stream from the ground before launch it was awesome to see

[@chrislever7516]

Unbelievable perspective.

[@alexandertucker6140]

America is so f-ing cool!!!

[@GreatMerlin-vc2ls]

Love this, gives me ace combat 4 Comona vibes.

[@theonerealelvis7823]

When does the rocket chase ensue? Thumbs down for clickbait

[@royhi1809]

Raptor one and two..."The skies are clear...you are clear to launch."

[@karlstathakis7786]

1:28 Jesus Christ, the madlads are really doing it

[@Jester62D]

These guys make me hate my job. Thanks for protecting our country.

[@HugoStiglitz88]

They're like "you may be the apex predator of Space but we're still the apex predator down here"

[@GoBrand0n]

Thanks for the service gentleman. Happy Father's Day

[@jasonsimpkins9069]

A pilot is probably the greatest job in the world. Especially military pilot.

[@TheOicyu812]

That's like having two F-22 Raptors trying to take on Iron Man. Not a fair fight.

[@ChristopherSibert]

we live in the science fiction future I read about in books as a child!!

[@patryn36]

I realise that most likely there is hearing protection built into the helmets, but i wonder if the audio is what really sounds like when fling on one of those jets.

[@alanwhiteside410]

It’s not that loud inside the cockpit but the helmets fit pretty snug and do help prevent some noise so the pilot can hear the speakers inside the helmet.

[@patryn36]

@@alanwhiteside410 i was not refering to the loudness but rather just what it sounds like in general since it is not likely i will ever fly much less control one of those.

[@Ganiscol]

Does an airliner sound the same inside as it does outside? There ya go. 😉

[@patryn36]

@@Ganiscol i would not know, i do not fly hence why i was asking and besides i would imagine a passenger jet sounds very different from a military one.

[@ilmaio]

​@@Ganiscol yeah, a convertible airliner, with a plexiglas roof, and you sit on the engine. There you go.

[@Virvum_Juggernaut]

These amazingly skilled pilots have the world’s best offices to work in.

[@adriankoch964]

Falcon 9: "I'm a rocket and take off vertically." F-22 climbing: "I'm a bit of a rocket myself."

[@Eco-VillePatagoniaChile]

Flying above the earth with those things, at those speeds, doing those moves... must be the coolest thing in the world.

[@compostjohn]

Wasn't much of a chase!

[@jankoekemoer6034]

You have to sell the video. So you play with the truth. It's called the KZbin way.

[@LettuceGamerCoolGuy]

They lure the viewers in by inviting messages on the title

[@vail8150]

Liked when AB came on chase jet

[@AirDotShow]

They were full throttle on that climb

[@kevinparker2409]

Unfucking believable

[@arthurzettel6618]

That F-22 Rapter could pass for a spaceplane with that kind of performance....WOW !

[@TheTibetyak]

I can hear the ATC saying, "Caution wake turbulence."

[@bueb8674]

lmao good one. more realistically 'keep your distance or the sound will physically injure you'

[@MovieGasm]

Those pilots are Bad ass. I wonder what our 6th Gen fighter will be and how it'll compare to the f-22

[@yurgon]

That rocket just straight up walked away from those jets like they were standing still.

[@LooseMorals100]

Old Titan IV guy here. That was freakin’ cool. Thanx.

[@ivorybow]

Wow! That's about the highest level of fun it's possible for one human being to have. We truly live in the future.

[@sgtmerker2401]

Imagine being able to say " I got paid to fly the world's most advanced fighter jet and chase the world's most advanced rocket as it launch into space"....

[@DallasSniper]

Watching the afterburners kick in at 1:26 was amazing.

[@etiquettefiend]

Holy round earth this video is neat

[@AirDotShow]

Thanks!

[@tooitchy]

Earth is a donut

[@veritycloud1236]

Love to see not only how routine but still how epic launches are.

[@Holmesy87]

It's like a Dog with a toy. You see that rocket, boy? You see it? Go get it, get that rocket. F22: 🐶mine, mine, mine🐶

[@AirDotShow]

Haha, the F22 definitely wants that rocket!

[@DK-mt1xw]

Seeing the space center, the rocket launch THEN the climb! Awesome video!

[@jasonjoseph3975]

Cool footage! I've had the opportunity to work at KSC before & proud to do so

[@AirDotShow]

Very cool!

[@jmw2224]

I was in Cape Canaveral that day and heard the jets when the launch happened. Only noticed it was Raptors when they flew over Port Canaveral when they were done chasing rockets.

[@AngelOfDeath420]

I would have chased it to see IF the plane could keep up!

[@MrStevebreaux]

That’s crazy. Reminds me of a Blue Angels on Pensacola Beach airshow several years ago where, on the stall pass the one pilot did a side slip. I swear he lost twenty feet of altitude before recovering.