Growler Ball 2020

2020 marks the 50th Anniversary of VAQ-129, the Electronic Attack Fleet Replacement Squadron that began developing America's EA-6B Prowler aircrew in 1970, and now is responsible for training the US Navy and Royal Australian Air Force's EA-18G Growler communities. Once again, this year's video showcases the latest and greatest footage from all US Navy VAQ squadrons in Whidbey Island, WA and Iwakuni, Japan, as well as the RAAF 6th Squadron.
Featuring:
VAQ-129 Vikings
VAQ-130 Zappers
VAQ-131 Lancers
VAQ-132 Scorpions
VAQ-133 Wizards
VAQ-134 Garudas
VAQ-135 Black Ravens
VAQ-136 Gauntlets
VAQ-137 Rooks
VAQ-138 Yellowjackets
VAQ-139 Cougars
VAQ-140 Patriots
VAQ-141 Shadowhawks
VAQ-142 Gray Wolves
VAQ-209 Star Warriors
VX-9 Vampires
Royal Australian Air Force 6th Squadron
USAF 390th ECS
Music: Sebastian Böhm - Blue Monday
ODESZA - One Day They'll Know (VIP Remix)

[@MalfosRanger]

What an age to be alive when we have access to quality footage such as this.

[@arroyo_Lt0]

sounds like spy behavior 😅😅😅

[@muskaos]

EA guys have to be so happy that they aren't flying the Prowlers any more. No more 3g limit, no more worries about 4.5 bearing eating itself, no more 25 hour oil samples. No more holes in the heat shields around the engines being repaired over and over again. Their new jets have a HUD, and afterburners!

[@Aaron-wq3jz]

But lower range

[@RsRj-qd2cg]

Friends with a crew chief who retired when the last Prowler squadron transitioned at Cherry Point and can confirm. He called it a flying history museum. His relationship with the airplane went from love to love/hate some time after 2003.

[@RR_184]

It really was a blessing. I was part of the transition in 2013 but won’t deny that I will always have a soft spot in my heart for the EA6B

[@earfors]

@1:38 chunky bass, and a ‘money maker’ carrier launch! 👍🏻

[@AA-xo9uw]

@@RsRj-qd2cg VMAQ-2 was decommissioned. There was no transition.

[@calliarcale]

I work for a contractor, and I've had on-and-off involvement with the computers for the Super Hornets for almost my entire career. This gave me great joy to watch.

[@TheMrIgnor]

This is one of the best plane videos I've seen so far.... I could feel the energy, the rush of flying f18's! GREAT WORK ! ✌️

[@AlbaAdventures]

Big time!

[@nancydiehl296]

Thinking EXACTLY the same; the music/sound also correlated perfectly!

[@annazavarzina6145]

Hell YEAH

[@stlouisix1]

Saw son at 1:03-1:05 mark, made my day, FLY NAVY!

[@rhetthart9311]

very very pog

[@hazegraystudios]

get the hell out of here? seriously? damn, how cool is that?

[@plow-b8590]

Awesome

[@karloyu3484]

Congratulations, Sir.🙂

[@Parker75452]

Is he a WSO?

[@AS-qy4hk]

2:31 You could say they were 'Jamming' in the growler there ;) I'll escort myself out of the building.

[@lllllRBlllll]

That's probably why the brevity term for jamming is 'music'.

[@DCrypt1]

Well HARMonics are important to both music theory and electronic attack. I don’t see why the gentleman has to leave.

[@TheWizardGamez]

@@DCrypt1 i think you should also leave the building with alexander.

[@thesleppymexican]

Bruhhh That was actually not that bad

[@Spudtron98]

When that Ace Combat music is popping off

[@billythekid8333]

That shot flying down the river by the buildings - River Fire - Brisbane Australia. Best time of the year

[@cobra800hp]

i noticed Roma st Station at the start

[@christianwalsh8006]

so sick hey, brown snake action

[@davet5756]

So true

[@kranerwheatens]

Still hard for me to believe this is what my son fly's in! He's the "Navigator" I have a picture of him waving at us doing touch and goes while we were watching him last year on Whidbey Island... Couple months ago he was doing touch and goes off of an aircraft carrier! Sooo PROUD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Jacob-we3lt]

I used to buy disks of this kinda footage when I was little...only difference between this and the disks is they the disk had crappier footage and the edits weren’t nearly as good as these! Great job and thank you for your service!!!

[@rubenlopez3364]

I remember the documentary packs that had like 2-3 dvds

[@edmac3651]

Fantastic vid, guys. I'm so glad the Australian Air Force gets to fly these incredible birds. Not only that but any joint training we get with the US is brilliant. Keeping that brotherhood and alliance alive is awesome.

[@tonytrujillo1145]

As a former carrier sailor I smiled the whole time watching this video.

[@chrisbreezy-ryanbarbosa4320]

Whoever put this together is an absolute legend!!!

[@ayadreamcatcher4328]

A friendly reminder to the rest of the world

[@hefeibao]

totally

[@geminifreestyle3697]

haven't seen my grandparents in yrs but thinking of flying across the country to show them some of these vids. retired pilot & flight attendant, they don't have internet ... they'd be absolutely psyched

[@matsolefiedler7146]

Thank you, Dirty Jersey, for this perfect movie about the EA-18G and the F/A-18!

[@SLAF999]

Am I the only one ramdomly whistling the Blue monday soundtrack and thinking in Growlers along the day? well after watching i don't know how many times this video I can only say is awesome , the best I've ever seen, and I even seen the Zappers cruise video!! jajajajaj you have the top 2 in my rank mister, keep doing a great job!

[@duaneronan8199]

Wow! The best aviation video I've seen. Numerous things I've never seen before. In cockpit camera during catapult launch, while showing another '18 launching off a different catapult. Way cool. The coolest. Congrats. MORE.

[@Andrew-wm9oc]

Whoever made this. Thank you for feeling my jet addiction

[@1QuickSlovak]

One of the few things better than 2019.

[@machia0705]

FLY NAVY🇺🇸 Best aviators in the world. Stay safe.

[@apolloactual7666]

I love seeing the RAAF Riverfire displays incorporated in these videos. Sad that I haven't heard any news of a display this year due to COVID 19. Hopefully we'll see them again in 2021. Always get goosebumps.

[@toomanywaystofall]

a bunch of cut above , fast movers...God Bless all who serve...

[@Daze-ew6xj]

Jeez all these clips are gold

[@Daveismyhero]

This needs to be on loop in the USN recruiting offices. Amazing video!

[@pulsarpilot71]

Sent off my package to the Nov 2nd Aviation Board! In about 3 years I'll be piloting one of these amazing aircraft

[@perleconstruction8290]

just an old army grunt from the 80's ... this is just fantastic .. thanks

[@mjohnsto010275]

Simply, OUTSTANDING !

[@86KrissKross]

Best video on KZbin!! Thank you sir

[@cyrilm94]

This video was so well edited I had to watch it three times. Well done and awesome footage!

[@meowkii_]

2:32 vibin like this in a fighter jet might be the best thing you could ever archive :D

[@Spudtron98]

You could say that they're jamming.

[@HeloZeroOfficial]

Maaan, the graphics in DCS are getting good!

[@marcoskengo]

Outstanding! Thanks for sharing this amazing feeling of how to be inside jetfighter cockpit.

[@NorthEastFPV]

wow amazing , i think that's the longest i have held my breath for ,,,, videography and edit was spot on 👍👍👍 the pilots and locations were amazing 😎loved it

[@randomazn420]

And what a badass cover of blue monday

[@CostiganCreations]

Aw man!! Goosebumps!! Great editing

[@lars90a]

WOW amazing editing and sound

[@TheWizardGamez]

1:51, swear to god, that's dude perferct

[@Jomagic01]

I noticed that too lol

[@SebaXeneize]

Cuz it is

[@SebaXeneize]

In the bottom right you can see the dp logo

[@paulwolfie4395]

Just found this video on youtube . Absolutely love the video! Cracking! Great choice of music! Keep up the great work! Bring on more vid 's! !👍

[@matk4731]

Awesome stuff 👏👏 Thanks for sharing 👍🏻👍🏻🙃🙃

[@MLOCharmer]

I still can't stop watching this over and over the video edits are the best I've ever seen.

[@adamtatlock5821]

Wells said! Me too!

[@octobrerouge1997]

Moi aussi pareil

[@_positivethinking8900]

I saw a great video. I will support better videos in the future. You are my new friend.

[@jakeshootsstuff8187]

I've watched this so many times.

[@steveradloff7134]

Excellent!!! Could watch that all day.

[@Thetequilashooter1]

That was so cool. Damn, one of the best vids I've seen.

[@austinpacheco7214]

Ugh, why am I flying the C-5.... this looks like a blast lol. Great video!

[@FlightSimulatorXATC]

Looks killer. Glad y’all are having fun. Great song choice.

[@rodgoddard5113]

Awsome vid of such a formidable multirole kick ass fighter,

[@katarzynasoko9707]

Wsiadlabym choć miałabym nie wrócić.... Cudownie....❤️❤️❤️

[@spacepirate3871]

Easily the best video of 2020 tightly follow by the A10C II release for dcs

[@しりお-w8l]

2:10 I absolutely love this scene

[@whitescopemedia]

Sick video DIRJ!

[@spaghetti9845]

4:15 .. yep that's a navy driver

[@notmetal0-130]

Yep, that's what it looks like.

[@Makuya]

OMG!!!!!! Respect from Poland!!!!!!!

[@Rainchild33082]

here @2:04 is Rimrock lake I fish there often. Love it when you guys come hauling ass overhead I get a raging freedom leaner my pants strain to contain. Keep rockin

[@mariusrobu4951]

Is that a problem if I watched this video 20 times? Hails from Romania!

[@batranuljack3517]

not a problem mate, i do the same, hails from Romania

[@marksita76]

Nice to see RAAF birds in there.

[@CarlosRodriguez-rg2yv]

They are part of the Growler Nation!

[@ryanmills7968]

The vibes are immaculate

[@justdave5899]

Best ever Growler ball video

[@willjack6725]

Credit to these guys and gals, landing on a carrier looks properly hairy. Jet doesn't stop until your almost off the other edge. Massive cahona's.

[@FlyTyer1948]

Marvelous video.

[@excited9436]

0:54 nice salute ❤️🔥🔥

[@katarzynasoko9707]

Moje marzenie...niestety nierealne. Zostaje popatrzeć...❤❤❤

[@cbinder46]

fantastic music choice

[@musikbox83]

Shout out to all my Lancer brothers and sisters!!!

[@Hetzer86]

00:37 Oh Boy - That shot should be in Top Gun 2 Great idea!

[@joelanasa568]

And with that, - Ladies and Gentlemen I welcome you to the best video on the internet.

[@bernardanderson7569]

WHAT!!!! WHAT!!!! Man this is what it's called NAVAL AVIATION at its best and no one can do it better

[@djmac206]

1:50 It was then I realised, Dude perfect😆😆

[@rkmyersuk]

For me, Growlers and their drivers/EWOs are the mutts nuts! (It’s a British term, but it means good 👍)

[@dash7086]

The New Order in the background is absolutely sick as hell.

[@datascientist7580]

Awesome video right here!

[@Fujifilmable]

Brilliant

[@johnnybegooode]

Excellent video!

[@NetWarriorsFTW]

So glad the US sold Australia some of these beasts! We will be strong allies forever!

[@mikes7446]

China will wipe out down under, you guys are clowns for giving up your guns, now under tyranny.

[@NetWarriorsFTW]

@@mikes7446 Yeah righto champ, Australians still own guns. No tyranny here

[@jamesbeach5445]

the growler is one of the coolest aircraft in service and im honestly surprised that the US sold them to the RAAF

[@barpatmat]

why are you? the us needs as much support as it can get due to your defence budget!

[@tristangorlich7729]

This is so FUCKING cool, great work👍

[@drbendover7467]

New Order Blue Monday VERY COOL VID DUDE:)

[@AceCombatGirl]

I need that clip at 2:31 where the pilots be "jamming".

[@2atalkandpolitics422]

Man i use to hate the super hornets because they replaced the tomcat. But man give me an 18 over an f 35 any day of the week

[@brianfredenburg7961]

Really Great footage of the Super Hornets. Love the music selection also. New Order -- Blue Monday. ☠☠

[@nodnerbhu]

Ah, yes another gem

[@aleksandrmalishev4350]

Постоянная подготовка налёты учения Молодцы

[@Spudtron98]

2:31 Monarch and Prez jamming out to Showdown

[@PaulieLDP]

Great footage.

[@winternow2242]

21st century jet with a 1980s theme song.

[@Warbirds]

Awesomethanks for your Video

[@peterrao5774]

We need EA18G in the DCS

[@singlesprocket]

Bit harsh when your opponents PC gets fried by EA 😉

[@kaesees]

Unfortunately, almost zero EW is modeled in DCS. Pretty much no unclassified sources that go into enough detail for it to be modeled with reasonable fidelity. It would be cool if they were able to do it some day, though!

[@peterjp4]

I believe it'd be too OP. SAM avoidance would be almost pointless. In any case, I think the EA6B would be the better addition.

[@wr3tched]

Awesome! Would love to see the original video at 2:04

[@veidorje1681]

if you like beautiful aerial scenes of jet fighters watch : LE BAL DES AIGLES (the eagle's bal ) from éric magnan ps : they've cleaned up an external tank cut off windows and installed several cameras inside monitored by the guy sitting behind the piiot where the navigator and weapon system officer usually seats you're gonna love it : )

[@adamlavalleur3389]

do you know where it is?

[@DirtyJerseyProductions]

Crackomonkey21 good eye! It’s just off of highway 12 at Rimrock Lake in Washington

[@MrBen527]

That's a lot of Growling! Cool vid!

[@relax_fast4261]

Hello!!! How are you today?

[@garybonham6048]

New Order? Shit yes! Thank you!

[@ramberto7785]

Damn this video is Amazing!

[@TaffenFelspar]

Cool Vid.... Nice Footage of beautiful aircraft... Trons On Target!!!

[@kramdsm]

Outstanding!

[@arnoldsherrill2585]

If it wasn't for the GPS jamming part of the plot in Top Gun Maverick., these would have been excellent aircraft to electronically screw up that Sam site combination in the movie

[@kvvint7618]

Awesome! And nice seeing the dudes from dudeperfect in there

[@magicofflying8044]

Great job!! Top of the world in video edit

[@schtaan2]

Blue Monday - orchestral style, cool!

[@Definitelynotasam]

C-rock better post soon if he wants to stay competitive. On Another note... time to start college and try to do this.

[@_Seb_Vettel_]

I don't think C-Rock does Ball vids anymore. If you want more of this videos that you may not have seen I have made a playlist of the balls from the Growlers and Rhinos

[@PedalToTheWood]

These airplanes look brand new

[@Borgatiger]

Awesome!

[@iicustodianlaw]

This is the son of the F-18.

[@cameronrosario3102]

2:31 they really vibin tho

[@randomazn420]

Incredible footage