USMC Flight Line Ops • F/A-18 Hornets & F-22 Raptors Takeoff

U.S. Marine Corps aircrews with VMFA-232, VMFA-251 and VMFA-122 squadrons conduct flight line operations during Red Flag-Alaska 17-2 air combat exercise. F/A-18 Hornet and F-22 Raptor fighter jets takeoff during Red Flag-Alaska 17-2 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. Filmed June 2017.
Film Credits: U.S. Marine Corps Video by Sgt. Kowshon Ye
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[@bigballzmcdrawz2921]

It's nice knowing the legacy hornets are still in service.

[@pasqueocwe1744]

BEAUTIFUL flights

[@pasqueocwe1744]

Fantastic BEAUTIFUL

[@SeekerKnight]

Those kids that handle the bombs have nerves of steal. I don't want to be within a mile of one of them, and they handle them like they are loaves of bread at the grocery store. Just shows how well they are trained, and how confident they are in that training. AMAZING.... JUST F*N AMAZING! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. The sky jockies get the glory, but we know they can't do it without the ground crews.

[@SeekerKnight]

Sure glad there are people like you who have the training and presence of mind to be able to do this work. The rest of the system is useless without you guys. Thank You for your service.

[@redsix49]

Love the Hog... its a troop saver

[@iain8837]

Hog??

[@brendaproffitt1011]

Totally awesome..hell of jet or F 18 fighter excellent video...

[@victorpalomar6819]

These are some good looking F/A-18s

[@ireact5944]

One of the most beautiful aircraft ever to grace the skies, even to this day.

[@sts3121]

Especially the CAG aircraft which i think is the flagship.

[@user-do8rb8kj6s]

REACTIVATED AGAIN TO THE VMFA-251 THUNDERBOLT F-8 CRUSADER F-4 PHANTOM II F/A-18 LEGACY HORNET

[@not1but2and37]

To me, these '18 variant's (A-D) are better looking than the E/F's.

[@blueofthelightanddark6273]

I just want to know, the exterior is hard to tell whether it was an F/A-18A, F/A-18A+, F/A-18A++, F/A-18C, or F/A-18C+.

[@sts3121]

these are some beautiful aircraft

[@checkmate610]

Beautiful!

[@user-do8rb8kj6s]

REACTIVATED AGAIN TO THE VMFA-251 F-8 CRUSADER F-4 Phantom II F/A-18 LEGACY HORNET

[@NochZvezd4]

the F/A 18s had sidewinders in the wingtip, probably training

[@KyoushaPumpItUp]

I never knew that having sidewinders in wingtips meant that the pilots were training.

[@recker5912]

blue for training orange for real warhead

[@christisgod3354]

Nice video. I wonder if the Marines are happy with their Bugs or are they looking forward to the Lightning?

[@amanti113]

F/A-18 best, ever!

[@QuangNguyen-tb4yn]

Those F/A-18s have tail hooks for aircraft carrier landing, are they also operated by US Navy ?

[@Gung_Ho_Vids]

Yes they can land and takeoff from carriers... Marines are part of the Navy.

[@QuangNguyen-tb4yn]

Thanks

[@jsfbr]

Quang Nguyen, there are many exclusively land-based fighters that also have tail arresting hooks. They serve as emergency breaking system on runways equipped with arresting cables in the same way as on aircraft carriers. This is quite common indeed in air bases that regularly support fighter units.

[@snipinmonsta]

The F-22 has an arresting gear almost all planes have one

[@tirepo]

Can't really appreciate the size of the targeting pods untill there is a person next to it

[@chc19661008]

f35美國不賣可以改買f18也不錯

[@blueofthelightanddark6273]

4:34 F/A-18A++? Edit: F/A-18C+

[@katephillips1311]

What is the highest speed of F-22?

[@Unclechokey1995]

Classified

[@snipinmonsta]

Lol definitely classified I work on the dam thing I don’t even know

[@snipinmonsta]

I know enough statistics to have a good idea of what it is but no one has told me directly

[@plkngtun]

I once read somewhere, that some civilian engineers and physicians had calculated it´s top speed to be around 2800 km/h at suitable altitude, and around 1700 km/h at sea level. And while the airframe itself will probably allow such speeds, the engineers and physicians did not know specifics on materials used in the canopy and engine. Might very well be that either of these things overheat or break before such speeds could be reached.

[@Raidergeek34]

You can tell the Marines are down planes VMFA-251 with the D model and vfma 122 flying Navy vfa 15 that just got deactivated.

[@randallclements8585]

Raidergeek34 I was just commenting on that on another channel that posted this. I used to work ARFF on Mcas Beaufort and we were like 50ft from 251 flight line and they never had D models at least while I was there.

[@user-do8rb8kj6s]

FINAL FLIGHT F-22 RAPTOR TO THE RETIRED AND DEACTIVATE

[@USMC_LAterZ]

Why the U.S. refuses to use conformal fuel tanks is still a mystery?

[@snipinmonsta]

USMC LAterZ we use them on our newer jets

[@recker5912]

in US f18 designed for naval aircraft which mean is they need to take off and land on the carrier if f18 use conformal fuel tanls it will increase weight of their aircraft increase weight mean is landing gear may can be damaged

[@danielh1708]

@@snipinmonsta The only aircraft in the US inventory that uses conformal fuel tanks is the F-15E. That's it.

[@snipinmonsta]

@@danielh1708 yeah my bad i got them confused with normal external fuel tanks

[@stephendahl1594]

@@danielh1708 the F18e/f block 3 is going to have them and the Navy is going to retrofit older E/F's. Why they didn't do it already is beyond me. Better range/fuel economy and smaller radar signature than external tanks.