4 Canadian F-18 Hornets depart Prestwick Airport [4K/UHD]

[@bgorveatt]

Classy Canadians gave a wave to the young fella at the fence!! Great bunch of bloks they are!!!

[@deankoncan1645]

Incredible footage of our sons and daughters. Thank you for sharing Jim ! Much love and respect to you and yours. Dean/ Naval Base Halifax. Canada

[@andrewgeorgelang]

Their bringing them back home. Thanks for sharing

[@philipberthiaume2314]

Brilliant video, thank you for posting this. I noticed the three very large fuel tanks they were carrying. I believe the f18 can carry about 13 tonnes of fuel with them, slightly less than an Airbus 321!! Interceptors are high performance but pay a high price in efficiency. The f35, which is replacing our f18's, hold 6.3 tonnes, without tanks. This is about an hour and a bit of flying time.

[@georgeorwell5842]

Looks like those were 409 Sqn 'Nighthawks' out of Cold Lake, Alberta. Originally formed as a night fighter squadron in WWII hence 'Nighthawks'

[@RPMZ11]

''Midnight is our noon,''

[@janethadley9162]

Thanks Jim for a lovely video I was going to ask about the hawk but George Orwell answered my question but why did only one have that beautiful hawk on and not the others thank you again Jim

[@davefost]

Wonderful video!! Thank you for posting!

[@christianlebordelais]

De beaux instants de spotting....

[@katerinakemp5701]

Oops my eyes spotted the Antonov unloading in the background, sorry looks like the Russian counterpart will u be uploading that departure as well Jim. Great vid by the way.

[@JimRamsayJWR]

Yes the An124 arrived just prior to F-18s departure and they were unloading boxes, possibly PPE

[@Spookieham]

Great video! Thanks

[@virginianemith]

Soo cool, thanks !!

[@rtcharge]

Soon be F35s 88 on order

[@alpearson9158]

not order yet but being determined . One large problem is that f35 have a usable airspeed of only 1.3 mach. Russian bombers up to 2.05 mach still think 48 f35's and 40 or more 2 mach interceptors will be needed

[@spacecowboy_1962]

@@alpearson9158 speed dont matter when using stealth. but i would have preferred the Gripen. they were gonna make it on canadian soil, except for the brains of it. and its been cold weather tested. F-35 isn't cold weather tested

[@ryanaines6617]

@@spacecowboy_1962 That’s not accurate

[@888buzzz]

Anyone know why they were in Scotland?

[@JimRamsayJWR]

Yes, heading from Scotland to Romania for NATO Air Policing

[@nobodyimportant6851]

Golf?

[@georgejob2156]

Prestwick airport is always fog free why they use it.. And it's the airport used by other NATO allies.. American airforce use it..

[@RPMZ11]

Family.

[@1madcanuck]

Wow, our whole airforce in action

[@adingman9798]

Canada has 4 airworthy CF-18's ?????????????

[@paullucas8721]

As a Canadian, I was shocked that we still had an air force with one plane let alone four. Brits must've loaned them to us for the day.

[@JimRamsayJWR]

Lots of Canforce traffic comes through PIK

[@JamesBond009]

Just had to find that one Canadian to embarrass us. Just because we don't show off like the Americans in movies and tv shows doesn't mean our military isn't well equipped. We would have had a few F-35's by now if your boy Trudeau hadn't cancelled the deal.

[@TheDecapitatedApple]

@@JamesBond009 it doesnt matter whos in govt everyone shits on the military lol

[@nobodyimportant6851]

I thought Canadians were smart... until you opened your mouth and proved me wrong. A quick 5 second google search would tell you they have 77 F-18's.

[@justinchan6893]

We have a whole squadron of F18s... lol