Star Wars Canyon F-15E, F-16 Aggressor, EA-18, F-18 November 2017

We spent a week in Death Valley to film military aircraft flying at low level. We were lucky to see F-15E Strike Eagles from Nellis AFB, and the first run of Growler 503 from VX-9. We also saw two visiting Alaska Aggressors make a few passes in the airspace.

[@mxcollin95]

One of the best, if not THE best, video on the use of the JEDI transition. TONS of speed and AFTERBURNER usage in this video. Absolutely awesome footage in my opinion! I can’t wait to make the trip out there one of these days to witness this training first hand! Helluva a show boys! 🇺🇸 💪✊🤙!!! God bless all who serve to defend this great nation!

[@danielg5120]

Nothing quite like the sound of an F-15. Love it!

[@jstetzer01]

Daniel Gadberry except for the A10. I agree. Low, maneuverable and carry Lots of ordinance. Infantry and field Artillery love them guys. If i made a mistake it's on me. Was just trying to clarify my previous post. I salute you Sir. Jim Stetzer, 1SG U.S. Army Retired

[@jstetzer01]

Not at all. Just thought I was responding with someone else. Doesn't matter

[@jstetzer01]

Thank you Mr. Gadberry. A pleasure chatting with you getting rather late here. I live in El Paso, Texas. My email is [e-mail]. Would like to chat with you further.

[@tundra109710]

Jordan Jenkins food for thought... back in the 90's our euro based F15E's have upgraded version of the PW100 with even more thrust and noise lol our state side trainers run the orig engines cuz its only training here

[@raulgarcia2796]

Os dejo e ok

[@jlcsr9163]

Those Alaskan Aggressor f-16's are just gorgeous.

[@Okinagui]

The quality of the video is just amazing...

[@ramotley]

love the radio chatter - thanks for including

[@Pyramid1974]

That F16 in the beginning was fkn cookin damn...

[@ahrenadoptie809]

He was shaving the rocks😎

[@jamesmartin9401]

It translated aggressively in the horizontal.

[@proro1974]

He was IN the canyon.

[@jday1965]

Smoking It!!!!!

[@Calzet]

No other Jet was in the canyon like the F 16

[@mattbumpas3575]

I love all jets, but the F-15E is particularly amazing.

[@user-sh7zs6dh9e]

I also,but I'm from Kazaqstan

[@tvknowledgewarehouse7027]

That's right.Wonderful flying skill.

[@unrealengine594]

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[@tigerace351]

To all the fellow jet adrenaline junkies, I could never get tired of this! Awesome job video editing!!

[@dankuettel5063]

I know from experience that pilots LOVE having their picture/video taken. Great vid

[@krazykyfan]

All of the aircraft in this video are amazing in their own right and each has a specific role. However, if I'm picking one that just wows me every time it's the F-15E Strike Eagle.

[@walperstyle]

The F15E is a seriously good aircraft.

[@brandondaniels9471]

It's not only powerful, but it's also very sexy. It should get a spread in Playboy magazine 😂😂😂

[@paulmccormack5524]

Brandon Daniels 😂

[@jlcsr9163]

Me too

[@mybestieischloer2401]

@@jlcsr9163 the f-15.a big can of whoop butt.

[@wheeln24-79]

Must be such liberating feeling flying those jets! The ability to do o maneuver and go as fast as your allowed must be such a awesome feeling. Love our air force and navy! And the other armed forces!

[@jamespruitt3159]

That F-18 at the 10:30 mark was actually “dancing in the air” awesome just awesome!

[@skimmer8774]

Great focus, great sound, great coverage, great scanner, great balls of fire!!!!

[@sorggalder]

Enjoy hearing the pilots. Thanks for posting, great video!!

[@yellowhammer4747]

Absolutely a joy to watch. Thank you sir!

[@coyoboyo]

China Lake and that whole region is amazing for aircraft. I was lucky enough to grow up on Edwards AFB so the sounds of an F-15 and F-16 might as well be a soothing rain stick of freedom to me. Great work Jedi.

[@markusweissenbock6337]

Wow - surely the best quality fighter video I've ever seen. Great focus control!

[@amaroudis]

check out some of the mach loop videos

[@Justapilot_9700]

what a landscape! insane images you have here man, thank you very much!

[@TheNotaRubicon]

Was up there last week and watched a couple go through. Those machines and the men/women that fly them are amazing.

[@michaelhorst3650]

NotaRubicon Productions f-35

[@user-pf8nv8wr8h]

Women can’t be pilot

[@Koufalia4]

@Kepano 808HI Probably the dumbest thing I 've heard the past two years.

[@edwinuhabel4054]

@@Koufalia4 Definitely the dumbest, Kepano 808HI is.

[@rogerhanson8241]

Someone please tell me how to hike to this place.😃

[@atreyuscholz5390]

Muss ich immer wieder anschauen, dass ist so wunderschön!!! Der Sound ist Wow!!! 🤗

[@luv2fly452]

MiP, awesome videos!! Awesome still shots also!!. I watched this video 3 times. Love that sound of freedom.

[@CzowiekZwanyMajkiem]

That. Was. Amazing! I'm in San Diego, now there is literally no excuse for spending a few days in the Death Valley!

[@averygrimreaper6321]

Love these video's and especially watching those F15 Grim Reapers and the F16 Falcon's were just awesome!!!

[@graysinclair6572]

Really awesome footage! Thanks much for posting.

[@lebeardotnet4372]

wonderful video capture, thanks! the scenery is just as spectacular.

[@SF-fb6lv]

Best ever! Thanks! Great camera and sound!

[@notthatdonald1385]

Man that one Hornet kicked up some dirt with his exhaust! You need excellent physical and psychological abilities, and a little cowboy in ya too.

[@Wait4me2]

Take me back to the Panamint Valley! Way, way back in the early 90’s my husband and I were headed east just out of the Valley minding our own business, driving the good old Volvo station wagon (boxy but safe!) back home to Denver. We were cruising along, not a care in the world, when I hear him take a deep breath and make some sort of strangled noise in his throat. I see he’s looking in the rear view mirror so I look back and Lo and Behold there is a fighter jet coming up on our tail! One gulped breath later he was gone only to reappear right in front of us! Then he lifted, rocked his wings a tiny bit and he was gone like lightning.⚡️ Years later I had occasion to tell that story to a former Air Force pilot who said, “That was you?” We laughed and laughed like the fool creatures we were. It was such a perfect thing to say and it still makes me smile. Of course the video we see here is same place, totally different circumstances. But it is just great to see all the amazing things that go on in this area. Stay safe guys and gals, don’t forget to wiggle-waggle those fine wings. 😊

[@anthonynjoroge968]

Ur professionally will never be wasted in ur country..watching from African states..kenya county

[@daianzapanta6411]

ahhhh....F-15 E....it STRIKES me inside my heart!

[@branjosnow6244]

40+ years on, the F16 is still as sexy as the day I fell in love with it.

[@arfshesaid4325]

had to stop the vid after the first minute to say thank you for this amazing footage ....so cool

[@arttafil6792]

I’d love to have flown an F4 through the loop. The sound of two J79’s howling through those valleys would be aa memoy

[@ChrisZoomER]

Epic catches! The F-15, F-16, and F/A-18 are my favorites fighter jets along with the F-22.

[@justinmills4566]

Good stuff man! I was there the 7th-9th. Cool to see it all captured on video. The A-10’s were a real treat.

[@SpaceGaucho_]

beautiful footage! thanks for the HQ

[@xCharjx]

FANTASTIC footage!!

[@sequoyah59]

Astounding to see a 15E loaded for bear making the moves it does. The forces at wrok to overcome the momentum in a turn are just massive.

[@oldstankleg1]

Great footage!! I wish we had this footage when the F-14 was in service.

[@Bryan-cs9to]

May the Force be with them , great footage thanks for sharing!!!

[@GeneralHawk505]

I can't get over how those engines sound with the afterwave behind of a passing american jet aircraft. Those FA/18s i swear they have that 1 special unique sound. A10s have their own turbine whining engines. Love it all!

[@Masa9]

Do'nt shake , Clear Sound ! Awesome Movie!!

[@soyeldiego4878]

Great video 👍 I miss working on jet engines! We used to test military and commercial jet engines. We would turn off the test cell lights and hit the after burners. What a spectacular sight that was 🚀

[@howardgriffith71]

I used to work on jt8 suck squeeze bang and blow from this assembly to assembly then to test cell run them up still miss it

[@davidbarrett1487]

I’ve listened to F15 ‘s at RAF LAKENHEATH UK, and the engines make a superb racket raw power. Allies have some great machines and men. Great friends forever, Brits think of you as family, you’re always welcome U.K. keep up the training it’s everything. 👍🇬🇧🔱🇺🇸🇨🇦🇦🇺🇳🇿

[@shahidshah2453]

A combination of best fighters and best pilots

[@SM_Fato]

The sounds are so mesmerizing

[@Kev621]

Amazing clarity...two thumbs up!!!

[@keithgraham6889]

I had a 400+ mph fender bender ( mid air a6e and ag cat) on KZbin but I still enjoy your videos. Thank you.

[@jean-marc5800]

Magnifique,quelle qualité d'image et le son ....I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@LouT1501]

A buddy of mine used to fly Lears for a contractor to the military, late 80s to 1991 when the company went out of business. Panamint Valley was one of the places they'd fly, a racetrack pattern 300' above the surface, while fighters would look for them and 'shoot them down.' He had some stories of those days and the fighter jocks. He's a retired AF C-141 left seater.

[@kruisinwagen]

Love it. Great shots.

[@Airik1111bibles]

Being there has to be so cool feeling , the sound is unreal 😁

[@sorggalder]

Can't wait to make my trip out there for my first time.

[@tvknowledgewarehouse7027]

Fighter's flying is wonderful! Wow ! Wonderful!

[@Ferda1964]

that's so very cool , I did visit this amazing location just a month before you did : )

[@WildBillHabiki]

THE best Jedi video I have seen. Bravo

[@jasoncessna2522]

Best airshow ever!!!

[@solitacoin1663]

soloturk watch

[@jstetzer01]

Nice video. Familiar with most of these Birds. Was Army Air Defense from Chaparral, Vulcan and Stinger to PATRIOT. Active and Passive detection. With an Infantry Division, the A-10 was our Best Friend. Keep the A-10. 1SG retired.

[@robertgutheridge9672]

I was 15 tango on UH60 and the A-10 must be kept in service. the idea of replacing it with the f-35 is like using a corvet to do a dump trucks job. and from one to another thank you for your service to our country

[@soyeldiego4878]

Love the A-10s! They’re considered the flying tanks. They’re not fast, but they could do some heavy damage while flying low and slow...

[@rpeltier2621]

For those that don't know, 'Sidewinder,' aka 'Star Wars Canyon' is part of the Darwin Wilderness area of California, west-northwest of Panamint Springs which is NOT part of Death Valley. Death Valley and Death Valley National Park is the next valley to the immediate east of Panamint Valley, about 30 NM (air miles) from the exit of the canyon.

[@rpeltier2621]

​@@manteganiphotos3688: My bad. Panamint is part of the park, but Panamint Valley and Death Valley are two separate valleys. If a person went to Death Valley looking for Star Wars Canyon, they would not find it and the canyon is not labelled on all maps, but s on Google Maps. Though a great ride on a motorcycle, a person would have to travel westward out of Death Valley, through Panamint Valley on Highway 190 to get close. Note to readers/toursts: There is a sightseeing landmark called Father Crowley Overlook where a person can park, then hike up the ridge to get fantastic photos, with the Darwin Falls Wilderness south of the overlook parking area. Great ride! Great Views. Highly recommended for the adventurous!

[@DCRUZ547]

But nobody said... "Punch it Chewie !!" Awesome video!!!

[@xenophagia]

Awesome footage!

[@damon9408]

Beautiful. Love all of those planes. That f-16 is a nimble little bastard

[@BMyVision]

I've seen a lot of these Star Wars and Mach Loop vids. The BEST "Stay-Low" flight of them all is at 0:25 .

[@RubenLopez-ey5dv]

Nice catch of the C-17 refuel!

[@charmaewaide8596]

All of them that can get up there and do that for us thank you so much

[@yigit1898]

this video is very relaxing because of jet sounds.

[@kerrystewart3145]

The scream of the 16, howl of the 18. I'm in heaven

[@johnosbourn4312]

Nice catch on that Clean Winged Grizzly!

[@KazumaPrime]

Were going in, were going in full throttle. That outta keep those fighters off our tails. Luke at that speed can we pull up in time? It'll be just like Beggars Canyon back home.

[@generationxstillhere.9446]

Excellent live looking video... must be beyond 1080p.....

[@IntelligentHorseworldofrandom]

Love this video! ❤️❤️❤️

[@3dmax911]

the f15 eagle !! it is a beauty

[@dblankenship88]

Fights on! Copy fights on! F-16: Hold my beer

[@richarddamon2815]

Totally awesome,,what a display of raw talent and power excellent job Boys you're the best in the world!!

[@gdelan1]

Great HD video

[@erkandengir7170]

f 16 never gets old

[@andybowman37]

American Air Power. Nothing more beautiful.

[@kenbray5682]

Andy Bowman The United States definitely has Air superiority over anyone in this world ! Oh we run the Ocean as well..... Oh lol best trained soldiers, ah what the hell we have the best Military period !

[@janrose5658]

Beautiful! Invigorating! Id love to be there.

[@paulmccormack5524]

Goosebumps every time

[@mr.aerial1885]

that first F-16 was hauling ass thru that canyon. Good stuff...

[@pranavghantasala6808]

The force is strong with these ones

[@thememoryhole9355]

4:08 .. Such an amazing view. It always amazes me how people can get so excited about things that are not real .. Star Wars etc. And I'm a fan of science fiction as well. But this is the real deal. Comparitively, very few people, other than aviation or photography geeks, are fascintated by stuff like this. Although, they probably would, if they could see things from this perspective. This is the stuff of science fiction. Giant metal vehicles flying around in the sky, performing incredible maneuvers. And yes, I know in-flight refueling has been around for a long time. But it's still incredible to witness.

[@b.p.879]

I totally get what you're saying, it is really striking to see the refueling shots. It looks so far up there it's almost unreal. I'll never get tired of seeing this stuff!

[@jonathanschaper1650]

Man! The f 15 is a huge ship. How can it move like that?

[@atreyuscholz5390]

Thank you for Beautiful Video and the time! ✨ 🌟 ✨

[@woodychadwick9834]

26yrs old, flying a machine that makes about 100000hp. That's what I call a hot rod.

[@atreyuscholz5390]

I love F - 16 forever! Thank you for Beautiful Video! 🌿🌹🍃 Respekt for Piloten! 👍 🍀 @Germany 05:01 O2. 02. 2019

[@aarifboy]

i like f16s too

[@geraldrembert8321]

I love the sound of jet engines.

[@atreyuscholz5390]

Ich auch! 🤗 The sound wau!!!))))))) Beautiful Jets!!! My favorite F-16 ❤️ Its my Seytan. 🔥💞

[@mosshark]

First F-16 at the beginning was pretty deep in the canyon.

[@mikee994]

I know they don't have a schedule, or one that is given to the public anyway, but what days/times do you think I have the best chance at seeing the jets in this area? I'm thinking of visiting Las Vegas soon.

[@Tampa0123456789]

Dammm those 16s. Not the biggest but fly like a ballerina.

[@aarifboy]

true

[@loydritchey6777]

F-16, the Ferrari of the sky!

[@miked2543]

F 16= the most beautiful fighter jet of all time.

[@craffte]

Suh MOOOTHH

[@donhuffty9905]

And it's not rigged with a slow gear either

[@atreyuscholz5390]

Beautiful Video! 💞 Respekt for Piloten!!! Perfekt for Jets, Wow!!! 🔥❄️💕🔥🔥🔥❤️💕 Tank you! 💙💕

[@josewilderpatinoalzate4606]

Fabulosas imágenes muchas gracias ya que soy un fanático de la aviacion

[@marcelogartner9450]

That's it ! Very Eisode VI Like! Fantastic!!

[@NeilEAnlin]

I really appreciate what you do!! I love jets and most planes in general. They're so powerful. Was wondering....Do you ever need sponsorship for any of your video shoots? Or sometimes finding out later after you've been filming your subject for a few days that it would've been a big help to have one?

[@militarymachinesofwar5728]

ManteganiPhotos THANKS FOR SHARING YOUR VIDEO (MILITARY MACHINES OF WAR) 🇺🇸THANKS AGAIN 💕🇺🇸

[@melkorsring]

Love that sound

[@atreyuscholz5390]

Yes!!! 👍 ❤️💕

[@Darrenoo1]

I am always with you as I am always with many of in many destinations

[@airailimages]

Nice captures.

[@karlaltribe1221]

I don’t know why am I falling in love with F-15.

[@haseebahmadahmad2874]

Figher

[@haseebahmadahmad2874]

Figher

[@TobyPasman]

The planes in this video are the F-16C, F/A-18C Hornet, NASA F/A-18B, F-15E Strike Eagle, F/A-18F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler