Thunderbird Fighter Pilot Reacts to TOP GUN MAVERICK Bombing Run Scene

[@nauq6630]

Your mustache is the one that convinced me that you’re a pilot, a good pilot.

[@MaxAfterburnerusa]

It's all about the power of the stache lol

[@mehlcarelse4319]

He's good, he's very good !!!

[@KevinWood44]

That's weird His mustache warned me to keep my children away from him

[@B48-x6u]

@@KevinWood44 I mean you tried but it wasn’t that funny

[@mr_nice.]

@@MaxAfterburnerusa ...Sorry to say this Max, but some guys look good in a stache. I would suggest a Circle beard.

[@kizunadragon9]

This film will do exactly what the original did. Inspire a generation to become aviators.

[@justinpaul3110]

I appreciate that you gave a bit of liberty to the movie for having to compress events in a timeline. Too many people nitpick that stuff

[@bryonslatten3147]

I just saw an F-18 flying low westbound over Lake Keechelus about 60 miles east of Seattle and it turned hard north right over I-90 (and me) and flew straight up a box canyon. Proof that the Maverick Movie was just a cover story for a real mission in Iran AND that Darkstar is real.

[@bowdown3885]

i have also seen this as well as over Columbia river near vantage years ago saw an intruder do it also. nothing like seeing an intruder at car level on i90.

[@Aditi27]

Loved it ! Of course its a movie & we can be picky all we want but the bottom line is they pulled off a great cinematic masterpiece which is inspiring, enthralling & poignant in perfect way. 😊

[@MaxAfterburnerusa]

Thank you!

[@MichaelHernandez-pu8er]

You are a great story teller! I loved your genuine reactions without over acting to each scene. Props on explaining the situation and your experiences without being condescending or douche. Oh yeah, the mustache!! lol classic Goose.

[@ImInLoveWithBulla]

I was at an air show at Chino years back, and as we were driving home, the T-birds buzzed the highway directly over us. Super low. Like you said, a little extra gas, a little extra fun.

[@carlabunn1134]

I just remembered that when I was 12 years old my father and I were standing in the front yard of our house in Mountain Home AFB . A couple of jets flew overhead. I was so excited. They were here and gone in instant. I told my father I was really impressed with the speed of the jets. As he stood with a big grin on his face watching them vanishing in the distance, he said, “ Thank God they are ours.” From then on I have always thought that exact same thing when I lucky enough to see them.

[@Silent_Shadow]

I grew up literally fantasizing about getting to even ride in a fighter jet. Your content gets me as close as I'm ever going to get. Love your channel. Went to multiple air shows a year growing up. Damn Jets are amazing pieces of machinery.

[@MaxAfterburnerusa]

Hey thanks Byron! Glad you're here!

[@pieterpretorius1014]

digital combat simulator can put you in the cockpit of an F18 hornet to blow stuff up. i'm more of a helicopter guy than going mach 1 wasting fuel burning the A/B at max throttle

[@monsieurdubois2830]

There's no job in the world more bad ass and straight up freaking awesome than a fighter pilot. Much respect and admiration! Thanks for making the content sir.

[@MaxAfterburnerusa]

Thanks for being here!

[@hanssolo4695]

Man, you look serious like a real ace. Really enjoy your shows.

[@Whataboutit]

This was actually a really cool raction video! Thank you, Afterburner!

[@xyjoshxy]

Movie was awesome! Loved the video. I was blessed this year and took my son on his birthday to watch the Thunderbirds on Edward's AFB that was a gem. Kudos to the pilots who simply make flying the vipers so majestically and left my son and myself in awe!!

[@WarGasm0824]

Navy and Marine Aviators are always worried more about fuel than Air Force guys, it’s refreshing to hear that out of an Air Force stick jockey 😂, after they are done with a cas mission or bombing run they have to chase down their runway.

[@MaxAfterburnerusa]

True!

[@avalonaudiovisual]

I'm a drone operator with daydreams of fighter jets, but I had this terrifying experience recently while filming from a fast moving boat haha. Landing at 3% battery while the boat is swiftly moving against the wind? Can't imagine how brutal that must be if your IN the thing. Mad respect, lads.

[@carlabunn1134]

My father, a former Air Force pilot passed away January 29 of this year. I have subscribed and enjoy your personality as well as the content of your videos. In honor of my Father, I love watching those boys and now girls, fly. ❤

[@BM-zv4xz]

Great video. Very technical (enough for fighter jet nerds like me), and also you've shown the actual film footage instead of a bunch of stills like the last time. Good job!

[@MaxAfterburnerusa]

Hey thanks!

[@billcoffey1614]

Love the channel and videos. Thanks for your service to our country!

[@MaxAfterburnerusa]

Thanks Bill, you rock man

[@hermanlopez2945]

Love your small clips that put in your videos. Makes me laugh every time.

[@manuwilson4695]

Your alertness, wittyness and crisp style of presentation is enough to confirm the high standards of fighter pilot selection in the USAF. 👍

[@primemac3dstudio18]

I have a friend that pointed out as he was filming these jets doing really low flights that at times they got as low as 20 feet and this was the flights for the movies. I work in the movie field and my connections indicated that the flights did reach really low for the movie. Top flight crew.

[@djsmith2871]

I read where a British Apache pilot went out onto the range in Oman during workups for Afghanistan to see for himself the effects of his 30mm rounds on various types of materials. I believe he was the squadron's weapons officer. He later used that knowledge for a danger close supporting mission shooting into an alleyway.

[@homecompass1333]

I was ATC at ACY and dealt with every air show since 2014 I bet we traded some words. Nice evaluation.

[@davidsandman2651]

Absolutely love the technical explaination of the mission for us non-pilot types. Great video

[@RavenGTR79]

Indy and Formula 1 cars are one thing in terms of cornering G-Force but Fighter Jets are in a class of their own. Much respect♥️ 🤜🤛

[@speed150mph]

One thing I never realized until I read raven one was that the pilots are the ones who actually plan their strike. Best I can tell, the general staff just say something along the lines of “see that building? I don’t want to anymore” and the guys in the jets get together and plan how to make that building disappear.

[@littlefriend123]

Most of the military functions that way as well. Battle plans are broken up and assigned to the Subject Matter Experts(SME) to plan. Meaning the guys who'd specific job the is. If a building is being breached and cleared all the movement to and within in planned and briefed by infantry guys, the individual breaches and methods by the combat engineers and so on.

[@mikelouis9389]

We actually learned from Nam that micro management leads to macro malfunctions.

[@EnhanceRaptor]

I've seen Mooch's take (Tomcat guy), Mover's take (Hornet and Viper guy), I've seen Jello's take (Hornet and Super Hornet guy), and now I've seen your take. And watching everyone gives a really nice, complete picture because you all have different perspectives and different things stick out to you all as being worth commenting on.

[@BlyGuy]

Damn dude, Gonky (Hornet driver) is gonna be pissed when he sees you forgot him.

[@fredwin]

@@BlyGuy I'm sure Gonky was just agreeing with Mover on his channel's rewatch, lol.

[@BlyGuy]

@@fredwin he's gotten a lot better. I'm not a long time Mover sub, but watched earlier vids with Gonky and to your point, he didn't add much, mostly just laughed and agreed with Mover, but he gotten way better with more reps and I think has a great energy to him.

[@fredwin]

@@BlyGuy Yeah. I like 'em both and as you can tell I wasn't knocking him either. That's just kind of his vibe, he's a chill dude.

[@BlyGuy]

@@fredwin no doubt

[@eirikrdberg1161]

I have a cool story. In 1981 here in Norway a fighter jet hit a bird that ended up in the pilot’s face. Bloodying him up. He ejected and the jet flew on directly over our cabin. Flew another couple of miles then boom in the ground. 20 years later the fjord had the lowest level ever and my dads cousin found the jet engine! He brought some heavy machinery to the edge of the water and to this day he has the busted engine in his shed.

[@ruiliu4157]

Great breakdown! I think in this mission, the pair of planes have to fly closely, although such a formation is at the cost of some safety and situational awareness. The reason is because they are going in to a rather tight crater: over the first ridge, on the way down, they have just a few seconds to find, buddy-lase, lock on and drop the bombs on the small ventilation shaft, then they have to pull up to climb out immediately, before they run out of room towards the bottom of the crater and smack themselves onto the rocks. All this requires the two planes are tight-knit and highly synchronised like one plane. If they stayed 500 feet or a mile apart they wouldn’t be able to accomplish.

[@MaxAfterburnerusa]

Hello thanks for your comment!

[@bdh985]

I really enjoy the positivity of this channel! One comment- I'm not a pilot, nor do I pretend to be. However, after doing a little digging online, it does appear to be accurate that the "paddle switch" that is depicted being pulled in the movie would allow a 33% "over-g" from 7.5G to 10.0G in an emergency. Personally, I'd probably just pass out at 2 G's and call it a day, lol 😆

[@MaxAfterburnerusa]

Thanks for this!

[@whiskybooze]

Look up the video of the red bull pilot flying through a tunnel. We go to Ocean City, NJ every summer and cheer when we see and hear the jets flying over and the Coast Guard.

[@PassiveSmoking]

I seem to recall reading somewhere that the reason the F-16 is designed to pull 9g is because they found that was the highest sustained g-load a pilot could reasonably be expected to pull, even with g-suit and training. Is that true?

[@claudemiropacheco]

As someone that plays around with sims, one of my major questions about this scene is if there's a likelihood of actually getting a hung store with external loads like bombs. Wouldn't that also be a major factor?

[@bobfromjob]

I just subscribed. I like how you break down the scenes.

[@george849]

Wow Ryan, that is some story about your friend, people do not realize that air density down low comes in to play, as it will effect your speed and slow you down like a speed bump. Great mustache, Robin Olds had a fine one too. Do you still fly with the reserve or Guard?

[@carlosnieves4014]

Love the helmet in the back.👍💯

[@eldridgefelder3427]

Ryan, you're an awesome human being and your career is even better. I highly enjoy watching your breakdown videos like this. Keep the energy and keep them coming!

[@MaxAfterburnerusa]

Eldridge, you rock man. Super stoked to have you here 🔥🔥

[@IndyBobcat]

Love the video and all the knowledge you bring. What is a book you'd recommend for a fighter jet enthusiast?

[@jesuswasacarpenter]

This was great! Really enjoyed your analysis and commentary. Great energy, and thanks for putting things in a way that layman like us civilians can understand. God bless and THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE!

[@AquivaStar]

Dude the best review ever! SUBSCRIBED!!

[@Stonehombre1]

Good commentary, I was an F-15C crew chief with the 32nd TFS in Camp New Amsterdam back in the 80's.... F15's ROCK !!!

[@peep39]

I'd love to see you trade notes with a real F-14D pilot

[@jonakers704]

So... in 1985 when the first movie came out, I was living on Homestead AFB (my father was an F-4 command pilot at the time) and it came to the base theater. On the first night, the theater was filled with a bunch of Viper and Phantom pilots (USAF was going through the final transition of those aircraft at that point in time) and the calls of "Bullshit!" floating through the theater as the maneuvers were made in the Tomcat were legendary. That being said, I feel that the maneuvers made in this movie were somewhat more realistic, though procedurally I expect they would never happen without pilots losing their wings.

[@evjay8924]

Damn neo …. That stash :) 😅😂 .

[@alibadawi3398]

Always great content!

[@brysonfields2284]

Thunderbirds are baddass, wish they would give you guys more money! Imagine the shows with f22s lol.

[@MaxAfterburnerusa]

Right?!

[@brysonfields2284]

@@MaxAfterburnerusa don't worry sir!!!! I'm going to write a letter!

[@westonshimamoto5727]

There's a fun 30 seconds of maverick doing the planning. It was awesome.

[@thebatt6183]

I'm glad your friend made it out too, bro that bridge ! 😲 Gotta have a solid mission plan

[@leonardoim4054]

I remember you from the documentary of the blue angels Ryan! It was prolly 15years ago now you’ve got nice mustache bro. Subscribed!!

[@troyallen2574]

Am I the only one who does a baseball “you’re out” fist pump when Bob shacks it, just me?

[@MaxAfterburnerusa]

Not just you lol

[@aaronyork3995]

Thanks for taking time to teach!

[@MaxAfterburnerusa]

You bet!

[@kenxiong6830]

Love the enthusiasm

[@larryhuynh3634]

Great video! Would love a reaction to a DCS BFM between an F-16 and F-15 given your experience flying them

[@tylerallen8647]

Looooooove the Blade insert!😂

[@tomrafal3655]

British Buccaneer pilots famously flew at 10ft and 550knts during Red Flag exercises. Nothing got close to a target solution. At one point they were actually flying at 5ft but the dust made visibility an issue! 🤣

[@leglessjoe2817]

Pretty cool brother, loved the education. Thanks for your service.👍💪😎

[@MaxAfterburnerusa]

Much appreciated, glad you enjoyed it!

[@TK-11538]

The part of this that I think is ridiculous is the idea that the max g they had to fight through was on the climb out. Max g would be the turn up at the bottom, not the climb itself.

[@tweetdriver]

In the movie they did talk about the Gs required for that pull out, and even that the airplanes would probably never be able to fly again.

[@michaelcopple1736]

One thing I noticed as an experienced USAF crew-chief is TG:M never referred to the G-Suit to help combat the pilots falling out while pulling high Gs on that mountain scene. Would that be something they should have focused a bit on for the viewer's sake in the flick in your opinion, sir?

[@jwingate2060]

Thanks for you service!! Former F-4 Phanton F-16 Falcon Crewchief

[@normlee1]

The way to hit that target is with 3 B-2 stealth bombers and 6 MOPs. At night. In the weather. Minimum force composition is 1 B-2 and 2 MOPs. If you're going to use F-18s, an 8 ship with 4 GBU-31V3s (.....or V5s???) each. Plus a whole lot of support assets. From a level delivery in the 20s, or if you want to go in low, a 5G toss from 5 miles out. And the bridge? Wouldn't they see that in mission planning? Here's a hint: Go over it.

[@Quonzer]

Collab Idea: Playing DCS world in an F-16 Falcon with CW Lemoine in a F-18 Superhornet.

[@Darkstar_81]

I was always told I needed to be strong at maths and I'd never be a pilot. I'm a 40 year old chef now , playing D.C.S. on my days off. Sad really.

[@BrassStacks]

Can't believe I'm actually saying this to an AFA Thunderbird pilot, but you REALLY should've watched the movie first. I thought you hadn't after hearing a few things that you said, but then you confirmed it and I don't understand why you wouldn't watch it first.

[@johnsnow3444]

The blade clip at the end killed me!

[@marktaylor720]

Great insights,,thank you

[@MYBMWX6M]

Just shacked that like and subscribe button for ya. Great rundown. You shacked it 😂

[@MaxAfterburnerusa]

Hey thanks! SHACK! It just feels good to say 😆

[@lawlsti6015]

Hoss. As former Airforce enlisted, turned state Law Enforcement officer, ditch the stash man. No one, outside of Tom Selleck can pull it off. Unless you lost a bet, of course. Then ride it out.

[@fkeeleung]

Did not know Christian Bale was a fighter pilot

[@HvyMetal4Ever]

🤦🏻‍♂Oh, that silly WUG. 😂😂😂 B.B. was probably screaming like mad when he did that.

[@mr_nice.]

So wait a minute. After Maverick demonstrated that the mission can be flown by just one plane, why on earth did they send two? And another thing: when going uphill in the entry point, they didn't experience any high Gs, but when they did the same on the other side, they had 9 Gs? How can you have high Gs when you're not in a circle, but just going up?

[@joejones2847]

Fighter pilots are BA!! I have seen them work in real world and they fly over my house every other day or so the F22 does some badass work here and in Iraq jets did some work

[@JBSmoke1]

Good real world explanation without slagging on the movie. The movie was a fun ride.

[@chrisguest3452]

g'day mate, first timer on your channel. very exciting to watch, full of energy. good job keep it up.

[@MaxAfterburnerusa]

Chris thanks man! You got it 🔥🔥

[@miguellowe2407]

You SHACKED it! Great video

[@MaxAfterburnerusa]

Thanks!!

[@ChristopherNealBUSHIDO49ERS]

NEW SUB!!! This is a FANTASTIC VIDEO!!!!

[@lawrencebrewer8769]

Awesome thanks!

[@mikelouis9389]

Talk about stupid. I joined the USAF because I loved flying and jet aircraft. Stupid me had the pick of ANY technical career there was. Stupid me chose Ground Radio. Dddddeeerrrrppp. The closest I got to any active military jet aircraft was at Cherry Point when I would use their PX. You lived the dream, thank you for your service.

[@drhoughton5481]

loved your energy and content. i'll be back.... i mean.. shack.

[@kinch613]

The stache is epic! Shades of Colonel Robin Olds! Keep it going!

[@MaxAfterburnerusa]

Dude. Literally the best compliment ever received. A toast to Col Olds!

[@kinch613]

@@MaxAfterburnerusa HERE, HERE

[@thedailymindset]

Great video Ryan.

[@simoncox809]

Excited about the how to be a fighter pilot video that is coming soon

[@MaxAfterburnerusa]

You Bet!!

[@ImInLoveWithBulla]

Below 100 feet? Heck, the Dambusters flew their Lancasters at under 100 feet for their bombing runs. And they were… you know, Lancasters…

[@reload54]

I can't imagine what flying that low in real life is like. I play DCS and flying 100 feet above the water feels like inches. I've gone in the water too many times to count, in real life I would be dead so many times :)

[@george849]

Not only gas would be a problem Ryan, but what about FOD? They are flying low and the jet infront of you is kicking up debris. Furthermore, and of course it was done for the movie, there was way too much banking in the valley.

[@tiss0006]

You said Rooster trained for months for this mission, but it was less than 3 weeks

[@joenop3393]

Nice Stash Neo!!

[@linusa2996]

Phoenix needed to be further back so that Bob's Laser designator has LOS with the target when Mavericks bombs hit.

[@vapaman3353]

Just came to channel for the first time and saw you and thought you were Gabriel Hogan (Actor that plays ike in Tacoma FD) , you two look like twins

[@luisangelperez9469]

Nice moustache buddy

[@dartheveloper5449]

I love your enthusiasm

[@bertolatusfilms8922]

Did you watch the whole movie? They didnt train for months it was about 2 weeks, they were that low because of their anti air cannons or whatever they were. They explain it all

[@chollythecrazycorgihesinsa6505]

Interesting story about your buddy running below 100ft…sounds like he was really lucky 🍀!

[@MaxAfterburnerusa]

Definitely!

[@ParadeTheGospel]

Very interesting stuff!

[@1Flyingfist]

Thanks, I enjoyed that! 👍

[@MaxAfterburnerusa]

Thank you!

[@derwingnut]

Growler pilots watching Maverick "oh ok, F us right? cool cool"*throws papers in the air and walks out*

[@derwingnut]

Yes im aware if they just used the proper contingent of ea18 and f35 it would be an exceedingly boring and short movie. Still amusing to imagine

[@MaxAfterburnerusa]

Valid point! *grabs paper from air and tosses into afterburner* 😂

[@Simon-Zephyr]

You need to get onto Mover (C.W Lemoine) for an interview with a moustache like that ! Would love to hear some great stories and back and forth chats with Mover

[@knight3131]

My question is if the two seater F18 has to laser the target then why wouldn't they be in the front and then Rooster and Maverick should be behind the two seater F18 to give them a couple of seconds more to hit the target.

[@EmmettDia]

I still don’t understand why two aircraft to drop a bomb, I mean one aircraft can laser capture and bomb by itself especially if it was a two seater variant

[@Fucyvr]

Question for you, why have 2 separate aircraft? Why can't the jet with the laser also drop the bomb?

[@Alphaphotographer]

This channel is a fun ride!