When i arrived at the Aircraft carrier i was stationed at there was like 3 days where i couldn't do anything but wait for paperwork so i sat on the deck of the tower and watched this for hours. Completely fascinated, I ended up working on that flight deck eventually (catapults and arresting gear, the guys with the green shirts) and it never got old.
There will never be another plane like F14 again. Sure, You can have better engine, stronger radar, more accurate missiles and so on, but the posture and looks of the Tomcat is just incredible. Nothing else comes even close.
That’s alright. I wasn’t training to be a pilot 13 years ago. But if I could somehow show myself this, I’d probably be dead now or some military jet pilot or a vet.
I was a frigate sailor back in the 80's, and 90's. On deployment, we did our share of steaming with the carriers and performing plane guard. Always cool to see flight ops going on and Tomcats flying around.
I was a plane captain on the USS Constellation (CV-64) and was part of an A7 squadron VA-147 and those F14 jets were certainly the cream of the crop, but also those EA-6B jets when they went full throttle for take off, your bones would rattle. One down side was our berthing was right under CAT 1 and I can still hear the sounds it made when shooting and then retracting. Its amazing we ever got any sleep. Go Navy!
The tomcat in my opinion was the coolest jet ever made. I remember sitting in the cockpit of one at a air show when I was a little guy. Me and my dad are fighter jet nerds from way back. I remember him telling me stories of the F4's when he was in Vietnam. Always been fascinated by fighter jets.
I'm probably an adult like everyone else but seeing a military plane flying got me excited af like a kid Edited: thanks for bunch of likes. You guys rocks🤘
I served as an AT with RVAH-6 on the USS Forrestal. We flew the RA5C Vigilante on recon missions. The greatest thrill of any day was standing on deck as the birds launch off the cat. I've never forgotten it.
I was appreciating, too, the strength of those winds and how rough those seas were! Can't imagine working (not to mention taking flight!) in those conditions! Much, much respect to all these crew members.
Fully loaded Tomcats require 28 Knots of headwind to launch, carriers are always going in big circles chasing the wind, to launch or recover aircraft the carrier has to be heading into the wind.
When I was in the Navy back in 93-94, I was on a frigate parallellin' the USS George Washington and was amazed how fast those jets took off that carrier!
Hey, that's right in the time when I worked the engine room on GW. During work-ups in late 1993, we had an idiot LCDR who was standing EOOW. During flight ops, we had a very minor reactor plant casualty, the EOOW ordered the wrong corrective actions, and it caused both reactors to shut down. We went dead-in-the-water, planes already airborne had to divert to Oceana, and we had a 4-star admiral aboard who was PISSED. Our ship got a standing order to not let him stand EOOW anymore and his career was in the doghouse after that. He was dreaming of being a ship captain and he wound up getting out without even making CDR. I think it's funny (funny what happened to him, the interruption of ops was not funny), that guy was an asshole.
The f14 always looked like some prehistoric pterodactyl or other deadly bird. It looks big and hulking and menacing with the wings forward, but graceful and aerodynamic with them swept back in the air. Really a fascinating aircraft.
Agreed the SU-27 is a beautiful aircraft. When I was in the Navy all the older salts said the F-14 was better than the F-18. I was in DDGs though. Not carriers.
I so love how the wings emulate those of actual birds.. For me, the Tomcat is the best synthetic replication of such a magnificent creature; the curviture in the wings near the fuselage..Sure, most people might find this boring, but to be honest, we all have to understand that you tube is not meant to be some competition to best impress others, it is just a place to see lots of stuff, like Tomcats taking off :) my favourite Fighter jet. . Thanks for sharing, Jason :)
I was in the pool with my Dad having a drink and conversation when the 2 Fighter Wings launched from Eglin AFB heading to the sandbox. The flight path to the beacon led right over the house, you could hear the afterburners light 15 miles away as they rotated in pairs from Eglin, one pair after the other for 25 minutes flew over the house blacked-out until slightly north of the interstate where they caught the omni, banged the burners and were on their way to NY. Thought it was over then you could hear the distinct sound of the AC-130 gunships from Hurlburt SOC heading the same way, gotta tell you it's a somber moment that will tear your eyes knowing these Fighter Wings and support were heading to war. Dad said 30+ years as a fighter pilot was no where near enough for him, he wanted to be with them.
I was stationed on the TR for five years from 1990 to 1995. I loved going up to “Vultures Row” and watching flight ops.. it was really cool! Thanks for the memories...
These planes may be outmatched by modern tech, but they are the most iconic showing of air superiority. And the men who flew these planes were as good of pilots as we will ever have.
Ill agree, except for that last bit. With todays tech the pilot can be more of a pilot, and the plane can be more of a plane. I get what you're saying though, its like comparing the Tesla breaking the world record on the Nürburgring while barely breaking a sweat, to an Isle of Man rider running on sheer instinct, hard mechanical feedback, and the very real and visceral threat of instant death.
Exciting. My division launched and caught aircraft on the carrier Lexington. Became an airline Captain but the excitement and focus required on the carrier's flight deck was great. Every American should experience some military duty.
Just because one does not serve in the military does not make one less patriotic. There are many great working class Americans that never served who provide the raw materials and food to make all the equipment the military uses. From the oil fields to the mines and farmer's fields, etc., etc ... there wouldn't be much of a military without these fine people.
I agree. I was with VF-41 from 70-74 aboard the USS FDR (CVA-42) and I spent every free minute I had on the 07 level watching air ops. I was not remotely qualified to be a Naval aviator but my heart and soul was always with them and it still is.
That was the plane that made me want to be a pilot. It was my dad who put me in as crop duster at 12 that made me realize I was afraid of heights. Thanks dad...
I hate getting on the roof of my house, and even when I watch somebody on tv in a high place I can feel it in my stomach. What's really weird is I do have a pilot's license and I go out twice a month and do aerobatics in my Cessna 152 aerobat. For some reason flying my airplane doesn't bother me but flying in a commercial airline scares the crap out of me.
@@travoywashington7290 it's the sense of control, it's the same reason you dont get scared driving but you do in planes. You dont like the idea of somebody else being in charge of your life who you cant even see.
@@Ukraineaissance2014 You are right. When I get on a commercial plane, me and a couple hundred others are walking into an aluminum tube with wings without vetting the pilots or knowing the maintenance history of the aircraft. Although the statistics on crashing in a plane are low. I am sure the thousands that have died in plane crashes were counting on those same statistics as they boarded their flight.
Man that F14 spit so much hydraulic fluid and a headache to maintain. But man was she one deadly kick ass plane. Day/night, long range, all weather and can carry so much weaponry it could outfight anything in its day.
I did 2 cruises with Connie (cv-64) V1 division. Nothing beats the tomcat. The noise was always distinct. Completely different from the rest of them. Love to see afterburners at dusk!
Incredible aircraft. Amazing turning ability with the movable wings. These are huge fighters and to see one with wings extended flying side ways turning is just plain awesome.
Even if top gun was never a movie the aviation nerd in me would still think the tomcat is one of the coolest fighters ever to be produced. Sometimes I wonder what it’d be like if they remade it with stealth design, panels, and angles.
These are magnificent machines. I got to see them up close aboard USS Kitty Hawk when she visited Sydney about 20 years ago. Back when the world made sense.
Notice that only the 3rd Tomcat lit his afterburners, and only after clearing the ship, and only briefly. Those F110-GE-400's were far superior in every way to the original TF-30's. :-)
Yes they where but I will always love the look and the sound of the tf30s although they where more responsible for more deaths of the crews then enemy’s them selfs
It wasn't that the TF30 was a bad engine it's that the Tomcat wasn't designed to work well with it and the bad intake design would create compressor stalls consistantly
I was a cook on the America in '86 when we blasted Libya! Whenever I had time off, I would just hang out on "Vulture's Row" for hours and watch those boys on deck do one of the "most dangerous" jobs on earth!!
I was lucky enough to see an actual "LAUNCH THE ALERT FIVE" on Connie back about 1976. They came off the cats about five seconds after each other and then each of those Tomcats bent right so damn fast... It was amazing. Afterburners blazing... Awesome.
The double engine configuration of the tomcat along with the stringent requirements on speed and glideslope for carrier landings mean that any seasoned navy carrier fighter pilot is way way way beyond the abilities of airforce pilots. Go Navy!
I can hear Kenny Loggins singing: Revvin' up your engine Listen to her howlin' roar Metal under tension Beggin' you to touch and go Highway to the danger zone Ride into the danger zone!
I grew up next to an Airforce base so I get to see a lot of planes flying and the best part is when they break the sound barrier over our house because everything will rattle. I love that.
On March 3, 1969, the United States Navy established an elite school for the top one percent of it's pilots. It's purpose was to teach the lost art of aerial combat and to ensure that the handful of men and women who graduated were the best fighter pilots in the world. They succeeded. Today, the Navy calls it Fighter Weapons School. The flyers call it:
Thirteen years... and two days after Armed Forces Day. YT Algo: "I thot bettur late then ever... but have no brane... er brain... er bran... is it cereal time yet?"
I’m a Plankowner of the Theodore Roosevelt, stationed 1985 to 1985. I was stationed on the bridge as Qm and never tired of watching launches. Loved the Night launches with the full afterburners.
USN 73-77 Never deployed on a " bird farm." They stay out at sea for extended periods of time. However, they do ride the rough weather better than a destroyer. USS BLANDY DD-943 USS VULCAN AR-5 Fair seas and following winds Sailor!
Gary Grandy that's one of the two main reasons they were retired. The sheer amount of deck space needed was pushing the size of the carriers into an untenable size and cost. Then there was the whole matter of increasing cost of maintenance per flight hour. Upgrading the platform in a similar way that the F-15 received would have been prohibitive. They were better off starting with a clean sheet of paper. They were damned pretty birds though. Awesome.
@B 132 The matter of reduced RCS has been a bit of a sacred cow in a way. Designers seemed to need to pay homage to the idea rather than actually execute it in a large way. The goalposts were stretched a bit as I understand for what began as the JSF project which politically morphed into the current F-35. RCS was addressed mainly in the forward track of the airframe and that was supposedly enough to deliver the first-shoot-first-kill advantage. Fads in the MIC for airframe design concepts are very expensive when they carry over too far into areas where they may not be best suited. The old Soviet bureaus were apparently tasked to explore specific concepts for small batches of aircraft with no loss of political cred in their system it seems. Of course in a competitive profit based environment, everyone wants to crank out 3000+ units of any airframe they invest years and billion developing no matter how stupid the white elephant might become. I loved the F-35 as a proof of concept but I don't (didn't) want to pay to put it into full production in multiple roles and tasks at such a ridiculous extravagance by stretching goalposts and redefining mission parameters to suit that product and nothing else where needed. Another F-35A jet was just lost in the desert days ago during an aerial probe & drogue (daytime) refueling exercise. The KC-130 tanker captain was able to get his bird down on one and a half remaining engines but there's no such option for the combat fighter - they had to punch out. Everybody is alive thankfully. Imagine how many times the Naval version will struggle with the refueling process in the pitch dark of night over rough seas while awaiting a landing slot on the lone carrier deck for a thousand miles. I curse the string of political and biased business decisions that got us there over the decades.
zak el True, however, without any mechanical engineering advisors, they are useless, as well as a lot of hours of maintenance costs, and flight time, they are just sitting ducks.
@MrJambone1 It is, but the Navy would prefer that you be very, very ready before you take the helm of their $35 million fighter jet. Those 4 years includes basic flight school, advanced flight school, platform training, carrier qualifications, etc... it's a long process, but in the end you're one of the best pilots in the world, so I'd say it's a fair trade. Did I mention landing on a carrier is hard?
Same here, Brotha! 2 squadrons of Tomcats packed on the bow and aft while headed to the gulf of Oman in the Kuwait conflict in 1990 (Operation Desert Shield/Storm) Served 3 years on the Indy. Thanks for your service, Shipmate!!😊
@@enemycampinvadr What a good lad you are. God bless you. I miss Friday fish, shrimp, mac&cheese and spinach. Poor gal's gone to scrap now. I was on the Signal Bridge.
On the day this was posted I was 21 years old I probably was at my grandparents house during the day celebrating Memorial Day hanging out with my family eating food then sitting on the couch listening to my grandpa tell me some stories about when he was a kid and about the Korean War later that night I was probably dealing with some drama from some girls I was dating and figuring out what bar everyone is going to that night. Today 16 years later I no longer have any grandparents alive I celebrated Memorial Day with my daughter and girlfriend. A few minutes ago I gave my daughter a kiss good night and now I’m just having a smoke in the garage watching RUclips videos enjoying the nice night. It’s crazy how fast lift changes. I know my comment has nothing to do with this video but if you still have grandparents alive don’t go to the bar and hang out with ur friends every night go get a pizza this Saturday night and bring it over to ur grandparents house spend time with them. In 10 years from now all ur friends will have family’s of their own you won’t talk to or see 99% of them anymore and you will think about all of them nights you wasted with those friends for a relationship that didn’t mean anything while ur grandparents were sitting home. If I could go back in time it wouldn’t be to get Rich or anything like that it would be to tell my young self to spend more time with family. Again sorry I’m completely off topic but maybe one person reads this and spends more time with family so they don’t regret it later.
RUclips : You know what’s a triple Tomcat? Me : No. RUclips : You know how it launches? Me : No. RUclips : I’ve got just a thing to show you see here. Me: *Puzzled*
When i arrived at the Aircraft carrier i was stationed at there was like 3 days where i couldn't do anything but wait for paperwork so i sat on the deck of the tower and watched this for hours. Completely fascinated, I ended up working on that flight deck eventually (catapults and arresting gear, the guys with the green shirts) and it never got old.
Ok
This is video game. 😄😀😃
@Lesko Brandon Hahaha. You are fooled all day by MSM. Brainwashed by fake news and lies. 😄😀😃
@Lesko Brandon No different with this video. Hahaha.
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@@tommyboss4067 its real life buddy
RUclips just casually putting this on everyone’s recommended 13 years later
Yep
I didn't even know RUclips was 13 years old
@@melodycentral0007 yeah😂😂😂
ikr like wtf
14 years
Me trying to go to sleep at 0530 cuz I have work at 1000.
RUclips: Hey, you wanna see a triple tomcat launch?
Me: Hell yeah I do.
I go to sleep around 3000rpms
bordiguy lol when people don’t know what time 1000 is
@@caesarsalad8642 lol when people don't understand sarcasm
GameLP didn’t mean you specifically, meant the general audience thinking ur crazy and 1000 isn’t a time.
Lmfao as if you make is a MYSTERY?! Why would YT possibly recommend this to ya?!
Yet you literally use military time.
Go watch some WWE you fake fuck.
There will never be another plane like F14 again. Sure, You can have better engine, stronger radar, more accurate missiles and so on, but the posture and looks of the Tomcat is just incredible. Nothing else comes even close.
Sure, F16 looks even better.
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Agreed 🇺🇸
Especially when painted with the back canopy!
YF23 works for me
This is ok but i wanna see triple Jerrymouse launch
Lmfao
Lol same.. When memes are life
Yes
Lmfao
Here before 1k likes
another decade old youtube video came out of nowhere with day old comments
AND CRAPPY ONES TOO
That’s alright. I wasn’t training to be a pilot 13 years ago. But if I could somehow show myself this, I’d probably be dead now or some military jet pilot or a vet.
Same.
Id imagine its cause some strong influencer recently searched, saw and liked it, causing a cascading effect
Yeah hahaha
I was a frigate sailor back in the 80's, and 90's. On deployment, we did our share of steaming with the carriers and performing plane guard. Always cool to see flight ops going on and Tomcats flying around.
I was on Ike in 80's and 90's. A-7s when I got there, those went away, F18 came in, but Tomcats were the Mac Daddy.
I was a plane captain on the USS Constellation (CV-64) and was part of an A7 squadron VA-147 and those F14 jets were certainly the cream of the crop, but also those EA-6B jets when they went full throttle for take off, your bones would rattle. One down side was our berthing was right under CAT 1 and I can still hear the sounds it made when shooting and then retracting. Its amazing we ever got any sleep. Go Navy!
This is fake I didn't hear danger zone playing
IN MY HEAD IT WAS PLAYING THOUGH I WENT BACK TO MAKE SURE IT WASNT REAL LOL GRIANY FOOTAGE TRICKS THE MIND
LOL we are one year late HAHAHA
I knew something was off with this video. thank you
I agree.
It sounded awful, 3 overlapping tracks of Danger Zone, so they had to edit it out in post.
The tomcat in my opinion was the coolest jet ever made. I remember sitting in the cockpit of one at a air show when I was a little guy. Me and my dad are fighter jet nerds from way back. I remember him telling me stories of the F4's when he was in Vietnam. Always been fascinated by fighter jets.
You have an amazing opinion
@@bigg_survivor_8876 thank you!
Yea I guess the tomcat would be 3rd on my list. The F-22 is my favorite jet.
@@joshualiu1059 my friends at school say the f22 raptor is there favorite because it’s “the best fighter jet ever invented”
You're honestly lucky you have a such a father. Veteran dads for GOATS
I'm probably an adult like everyone else but seeing a military plane flying got me excited af like a kid
Edited: thanks for bunch of likes. You guys rocks🤘
What u mean ur “probably” an adult 😂😂😂
@@Sircade He is half baby
Lmao I am a kid
@@Sircade
Maybe he's a confused midget
You're never too old to enjoy and sweet piece of American engineering.
I served as an AT with RVAH-6 on the USS Forrestal. We flew the RA5C Vigilante on recon missions. The greatest thrill of any day was standing on deck as the birds launch off the cat. I've never forgotten it.
When were you on the Forrestal? My dad was on from '64-'68.
My late father in law served on the Forrestal for her final deployment and was part of her decom crew.
@@stemerm1 '73-'75.
@@bustyrandit I attended her decom ceremony in Washington DC.
As a kid in 1960 on vacation with family going thru the Norfolk tunnel, we were 'run over' by the Forrestal as it left port.
I was stationed on USS Ranger (CV-61). Watched many launches and landings back in the day. What an awesome sight to see!
So you were in the USSR?
I was on the Saratoga CV-60 81-85
@@donstrong7775 I did the last cruise on ranger 93
USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63). V2 Div. 76-80.
@@jimstovall3523 USS Kitty Hawk should be a museum
I imagined three tomcats launched at once stacked on top of one another.
WoWs logic
Uhh
sounds like a scene from Hot Shots 😂😂
*What are you doing Step-TomCat*
@@sahilm483 NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
I can't see an F14 launch from an aircraft carrier while not hearing the first notes of Danger Zone...
That what I was thinking before reading your comment .😃 That was playing in my mind as I was watching the video. 😂LOL
Hell yes. I watch the beginning sometimes and just turn it off because that’s the coolest scene!!
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Pol Daniel that made me laugh idk why
I was appreciating, too, the strength of those winds and how rough those seas were! Can't imagine working (not to mention taking flight!) in those conditions! Much, much respect to all these crew members.
You said it so eloquently,Though a great bird,it goes nowhere without the flight crew.
Fully loaded Tomcats require 28 Knots of headwind to launch, carriers are always going in big circles chasing the wind, to launch or recover aircraft the carrier has to be heading into the wind.
These aviators are something else. Another level eh.
Awesome
When I was in the Navy back in 93-94, I was on a frigate parallellin' the USS George Washington and was amazed how fast those jets took off that carrier!
awesome
Hey, that's right in the time when I worked the engine room on GW. During work-ups in late 1993, we had an idiot LCDR who was standing EOOW. During flight ops, we had a very minor reactor plant casualty, the EOOW ordered the wrong corrective actions, and it caused both reactors to shut down. We went dead-in-the-water, planes already airborne had to divert to Oceana, and we had a 4-star admiral aboard who was PISSED. Our ship got a standing order to not let him stand EOOW anymore and his career was in the doghouse after that. He was dreaming of being a ship captain and he wound up getting out without even making CDR. I think it's funny (funny what happened to him, the interruption of ops was not funny), that guy was an asshole.
14 years ago. Wow. Wasn't that around the time youtube became a thing? Kudos for being an early content creator.
called a video camera bro.
a lot of good memories of F14: Top Gun, Robotech, Macross
Afterburner...
14 years later and u still got 50 likes in 1 day
Final Countdown
Area 88 too
I was just thinking the same!!
The f14 always looked like some prehistoric pterodactyl or other deadly bird. It looks big and hulking and menacing with the wings forward, but graceful and aerodynamic with them swept back in the air.
Really a fascinating aircraft.
I love the Tomcat and the variable geometry of the wings, so beautiful in supersonic mode. Love the twin reactor. Such an icon.
The RUclips really does have decades of content, 13 years later
A decade
Я тоже в ахуе!
Why is RUclips recommending this after literally *THIRTEEN YEARS*
@@kobrien4121 I get it it's a joke but my own videos are totally underrated.
Because that all Holy Dollar!!!
Top Gun 2 is coming out.
One of the best looking fighter aircraft, along with the Sukhoi SU-27. Gorgeous machines.
That they are.
very nice, esp the su-27
Agreed the SU-27 is a beautiful aircraft. When I was in the Navy all the older salts said the F-14 was better than the F-18. I was in DDGs though. Not carriers.
@@sjones5616 it is, if you ignore the maintenance expenses.
Yes and another for me is the F16 it has that P51 Mustang kind of vibe.
I so love how the wings emulate those of actual birds.. For me, the Tomcat is the best synthetic replication of such a magnificent creature; the curviture in the wings near the fuselage..Sure, most people might find this boring, but to be honest, we all have to understand that you tube is not meant to be some competition to best impress others, it is just a place to see lots of stuff, like Tomcats taking off :) my favourite Fighter jet.
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Thanks for sharing, Jason :)
50年も前にこんなカッコ良い戦闘機が作られたなんて信じられん･･･
I was in the pool with my Dad having a drink and conversation when the 2 Fighter Wings launched from Eglin AFB heading to the sandbox. The flight path to the beacon led right over the house, you could hear the afterburners light 15 miles away as they rotated in pairs from Eglin, one pair after the other for 25 minutes flew over the house blacked-out until slightly north of the interstate where they caught the omni, banged the burners and were on their way to NY. Thought it was over then you could hear the distinct sound of the AC-130 gunships from Hurlburt SOC heading the same way, gotta tell you it's a somber moment that will tear your eyes knowing these Fighter Wings and support were heading to war. Dad said 30+ years as a fighter pilot was no where near enough for him, he wanted to be with them.
Thanks to your Pop my friend!
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"On their way to the sand box... heading to NY". Wtf are you talking about..you confused bro.
I think a lot of people got this in their recommended thanks to a past interest in Top Gun: Maverick
I was stationed on the TR for five years from 1990 to 1995. I loved going up to “Vultures Row” and watching flight ops.. it was really cool! Thanks for the memories...
, thanks for your service
These planes may be outmatched by modern tech, but they are the most iconic showing of air superiority. And the men who flew these planes were as good of pilots as we will ever have.
Ill agree, except for that last bit. With todays tech the pilot can be more of a pilot, and the plane can be more of a plane. I get what you're saying though, its like comparing the Tesla breaking the world record on the Nürburgring while barely breaking a sweat, to an Isle of Man rider running on sheer instinct, hard mechanical feedback, and the very real and visceral threat of instant death.
Aircraft carrier deck crew just chilling and talking about what's for lunch while waiting for the f14s to take off
MajorYapper7 that’s such a pointless comment
Aircraft carrier Deck crew wouldn't talk about that, because we never get time to eat lunch.
Love how they only use just enough zone 5 to get flying then power off a little . The naval pilots are the best !
Exciting. My division launched and caught aircraft on the carrier Lexington. Became an airline Captain but the excitement and focus required on the carrier's flight deck was great. Every American should experience some military duty.
Doug Ramey - My dad was a navigator on a bomber on the Lexington (CV-16) in the mid fifties. Small world!
Just because one does not serve in the military does not make one less patriotic. There are many great working class Americans that never served who provide the raw materials and food to make all the equipment the military uses. From the oil fields to the mines and farmer's fields, etc., etc ... there wouldn't be much of a military without these fine people.
I agree. I was with VF-41 from 70-74 aboard the USS FDR (CVA-42) and I spent every free minute I had on the 07 level watching air ops. I was not remotely qualified to be a Naval aviator but my heart and soul was always with them and it still is.
Me: I've gotta be up soon, its 3am!
RUclips: Wanna see 3 fighter jets from 14 years ago?
Me: Abso-freakin-lutely!
One of those fine birds is sitting proudly at Grissom air museum in Peru Indiana. Thanks for the video it's a piece of history. Please keep it posted.
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and the others are in Iran.
16 years later and this video, and the tomcat is still a beast. No plane like the tomcat would be ever built again, it’s unique.
For many countries this will be like deploying half of their air force at once
Aight listen, this is just misunderstanding, Stop replying, am i stupid?, yes i knew it, literally im just fucked up.
Thats it.
@@reffo5548 Indonesia has a total of 110 combat aircraft. Compared to the United States total 3,200 combat aircraft.
@@Ilijah_Senteno When he said combat aircraft?
@@reffo5548 When did he say Indonesia specifically?
@@rogrock9509 those indons so weird mate dont worry about it.
*The First Planes Goes In* 1:20
*The Last Plane In* 1:33
*"Thank Me Later ;)"*
Bro thats like 13 seconds thats not needed😂
@@nathanibarra6013 well maybe some people want just to see the planes take off and not fly :]
@@K_okis its literally 13 seconds so like no bro
I think the description beat ya to this lol
You said "thank me later" so im thanking "u later". Who is "u later". Im confused
Me: loves jets and stuff like that but loses interest.
3 years later.
RUclips: still like jets?
So, you still like jets?
Ya like jets?
Yeah, I’ll watch a prowler launch. Why not.
I never lost interest
It took RUclips 15 years to put this in my feed despite me watching mostly combat jets on their service… Brilliant! 🤦🏼♂️
That was the plane that made me want to be a pilot. It was my dad who put me in as crop duster at 12 that made me realize I was afraid of heights. Thanks dad...
I hate getting on the roof of my house, and even when I watch somebody on tv in a high place I can feel it in my stomach. What's really weird is I do have a pilot's license and I go out twice a month and do aerobatics in my Cessna 152 aerobat. For some reason flying my airplane doesn't bother me but flying in a commercial airline scares the crap out of me.
I’m OK with the heights; it’s getting shot at that scares me!!
@@travoywashington7290 it's the sense of control, it's the same reason you dont get scared driving but you do in planes. You dont like the idea of somebody else being in charge of your life who you cant even see.
Damn, you could make a movie about that
@@Ukraineaissance2014 You are right. When I get on a commercial plane, me and a couple hundred others are walking into an aluminum tube with wings without vetting the pilots or knowing the maintenance history of the aircraft. Although the statistics on crashing in a plane are low. I am sure the thousands that have died in plane crashes were counting on those same statistics as they boarded their flight.
One of the most beautiful Jet's to ever take to the skies.
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I'll vote for the B-58.
Man that F14 spit so much hydraulic fluid and a headache to maintain. But man was she one deadly kick ass plane. Day/night, long range, all weather and can carry so much weaponry it could outfight anything in its day.
@@scottsmith4612 The Hustler was beautiful. When I was a kid back in the 70s, I was really into the delta wings.
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13 years later... RUclips reminds us the good old time before 2020 happened 🙏
17 years ago this was uploaded. For once YT showed me something good.
I still love the F4U Corsair, but the Tomcat is the most awesome Navy aircraft ever flown!
I never got tired of watching the Tomcats take off. I would love to be able to spend a day or two on the deck one more time
I did 2 cruises with Connie (cv-64) V1 division. Nothing beats the tomcat. The noise was always distinct. Completely different from the rest of them. Love to see afterburners at dusk!
It's been 13 years and here we are, watching three fighter jets taking off from an aircraft carrier for no reason.
They are going to kill bad guys! Duh!
Tim G
Nowadays the good guys who became the bad guys.
If the are headed to Florida and Mar Lago …. Then more power to them !
F-14 clips without Top Gun music should be blocked by youtube.
I was on this ship from 1985 to 1990. It was commissioned in 1986. USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71.
Here after Top Gun Maverick
Incredible film
Incredible aircraft. Amazing turning ability with the movable wings. These are huge fighters and to see one with wings extended flying side ways turning is just plain awesome.
Even if top gun was never a movie the aviation nerd in me would still think the tomcat is one of the coolest fighters ever to be produced. Sometimes I wonder what it’d be like if they remade it with stealth design, panels, and angles.
That was the longest 1 minute and 20 seconds of my life
These are magnificent machines. I got to see them up close aboard USS Kitty Hawk when she visited Sydney about 20 years ago. Back when the world made sense.
Okay, who forgot to add the Kenny Loggins soundtrack?
I witnessed a four F_4 launch at night in the Tonkin Gulf in 1966. Spectacular 😌
Which carrier? My Uncle served on the Forrestal and I was fortunate enough to serve on the Stennis that utilizes the Forrestal anchors.
I just love the Tomcats. Simply beautiful.
Great video. I was onboard when this was taken. 👍⚓ Parachute Rigger (AW/SW) 2nd Class 🪂
The last one has Maverick & Goose for sure!
Notice that only the 3rd Tomcat lit his afterburners, and only after clearing the ship, and only briefly. Those F110-GE-400's were far superior in every way to the original TF-30's. :-)
Yes they where but I will always love the look and the sound of the tf30s although they where more responsible for more deaths of the crews then enemy’s them selfs
It wasn't that the TF30 was a bad engine it's that the Tomcat wasn't designed to work well with it and the bad intake design would create compressor stalls consistantly
i heard that the old engines were far superior engines at high speed high altitude though
@@vincentvoncarnap No the TF-30s loved low altitude. They could do some amazing things at 5K.
I was a cook on the America in '86 when we blasted Libya! Whenever I had time off, I would just hang out on "Vulture's Row" for hours and watch those boys on deck do one of the "most dangerous" jobs on earth!!
I was a nuke on the Roosevelt (CVN-71-the deck in this video) and I would hit Vulture's Row off watch. Loved watching night flight ops.
Is it just me or does the RUclips algorithm bring the best people of the RUclips community together on the most random videos years later?
I am here because-of the new Top Gun movie!
Could never get tired seeing these badboys take off. Definitely one of my favorites. These & the SR-71.
I was lucky enough to see an actual "LAUNCH THE ALERT FIVE" on Connie back about 1976. They came off the cats about five seconds after each other and then each of those Tomcats bent right so damn fast... It was amazing. Afterburners blazing... Awesome.
Save yourself the time go to 1:17
SoG Watchman Thanks
Thanks
Yeahhh!
I was just going to say why do we have 1:17 of watching planes sit on the deck ?
Thanks man 😅👏🏻
To know that this video was uploaded when I was nine and didn't know about youtube makes me feel nostalgic.
Legends are watching this 15 years later 💪💪
Four years stationed on a carrier and I never got tired of seeing that..
What function is the wall behind the planes?
The double engine configuration of the tomcat along with the stringent requirements on speed and glideslope for carrier landings mean that any seasoned navy carrier fighter pilot is way way way beyond the abilities of airforce pilots. Go Navy!
You forgot the topgun school
yup
I'm tilted lol take it back 😤
Naval Aviator.* The US Navy had pilots for many decades before airplanes even existed.
I can hear Kenny Loggins singing:
Revvin' up your engine
Listen to her howlin' roar
Metal under tension
Beggin' you to touch and go
Highway to the danger zone
Ride into the danger zone!
I hear "You screw up just this much, you'll be flying a cargo plane full of rubber dog shit outta Hong Kong"
Top Gun
I grew up next to an Airforce base so I get to see a lot of planes flying and the best part is when they break the sound barrier over our house because everything will rattle. I love that.
Anyone 2024?
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This is beautiful, my Grandmother worked with the electronics on these in Grumman.
My father was lead right wing electrician for 16 years at North Island in San Diego. One of my favorite planes. Next to the B1 Lancer, and F111.
What's better than a Tomcat launch. 3 Tomcats!
hug me im scared XD
Tomcats had big balls!!
okrajoe f 18 is a better aircraft no flatspins
okrajoe all cat shots
okrajoe me
On March 3, 1969, the United States Navy established an elite school for the top one percent of it's pilots. It's purpose was to teach the lost art of aerial combat and to ensure that the handful of men and women who graduated were the best fighter pilots in the world.
They succeeded.
Today, the Navy calls it Fighter Weapons School.
The flyers call it:
TOP GUN
Base Commander in Top Gun gets coffee spilled on him: God da#*it that's twice! I want some butts!@@Tim_0906
Episode 400: RUclips yet again recommends us a video 13 years later
Thirteen years... and two days after Armed Forces Day. YT Algo: "I thot bettur late then ever... but have no brane... er brain... er bran... is it cereal time yet?"
I’m a Plankowner of the Theodore Roosevelt, stationed 1985 to 1985. I was stationed on the bridge as Qm and never tired of watching launches. Loved the Night launches with the full afterburners.
Theodore Roosevelt was commissioned 26 October 1986. Your dates are premature
@@solomonecclesia5253 launched october 1984
Still love the F14 Tomcat..... what an aircraft !
sounds like something Trump might say ! !!!!
17 years later. Thanks for recommending
The only thing better than a crawfish dinner is 5 crawfish dinners
I used to stand right there on th U.S.S. ENTERPRISE, and feel the heat of the jet blast. What a cool experience ‼👏👏👏
heat... cool.... ha! i see what you did there!
1:20 is when it actually takes off
USN 73-77 Never deployed on a " bird farm." They stay out at sea for extended periods of time. However, they do ride the rough weather better than a destroyer. USS BLANDY DD-943 USS VULCAN AR-5 Fair seas and following winds Sailor!
Wow the days on deck. This brings back memories. The loudest place on earth.
20 hr days, all weather smell of jet fuel in the morning,,, what a rush
@@edh2293 JP5
@@edh2293 don't forget about the F.o.d. walks
@@cornonthecob1268 not to mention "Rig the barricade" and whoevers in the catwalk ya need to get out of there.....
@@aytviewer2421 yep...
Sr. RUclips, favor não recomendar mais vídeos com mais de dez anos de postagem à 1h da manhã e que não façam sentido algum na minha vida, grato.
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Those are some big ass planes!
You should've seen the F-111.
Gary Grandy that's one of the two main reasons they were retired. The sheer amount of deck space needed was pushing the size of the carriers into an untenable size and cost. Then there was the whole matter of increasing cost of maintenance per flight hour. Upgrading the platform in a similar way that the F-15 received would have been prohibitive. They were better off starting with a clean sheet of paper. They were damned pretty birds though. Awesome.
@@joshuascott2864 or the A5 Vigilante
@Not4nought GE Engine upgrade made an incredible thrust to weight boost. Don't tangle with those cats. Tomcats Forever!
@B 132 The matter of reduced RCS has been a bit of a sacred cow in a way. Designers seemed to need to pay homage to the idea rather than actually execute it in a large way. The goalposts were stretched a bit as I understand for what began as the JSF project which politically morphed into the current F-35.
RCS was addressed mainly in the forward track of the airframe and that was supposedly enough to deliver the first-shoot-first-kill advantage.
Fads in the MIC for airframe design concepts are very expensive when they carry over too far into areas where they may not be best suited. The old Soviet bureaus were apparently tasked to explore specific concepts for small batches of aircraft with no loss of political cred in their system it seems.
Of course in a competitive profit based environment, everyone wants to crank out 3000+ units of any airframe they invest years and billion developing no matter how stupid the white elephant might become.
I loved the F-35 as a proof of concept but I don't (didn't) want to pay to put it into full production in multiple roles and tasks at such a ridiculous extravagance by stretching goalposts and redefining mission parameters to suit that product and nothing else where needed.
Another F-35A jet was just lost in the desert days ago during an aerial probe & drogue (daytime) refueling exercise. The KC-130 tanker captain was able to get his bird down on one and a half remaining engines but there's no such option for the combat fighter - they had to punch out. Everybody is alive thankfully.
Imagine how many times the Naval version will struggle with the refueling process in the pitch dark of night over rough seas while awaiting a landing slot on the lone carrier deck for a thousand miles. I curse the string of political and biased business decisions that got us there over the decades.
Your video will make a fine addition to my "RUclips algorithm strikes again" collection
I miss the tomcats.
Th3uNn3rV3d We all do...
Th3uNn3rV3d pain in the ass to maintain, but damn was it an awesome jet!
Steve Lawrence I agree. Especially when I was in a Tomcat Squadron named VF24 Fighting Renegades.
Still in service in Iran :D /watch?v=8MbrdMccNsM
zak el True, however, without any mechanical engineering advisors, they are useless, as well as a lot of hours of maintenance costs, and flight time, they are just sitting ducks.
@MrJambone1 It is, but the Navy would prefer that you be very, very ready before you take the helm of their $35 million fighter jet. Those 4 years includes basic flight school, advanced flight school, platform training, carrier qualifications, etc... it's a long process, but in the end you're one of the best pilots in the world, so I'd say it's a fair trade. Did I mention landing on a carrier is hard?
Are u alive or died ? We are u r next 10th generation people.
Yeah im wondering the same thing bro,
@@bhanuprasad3352 same here
Big beautiful birds. Thats what my ship packed when we went to the Persian gulf during the Iranian hostage crisis. USS Independence (CV-62)
Same here, Brotha! 2 squadrons of Tomcats packed on the bow and aft while headed to the gulf of Oman in the Kuwait conflict in 1990 (Operation Desert Shield/Storm) Served 3 years on the Indy. Thanks for your service, Shipmate!!😊
@@enemycampinvadr What a good lad you are. God bless you. I miss Friday fish, shrimp, mac&cheese and spinach. Poor gal's gone to scrap now. I was on the Signal Bridge.
Yeah, I hated to see her go. But she did have a long life. I worked in Ops/OC...CATCC (Carrier Air Traffic Control Center)
On the day this was posted I was 21 years old I probably was at my grandparents house during the day celebrating Memorial Day hanging out with my family eating food then sitting on the couch listening to my grandpa tell me some stories about when he was a kid and about the Korean War later that night I was probably dealing with some drama from some girls I was dating and figuring out what bar everyone is going to that night. Today 16 years later I no longer have any grandparents alive I celebrated Memorial Day with my daughter and girlfriend. A few minutes ago I gave my daughter a kiss good night and now I’m just having a smoke in the garage watching RUclips videos enjoying the nice night. It’s crazy how fast lift changes. I know my comment has nothing to do with this video but if you still have grandparents alive don’t go to the bar and hang out with ur friends every night go get a pizza this Saturday night and bring it over to ur grandparents house spend time with them. In 10 years from now all ur friends will have family’s of their own you won’t talk to or see 99% of them anymore and you will think about all of them nights you wasted with those friends for a relationship that didn’t mean anything while ur grandparents were sitting home. If I could go back in time it wouldn’t be to get Rich or anything like that it would be to tell my young self to spend more time with family. Again sorry I’m completely off topic but maybe one person reads this and spends more time with family so they don’t regret it later.
damn bro that's some deep shit. but you're right. i can relate. life is short. don't waste it on people who won't be around.
Still my favorite fighter of all time! Thank you F-14 for all the wonderful memories.
I can watch planes (any kind from anywhere) take off and land all day long. It's therapeutic.
maybe you need just a bit more therapy than that
Who else got this recommended 12 years later
I did. Was nice piece of nostalgia.
Don’t you mean 13?
i love how this is getting recommended 16 years later
Спустя 13 лет это у меня в рекомендациях!
2020 не перестаёт удивлять))
Лайк
Просто в 2020-м рассекретили.
@@Подільськесело рассекретили как пишется слово рассекретили?
Ага 🤣
А что такого секретного?
@@Подільськесело ооо хорошо что ошибки можно исправить
RUclips : You know what’s a triple Tomcat?
Me : No.
RUclips : You know how it launches?
Me : No.
RUclips : I’ve got just a thing to show you see here.
Me: *Puzzled*
It was awesome being there just a few steps away when they would go into Zone 5, AKA afterburner. I'll never forget it!
You lucky dog ( thank you for being there -service )
@@1glopz No thanks are necessary. It was a great time and great experience!
F14 is one of the most unique and gorgeous aircraft ever. Nothing quite like it