This gives me a whole new appreciation for the A10 pilots doing runs for us in the mountains.

Thanks for not adding music to this

I wasn't 100% if I'd worked with you before, but this video confirmed it! I was a Red Air GCI with VFC-13 while you were conducting this SFARP. Always love seeing aerial footage of fighters in Fallon!

Let me just tell you that there is ABSOLUTLY NOTHING in this world that makes me more jealous and envious than watching this video. In July of 2001 I joined the Navy to be a fighter pilot. Fast forward 10 years I became a damn good AM (Airframe Structural Mechanic.) Never made it in the cockpit unfortunately. It is so awesome watching you fly. Thanks for posting.

For a fraction of a second I thought to myself..he should close those mirrors for better FPS. Too much DCS for me.

12:46 "The seatbelt light would definitely be on in the airliner." **is almost fully banked, entering a valley** LOL! Great timing. xD

I know that feeling all too well. During my last year flying for the Army we had our daughter, and I became distinctly aware of what I was risking. I remember the exact flight and moment I realized the same things you did. I was at a similar timeframe in my career as well, about 7 years in. I ended up making the choice to leave tactical flying behind, and I'm sure I'll miss it someday. But that last year was rough. Good on you for pushing through it and thank you for making this video.

I spent all this money on a pilots watch, and a real pilot wears a digital G Shock. 🤦‍♂️

I can’t imagine being on one of those trails you can see on the mountaintops, just walking through nature then a pack of Hornets come screaming over you at 200’. It would be an experience.

Mondays with Mover have become a Tuesday ritual for me. (Australian time zone). Great video, thanks mate!

I was a Range Control Officer in AZ and one day a Norwegian AF Pilot asked to cross at 100' AGL, and I approved him. Stepped outside the tower having to look down at him zooming by with a rooster tail of dust behind him. He was closer to 50' and I was jumping up and down like a little kid! I bet he was just as stoked as I was! Can't do that in Europe where he normally flies!

In 2009, my unit out of Hialeah, FL spent a week out at MCMWTC in Bridgeport. We did a lot of humping in those mountains with full pack up in those ridges. On one of those returns legs back down to base (which is down in a flat valley) we were coming off a high ridge from somewhere in the direction of White Mountain when one of your F-18 cohorts (I'm guessing out of Travis in the west or Fallon in the east) blasted over us at low level. If you've never experienced this, for a split second, it feels like you are being hit by a lightning strike or like the air is coming out of you. Of course, the aircraft isn't that low but its almost a psychological/physiological effect up on a high ridge from the sheer suddenness of the sound wave. None of us heard him coming so I'm guessing he was supersonic but that thing shook us off our feet and we watched him, astonished, as he dipped down below us and into the valley before gracefully pulling up and out. That was VERY inspiring to us. It was almost like he knew we were up on that ridge (which of course was not the case). That was the most extraordinary moment I ever had on a hump. I just found your channel on KZfaq and I think you already stopped flying Hornets but please let folks in your circles know that these low level flights do a lot for morale among Marines on the ground.

Everything you have done, for a career, nothing but respect, stay blessed and thank you for all of your service....

No music. THANK-YOU!

Joined the USAF in 1976 right out of High School. My HS Physics teacher was a retired USAF pilot. Told him I wanted to work airplanes. Paraphrasing what he said, "Don't know that is the best idea. You would be on the flight line when it is over 100 and below 0. Those planes need to fly." He recommended computers. I saw his point and here I am a retired MSgt working for Intel Corp. Those were perhaps the best years of my life. The only flying I did was on a C-141 (on web jump seats, Coffin case at our feet, and a solid rocket motor in back taking my 5 year old son to see Grandparents in the states) and in a C-5. Both trans-atlantic from England to the US; Mildenhall. And another C-5 hop from Dover to Ramstein. Ran into the base nurse's husband doing load master duty on the flight to Germany. What a great time.

Fantastic video, Mover. Takes me back to flying the CF-18 in the 80s and early 90s. We were authorized to 100' AGL; I flew hundreds of hours doing ground attack. In Northern Quebec (near Bagotville), the hills made it really tough to maintain 100' AGL. When we went to Maple Flag in Cold Lake, or Red Flag at Nellis, there were times my Radar Altimeter would go off (I had set it at 60'), and I was feeling quite comfortable. Turns at 4 to 5 G at 100' and 510 kts groundspeed were exercises in looking straight ahead through the HUD, watching the velocity vector closely. When we deployed to Lahr and Baden, West Germany, the 500' limit that was the rule at the time seemed like nose-bleed territory. In a single-seat fighter, low level flying is VERY dangerous. Looks like you did a great job respecting your personal limits and ensuring you didn't become a statistic, like too many of my close friends.

What you do is so awesome, I am a 12 year veteran of USAF security forces and spent a lot of time guarding the F16 and other air craft, I spoke to a lot of the pilots as the passed through the ECP and always wondered what it was like flying one of these jets.

An author a fighter pilot an airline pilot and an officer. What do you do with your other 40 hours in the day?

I've done that route in an EA6B, as a back seater, when the exercise was over, the CO of the EA6B squadron, the pilot, pushed inverted, ,military power in the EA6B's more powerful engines chased down the A6 we were providing electronic interference for and chased him down to the deck! Thanks so much for the memories!!!

F-18 awesomeness...i love this jet in DCS...sometimes i wish i was born in the states,because here in Bulgaria the aviation is almost not present...there are few small aircraft here and there and few in the airforce and thats it...if you want to fly you need to have rich parents who can easyly cover the entire thing for you to ''buy'' yourself the opportunity to fly...for guyys like me this is absolutely impossible no matter how much you want it and if you have the needed skills...Still i am very grateful for this awesome simulator DCS world who gave me the option to experience this dream atleast virtually...the world has changed so much since i was a little boy...i love how the world feel so small now and you can watch videos like this and try to put youself in the guys shoes,dreaming you're the one in that jet...you and your flight lead in these powerful,brutal war machines flying to the to of the world and back on the ground...that's in my eyes the crazyest,most dangerous and most beautyful thing you can ever do in this life...

"-Would be cool to be in a car on the highway seeing two hornets flying by at 250 feet" This line was funny to me. Dude.. you are doing all the cool stuff😁

Love these videos man... I live in Reno and hunted bighorn sheep out by the Fallon Naval Air Station. One day I was heading over a Ridgeline and a jet came right over me from behind. One of scariest, yet exhilarating things Ive ever experienced.

A pair of hornets buzzed me riding my motorcycle through Death Valley on my 2012 road trip out west. First one flew over my right shoulder and pulled some high G turns across the road showing me the top of the aircraft then straightened back out on his original flight path. The second one flew over the same shoulder with the hammer down chasing his lead, had to have been Mach .999999999999. Erection lasted more than 4 hours so I had to call a doctor 😂 💥🇺🇸’MERICA!🇺🇸💥

This is incredible. Thank you for putting this out. I've seen several of these low level videos but I've always been curious about what's going through the pilot's head. Your narration really scratches that intellectual itch for me.

Totally reminiscent of a cross-country flight in a 172 between Dallas and Ardmore, Ok, where that beast of a thrust machine topped out at a blistering 112 knots whilst crunching earth at about 500 agl over the ranches...I was gleefully humming Ride of the Valkyries...that is as close as I dare expect getting to your level of badassedness, CW! Thanks for sharing this incredible video and for your service! You always have complimentary beignets and coffee up the road here in Red Stick!

Really interesting, honest analysis of the flight. Working up in the Scottish highlands in a previous career, I used to see RAF Tornados, Hawks and Typhoons screaming past at low level. I realised I would never be satisfied working on terra firma for the rest of my life. In my 30s, I was too old to get into the Air Force but eventually got to flying 320s for a major airline. Still have a huge respect for the kind of flying you’re doing in this video, and really brings back memories seeing fast jets up close, doing just what you’re doing here. First time I was ever uncomfortable in an aircraft was flying little PA28s over terrain in the south of Spain in the middle of summer, while in flight school; crazy turbulence in a small aircraft and really uncomfortable. Not even close to the same safety margin as you’re flying with here, but a big realisation that there’s only one person in that aircraft who’s going to take it home. You really learn to respect the environment in which you’re flying and the comfort zone you have at that point in your experience. Top work!

This content, your skill, professionalism as a pilot/aviator and thr manner in which you present and reveal where it's at in a post modern fighter is sensational, enthralling, inspiring, lump in the throat stuff. As an Aussie, I'm proud to be celebrating 100 years of the RAAF! At 59 I've been into military aviation all my life and this forum just rock's. Thank you for the articulate and totally aware and switched - on presentations of the subject matter.

My buddies and I were playing in the sandbox in the backyard once, about 6-7 years old, and a Blue Angel came ripping through our neighborhood, RIGHT over treetop level!! He flew directly over the top of us, and I swear he was so close we could see rivets on the bottom of the hornet lol. I’ll never ever forget that!! We live near an airport so the Blue Angels would be rehearsing all week long leading up to the air show on the weekend! I miss seeing them around.

Aircraft videos from a real deal fighter pilots like CW Lemoine's are really satisfying videos. This is really nice videos beginning to end!

Loved the video . I used to fly low level a lot on my F16 Falcon simulator. You are living the life.

This makes me wish i would have focused on school instead of all the distractions of the 60s and 70s I wound up joining the Air Force but was only a mechanic because of my ignorance 64 now I can only dream now as I watch these clips but I’m extremely proud of people like this who made it wow

There's just something about the Hornet. My uncle worked on them at PAX River Naval Base since I was a kid. The shape of the aircraft screams precision and power. Add the Blue Angels markings and it's the best looking aircraft I've ever had the privilege to see in service. Thanks, C.W. to you and your fellow pilots for what you have done and continue to do for our country. You are appreciated even more than you know.

This movie is so cool. It reminds me of my Low Altitude Let down Training back in the middle 80's flying in the Rhino! Making a 4 G level turn for 180 degrees was harder than it seemed without climbing. That was a objective my instructor stressed in our learning phase. It is amazing that this became so comfortable after continuous training and maintaining that skill level. Low level flying up in Goose Bay CA was the ultimate in my flying career. Thanks for the memories! Ross

I was on a hunting trip in Southern NM about 20 years ago, when two Hornets came buzzing through the area we were in. It was a hell of a sight... and loud. It was the highlight of my hunting trip. I've seen several low level USAF planes in that part of the state (even an F-117 buzzing along a highway), but the Hornets were much more memorable because they were so low. Thanks for sharing this video.

Very entertaining. This was my goal in life to be a navy fighter pilot but back surgery wen I was 16 ruined my dreams. Ty for your service man. Appreciate all our military vets

Awesome video, thank you for sharing. The video shows the ride is very bumpy at times. Looked like your helmet almost hit the canopy at about 19:44 in the video. I was driving east on I-10 one September afternoon approaching Phoenix, AZ & two F/A-18 aircraft came across above & in front of me flying high speed just above the ground from my left to right. It was very thrilling to see!! Lt Lemoine, this is my favorite of your videos.

Mover, your channel and videos are the best! My favorite channel I subscribed to! You've now inspired me to return to school and try to become a fighter pilot myself. Great content, keep it comin.

20:15 I'm glad you mentioned the dcs version :) I really liked this video, it was awesome!!

Thanks for sharing....what a trip that must have been!

Thank you for your service good sir! Love your videos!

MONDAYS WITH MOVER! HOORAH!

Yeah, AWESOME vid, wow. Turned 59 yrs old YESTERDAY (Oct. 18) and I’m going “Man, what I’d give to experience this ride!” Ha ha ha. Flew piston helos back in ‘04-‘06 and THAT granted, was nothing I know ( BUT it was great in & of itself & I wouldn’t trade THAT experience)

When the flight overflew that highway, I was just thinking how cool it would be to be driving on that highway when that's exactly what Mover said! He mentioned in the "battle damage" check, were they check for popped open panels due to high G. I experienced this in a limited, civilian scenario while riding second seat with a flight instructor doing aerobatics in a Citabria - we were doing inverted spins and other high G maneuvers (not as intense as F18, obviously) and when we landed all the aluminum wing inspection panels were missing... oh, I agree with Jarret, thanks for not ruining this video with music.

Thank you CW for taking us along.

I think you won over the DCS crowd Mover! Ibet we're becoming your best customers! ;) Love your videos man, thanks for making 'em!

Taking away the whole war and death part of that job, flying those machines must be the best thing ever... that is some amazing life experience you got there! Closest I'll ever get is a VR sim :D

Interesting video! Thank you for your continued service. Enjoying reading Spectre Rising. CAVU!

Thanks Mover for another awesome video. I'm really thankfully I found your channel. Thank you for your service!

Another good one. Never had a favorite youtuber until now. Love your content, and am looking forward to reading Spectre Rising.

A high school friend of mine did a cross service tour with the German air force, he sent me a picture looking up at the side of a church steeple at 500 knots!

Thank you for your service!!! With a due respect you guys are nuts and it’s fun to watch!!!

Thankyou for a awaresome experience

Seeing fighters go over - or under - from the ground never gets old. We were riding dirt bikes in the Mountains in ID a few years back and had stopped up high on a logging road near the top of a point in a wide valley and had our helmets off to take a couple pictures in front of this valley... I was like, "I hear jets..." and about two seconds later a pair of 'hawgs (from Boise I assume) went whizzing past BELOW where we were standing and then on down the valley. That was so very awesome. I could definitely use more of that in my life hah.

Very cool. Reminds me of the Wales Mach Loop videos except yours is the cockpit view and the terrain is brown. Fun stuff!

Thank for you for the video. I have watched you pilots from the ground all of my life and I really enjoy the ride along.

I have almost 3,000 hours in Marine Corps A-6Es. We lived down there very close to the ground and normally flew our low levels at 480 knots. Single ship a lot of time was at 100' AGL or so daytime. Night time normally around 1,000'. Sometimes in perfect conditions a little less than 1,000'. The fastest I ever flew at that altitude was 580 indicated. It was in a perfectly clean aircraft in my WTI training at Yuma. An F-4 chasing me gave up because he would have had to tap burner and he didn't have the fuel. We had an acroynm RTFBOOBAG = Run The F-ing Bastards Out Of Bullits And Gas. It worked in that case. Great video and narration for the uninitiated. It brought back really nice memories to this old man. Thank you Mover. Hog out.

Nice video! Hey Mover, do you use inverted flight so that you only get positive G when adjusting altitude after a ridge? I do that all the time in DCS and someone chastised me for it but if I was in the real deal I would prefer that to pushing the stick forward and getting negative G!

Great stuff Mover! I need you to swing by the office next time you have a layover in Phoenix and I'll get you in the VR Hornet. I noted you had the HSI on the LDDI and not MPCD, common for low level to keep eyes out of the guts of the cockpit?

Thanks for sharing this in such an open way! Beautiful footage. Perfect balance on comments and just listening to the sound of flight

Just watching made me nervous. Much respect and thank you for your service, Sir!

I’m a new subscriber. I’ve Really been enjoying your content Mover. I wish I would have joined, a service. I miss flying. Your videos are great!

Awesome video and narration, CW! Thank you for not dubbing in the “Top Gun” soundtrack!

Excellent video, Mover....thanks!

Great flying thanks for taking us along for the ride hello from Australia

I agree with your friend. This is an incredible thing to watch SOMEONE ELSE do. It looks so damn stressful. Very impressive stuff though.

Geez I don't think I saw the flight lead until about 25:00...pretty cool, Mover. I'm enjoying Spectre Rising!

hell-of-a-ride. that was dope. thanks for takin us along.

I grew up in that area. You mention the people on the roads seeing Hornets doing low level and how cool it is. I remember seeing Hornets doing low level runs, and back when the Nevada Air Guard had the F-4 Phantoms, I remember seeing those doing low level stuff as well.

Shit I currently live in Reno, I love watching Hornets zoom across the sky when you fly over. :)

Hard for the enemy to see you when you re hugging the terrain. I did this at ten feet in Black Hawks and other helicopters but at 120knots

Awesome video! You really made me feel relieved on my birthday. I appreciate having you doing everything. Hats off to you good sir!

Thanks for the awesome ride

C.W. Lemoine I have always wondered this...... On long trips in a car do you ever think that you are going super slow? Because of the fact you could be there in a min if you were in the F18.😊

“Scariest flight of my career”...I can fly that in my sleep! #inmydreams

Love your Video CW! Also props to the guys over at Eagle Dynamics and DCS. I can't believe (at least visually) how close to this video the simulator they make looks. Feels like I was flying over the main map in the game/sim. Amazing.

I have over 22000 hrs, with a little over 2000 at 500' or lower. I retired 12 years ago and I still had a big smile after this video.

Had to put my G-suit on just watching this!

when you get to be about thirty years old i think your mortality starts to whisper to you.

Nice and professional. No extra talk, no bragging. Love it

Great video, Mover. Your comments about how you felt during this flight reminded me of a conversation I had with my brother once. He was on the ordnance crew for VMFAT 101 (The Sharpshooters) stationed out of El Toro. After time he got to know a few of the piots. During one of our visits one weekend, I said something along the lines of "man, those fighter pilots must not think about anything other than their aircraft, how it's performing, how they're performing, and having every nerve aware planning ahead for every possible scenario they might encounter". He told me that although a lot of that is true, fighter pilots are more human than you think. They deal with everyday life just like you and me, and they take on the responsibilities that come with flying a fighter in the military too! A special breed for sure. Never had anything but respect for you guys. Hats off to you!

Is it loud in the cockpit? You can never really tell from watching videos.

Not sure I'd be flying upside down like that.... Oh Wait! All I do is play youtube videos! carry on...

Fantastic flight footage. Thanks for sharing this. It's impressive, especially the buffeting and turbulence you have to endure whilst keeping the formation, and altitude. In awe of what pilots do.

Mover,my hands were actually sweating while I was watching this video.If you did not have those thoughts of mortality there would be something wrong.The speed,altitude,gravitational pull,a hyper vigilant flight that puts wear and tear on the physiological and psychological aspects of flying that low.It takes only one tiny hair of a mistake.I could see the sand grains as you were passing over some areas.I don`t mean to sound raw, but I think most people would have had to bring along an extra pair of jockey shorts!!Thank you for your training and skill.My brother`s life was saved by Navy pilots coming in,flying low level and dropping some presents on the Vietcong,during his tour.Another story........My highest respect...Jan

Flash? I thought his name was Sparky.

I'm guessing the "Scariest flight of my career" is hyperbole. But I get what you're driving at.

Wow! This is awesome. I've never seen it from this perspective. Thanks for the comentary.

Fantastic video! Thanks for sharing all the personal details.

24:40 is where he begins talking about the scariest part of the flight

I wish I had a race car that would do 500 knots lol

In the last 4 hours since I ran across your lightning strike video , Ive been watching your videos. Really enjoying them. Inside look at a fighter pilot. 👍👍. Keep it up. Thanks.

I’ve never seen content like this. You just earned my subscription, dude. Good stuff!

Thank you for putting out these videos. I tried so hard to go to Annapolis with the hope of becoming a pilot, but never got the opportunity. The F-18 is by far my most favorite jet, and I am very grateful that you have video from the cockpit to give me a glimpse of what that life is like. Please continue to make these videos as they are truly inspiring.

So much to think about. Low level formation really gets your attention ! Fantastic video, thanks.

Back in the '60ies in the USAF fire dept we would stand watch out at Eglin's firing ranges. One day at Range 52 bombing range we were putting out fire on an old fighter ground target. At about 50' and 300 knots, a flight of two F-102 lined up and flew directly over us... Man that will get you and sprung fast. Loved it.

Awesome video! Thanks for your service to our country and for sharing what I always dreamed of doing as a kid!

So cool! I'm very proud of all you men that protect us with your flying skills.

Respect to you sir, for your service, also for getting us from point A to point B safely.

What an amazing feeling this flight! Thanks for sharing