Fighter Pilot: Operation Red Flag

00:00:00 Translation : es][rma

00:02:39 As a young guy, at a flight school flying the most powerfull fighter ever built

00:05:04 Take your seats

00:06:10 They are considered by many to be the greatest fighter aircraft ever built.

00:09:20 what is about to happen is considered by pilots to be more challenging and dangerous than war itself ?

00:10:49 known as the Blue Force

00:11:56 I thought that British were orange guys. Green guys are Canadians. Can you check ?

00:13:31 a classic dog fight begins

00:16:01 Red Flag is not a contest or competition.

00:17:02 that you're gonna maintain your route unless you diverted up to the north

00:17:59 They call it "The Thread center"

00:19:22 It's quite possible for a crew to lose both their aircraft and their lives before even leading the ground

00:22:37 The pilot in front has a few options:

00:25:49 in Real combat, if you're run out of gas You have to leave your jet, your risk been captured

00:28:02 Looks good, check it out.

00:29:45 Not just for the pilots, but for the mechanics and ground crews as well.

00:30:53 we have a pilot on the ground.

00:32:01 of approaching danger from both ground and air

00:34:48 They risk their lives for someone they did not even know

00:36:59 Many of us lost friends in accidents.

00:39:00 They work deep in the bottom of the canyon miles from base

00:39:56 practices precision droping of humanitarian supplies.

00:43:20 was to sense becoming part of something more important than myself

02:02:01 representing 4 american squadrons.