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ResourceUFO Spotted by TOP GUN Pilot with Instructor Jack Stewart | Mike Drop #168 Clip
Mike Ritland's guest, a former military fighter pilot, recounts encountering an unidentified aerial phenomenon during a training …
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ResourceReal Fighter Pilot Flies F-15E Demo in REALISTIC Simulator | Part 2
Max demonstrates an F-15E Strike Eagle air show routine in the DCS flight simulator, his second attempt after engine failure in the …
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ResourceReal Fighter Pilot Flies F-15E Demo In Fighter Jet Simulator | Part 1
Max, a former F-15E Strike Eagle combat pilot and former F-16 Thunderbirds demonstration pilot, performs his first Strike Eagle …
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ResourceSR-71 Blackbird Lifted 10 Feet Off the Ground
Max documents the process of lowering an SR-71 Blackbird variant (with YF-12 components) at the Hill Aerospace Museum using …
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ResourceF-22 vs Russian Su-75 Fighter Pilot Reacts
Max compares the Russian Su-75 Checkmate fighter to the F-22 Raptor in a hypothetical matchup. He analyzes the Su-75's design, which …
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ResourceReal Fighter Pilot DOGFIGHTS Chinese Warplanes in Realistic Combat Simulator
Max conducts a combat simulator mission defending an island (which he jokingly refers to as belonging to his father) against Chinese …
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ResourceReal Fighter Pilot Dogfights Chinese Fighter Jets in MOST REALISTIC Combat Simulator
Max flies an F-15E Strike Eagle in a combat flight simulator, engaging in a dogfight scenario against Chinese J-11 fighter jets and …
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ResourceReal Fighter Pilot Battles Chinese Fighter Jets in F-15E Combat Simulator
Max takes viewers through a simulated air combat mission flying an F-15E Strike Eagle in a 2-versus-4 engagement. He narrates his …
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ResourceReal Fighter Pilot Makes Huge Mistake in MiG-29 Dogfight
Max narrates a DCS flight simulator dogfight session in which he flies an F-16 against MiG-29 and Su-27 opponents. He engages in an …
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ResourceReal Fighter Pilot Dogfights MiGs in Combat Simulator
Max walks viewers through simulated dogfight footage in the DCS flight simulator, providing real-time commentary as he engages …
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ResourceThunderbird Pilot Reacts to the Worst Aerial Refueling Close Calls
Max explains aerial refueling procedures and challenges from his fighter pilot experience. He recounts a 10-hour combat mission …
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ResourceF-15E Strikes Targets in Syria as MQ-9 Gets Shot Down
Max discusses U.S. F-15E strikes on an Iranian weapons cache in Syria that Max says was linked to attacks on U.S. forces. According …
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ResourceChinese Fighter Jet Flies Within 10 Feet of B-52
Max analyzes a close encounter between a Chinese J-11 fighter and a U.S. B-52 bomber over the South China Sea, where the J-11 came …
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ResourceReal Fighter Pilot Flies F-16 Aggressor in Combat Simulator Dogfight
Max narrates his experience flying a simulated dogfight in the DCS flight simulator, demonstrating aerial combat maneuvers in an …
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ResourceF-35 vs Chinese J-35 | Fighter Pilot Reacts
Max compares the F-35 and Chinese J-35 fighters, explaining that the J-35 was based on stolen F-35 blueprints according to him. He …
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ResourceFoo Fighters Band Name Came From This!
Max recounts that Allied pilots flying in Eastern Europe in 1944 reported seeing mysterious glowing objects, which they called "foo …
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ResourceF-22 vs Chinese J-20 | Fighter Pilot Reacts
Max compares the Chinese J-20 and American F-22 fifth-generation fighters, analyzing how a hypothetical engagement might unfold. He …
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ResourceF 15E's Sent to the Middle East
Max discusses the U.S. deployment of F-15E Strike Eagles and A-10s to the Middle East following Hamas's attack on Israel. He …
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ResourceThe Pilot Who Stole a Russian Mig-25
Max recounts the 1976 defection of Soviet MiG-25 pilot Viktor Belenko, who stole classified documents and flew his aircraft to Japan …
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ResourceF-35 vs Chinese J-20 | Fighter Pilot Reacts
Max breaks down a hypothetical matchup between the F-35 and China's J-20 fighter jets, examining their specifications, capabilities, …
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ResourceFighter Pilot Reacts to Event that SPARKED the Russia Ukraine War
Max analyzes the March 25, 2018 downing of Ukrainian pilot Vladimir Yanchenko's Su-27 by a Russian S-400 surface-to-air missile …
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ResourceF-35 vs Russian SU-75 | Fighter Pilot Reacts
Max compares the Russian Su-75 Checkmate and the F-35 Lightning II in a hypothetical matchup, noting that the Su-75 has not yet …
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ResourceInitial Reaction to Missing F-35
Max reacts to a September 2023 incident in which an F-35 continued flying for 60 miles after its pilot ejected at 1,000 feet above …
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ResourceFighter Pilot Shares F-15E Facts that Will SHOCK You
Max shares 18 facts about the F-15 fighter jet, drawing from his experience flying the F-15E Strike Eagle. He covers the aircraft's …
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