1 00:00:00,100 --> 00:00:02,890 - All right, so since you didn't get our first introduction, 2 00:00:02,890 --> 00:00:04,020 I'm Staff Sergeant Levi Reynolds, 3 00:00:04,020 --> 00:00:06,760 thank you for watching ACC Plays. 4 00:00:06,760 --> 00:00:08,800 We have a lot more viewers this time 5 00:00:08,800 --> 00:00:11,850 and I think it's because of the man to my right. 6 00:00:11,850 --> 00:00:13,620 So I'm gonna let him give you an introduction 7 00:00:13,620 --> 00:00:16,240 and tell you a little about his flying history 8 00:00:16,240 --> 00:00:17,840 since we are playing Ace Combat. 9 00:00:18,750 --> 00:00:20,130 Whenever you wanna go, sir. - Hi everybody, 10 00:00:20,130 --> 00:00:21,370 I'm Mike Holmes. 11 00:00:21,370 --> 00:00:24,820 I came into the Air Force because I wanted to fly the F-15 12 00:00:24,820 --> 00:00:27,230 and I was fortunate to get the chance to do that. 13 00:00:27,230 --> 00:00:30,490 I flew the F-15 for about 3500 hours 14 00:00:30,490 --> 00:00:32,420 and then I've also flown the T-38, 15 00:00:32,420 --> 00:00:35,100 which is our advanced trainer, 16 00:00:35,100 --> 00:00:37,580 as a pilot training instructor and I fly it now 17 00:00:37,580 --> 00:00:40,313 as a target for F-22s on training tours. 18 00:00:41,290 --> 00:00:44,770 - And then joining today also, his son, 19 00:00:44,770 --> 00:00:48,160 Lieutenant Wade Holmes, who came all the way down from D.C., 20 00:00:48,160 --> 00:00:49,380 as I'm sure was a real long drive. 21 00:00:49,380 --> 00:00:51,809 - Not too bad. (laughs) 22 00:00:51,809 --> 00:00:53,120 - And you wanna give 'em a little spiel 23 00:00:53,120 --> 00:00:56,250 about your flight history? 24 00:00:56,250 --> 00:00:58,700 - Yep, so I'm a first lieutenant in the Air National Guard. 25 00:00:58,700 --> 00:01:01,110 I have about 200 hours in the F-16. 26 00:01:01,110 --> 00:01:02,333 I'm a brand new wingman. 27 00:01:03,861 --> 00:01:07,530 And other than that, time in the T-38, T-6, and Cessna, 28 00:01:07,530 --> 00:01:10,850 but I'm really excited to get this fight on today. 29 00:01:10,850 --> 00:01:13,600 - That's great, we joked about putting you in a Cessna. 30 00:01:13,600 --> 00:01:15,350 - Yeah? (laughs) - But it's not on here, 31 00:01:15,350 --> 00:01:16,550 so that would've been fun. 32 00:01:16,550 --> 00:01:17,773 - That would've been better for me. 33 00:01:17,773 --> 00:01:18,606 (laughs) 34 00:01:18,606 --> 00:01:20,490 - So we're gonna let them battle it out 35 00:01:20,490 --> 00:01:23,430 and I'm gonna get offscreen and you guys can 36 00:01:23,430 --> 00:01:25,770 ask your questions and we will try to get them 37 00:01:25,770 --> 00:01:27,773 to them as quickly as we can. 38 00:01:29,538 --> 00:01:30,738 And good luck gentlemen. 39 00:01:31,620 --> 00:01:32,453 - All right. 40 00:01:33,340 --> 00:01:35,323 - [Console] Watch your chaff and fuel supply. 41 00:01:35,323 --> 00:01:36,659 - [Reynolds] Ace, did you go from the Academy, 42 00:01:36,659 --> 00:01:39,120 ROTC, OTS, or other? 43 00:01:39,120 --> 00:01:40,790 - We both went to OTS. 44 00:01:40,790 --> 00:01:45,110 I went to OTS back in 1981 and Wade? 45 00:01:45,110 --> 00:01:49,350 - I went to OTS, graduated about three years ago. 46 00:01:49,350 --> 00:01:50,790 - [Console] Three minutes remaining. 47 00:01:50,790 --> 00:01:53,780 - So you don't have to go to the Academy or ROTC 48 00:01:53,780 --> 00:01:55,170 to be a pilot in the Air Force. 49 00:01:55,170 --> 00:01:57,540 You can come in after you've finished college 50 00:01:57,540 --> 00:01:58,913 and make your way to OTS. 51 00:02:00,078 --> 00:02:03,411 (electric guitar music) 52 00:02:05,700 --> 00:02:08,287 - [Reynolds] So when you were growing up, 53 00:02:08,287 --> 00:02:10,140 did you have any other options that you wanted to do 54 00:02:10,140 --> 00:02:11,640 other than be a fighter pilot? 55 00:02:14,244 --> 00:02:18,080 - It was always kind of what I really wanted to do, 56 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:19,860 but I wasn't sure. 57 00:02:19,860 --> 00:02:21,940 You know, it's such a long road to get there. 58 00:02:21,940 --> 00:02:23,500 But obviously seeing my dad, 59 00:02:23,500 --> 00:02:26,500 seeing someone I'm really close to accomplish that 60 00:02:26,500 --> 00:02:27,900 and love it as much as he did, 61 00:02:27,900 --> 00:02:30,080 made it a top option for me. 62 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:32,584 My eyes weren't very good going through high school 63 00:02:32,584 --> 00:02:36,390 so I needed to get laser eye surgery and go through 64 00:02:36,390 --> 00:02:39,640 some medical waivers and stuff, 65 00:02:39,640 --> 00:02:40,570 but it all worked out. 66 00:02:40,570 --> 00:02:42,850 I'm really lucky to live in the age of Lasik 67 00:02:42,850 --> 00:02:46,193 and all that so it's made the dream come true for me. 68 00:02:47,862 --> 00:02:50,050 - And I had to get a vision waiver too when I came in 69 00:02:50,050 --> 00:02:52,925 so that's something else we kinda have in common. 70 00:02:52,925 --> 00:02:53,842 - Oh, okay. 71 00:02:54,853 --> 00:02:56,210 - [Reynolds] Like you said earlier, sir, 72 00:02:56,210 --> 00:02:59,150 you've flown over 4,000 hours. 73 00:02:59,150 --> 00:03:00,700 What are some changes that you've seen 74 00:03:00,700 --> 00:03:02,020 from when you first started flying 75 00:03:02,020 --> 00:03:04,490 to what's in the aircraft today? 76 00:03:04,490 --> 00:03:07,550 - Well, I flew that F-15 for a long time. 77 00:03:07,550 --> 00:03:10,940 But we got a lot better weapons the longer I kept flying it. 78 00:03:10,940 --> 00:03:13,940 So we started off with a semi-active radar 79 00:03:13,940 --> 00:03:16,520 where you had to stay locked to an enemy airplane 80 00:03:16,520 --> 00:03:18,830 with your radar to make a missile work, 81 00:03:18,830 --> 00:03:21,560 and with infrared missile where you 82 00:03:21,560 --> 00:03:24,490 had to get behind somebody to have a chance 83 00:03:24,490 --> 00:03:26,093 at taking a shot on 'em. 84 00:03:26,093 --> 00:03:29,370 And then we got better and better missiles 85 00:03:29,370 --> 00:03:32,590 that allowed us to have active missiles in the AMRAAM 86 00:03:32,590 --> 00:03:37,170 and to be able to shoot IR missiles from any place. 87 00:03:37,170 --> 00:03:40,057 So that was the main difference I think. 88 00:03:40,930 --> 00:03:44,330 - [Reynolds] So, I'm sure you both have done 89 00:03:44,330 --> 00:03:47,020 your share of virtual simulators, 90 00:03:47,020 --> 00:03:48,370 how does this game compare? 91 00:03:49,490 --> 00:03:51,340 - I will say that the detail on the jets 92 00:03:51,340 --> 00:03:53,523 is actually much better in here. 93 00:03:55,211 --> 00:03:57,533 The simulators focus on kind of realism of 94 00:03:57,533 --> 00:04:01,030 employment and control response and all that stuff, 95 00:04:01,030 --> 00:04:02,940 but this game looks really good. 96 00:04:02,940 --> 00:04:04,850 - It does look really good, I'm having a really 97 00:04:04,850 --> 00:04:07,140 hard time with the controls that aren't like 98 00:04:07,140 --> 00:04:08,140 airplane controls, (laughing) 99 00:04:08,140 --> 00:04:12,160 so Wade is gonna, he's taking it easy on me right now 100 00:04:12,160 --> 00:04:14,560 while we talk but in a few minutes he's gonna start 101 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:16,560 wearing me out because he knows how 102 00:04:16,560 --> 00:04:18,313 to do these controls and I don't. 103 00:04:19,832 --> 00:04:23,343 - [Reynolds] Sir, how many overseas orders have you had? 104 00:04:23,343 --> 00:04:25,390 - I had one flying tour overseas 105 00:04:25,390 --> 00:04:27,820 if you don't count Afghanistan. 106 00:04:27,820 --> 00:04:28,870 Don't hit the ground. 107 00:04:30,420 --> 00:04:34,230 We were on Okinawa for three years back in the '80s, 108 00:04:34,230 --> 00:04:35,890 I did a staff tour in Germany 109 00:04:35,890 --> 00:04:39,513 and then I did a tour in Afghanistan flying the F-15. 110 00:04:41,477 --> 00:04:42,310 - [Reynolds] So when you said Okinawa, 111 00:04:42,310 --> 00:04:44,340 on Reddit it was kinda a big story the other day, 112 00:04:44,340 --> 00:04:46,160 all the monkeys got out of the Okinawa Zoo 113 00:04:46,160 --> 00:04:47,950 and they were on Kadena Air Base. 114 00:04:47,950 --> 00:04:48,783 (both men laughing) 115 00:04:48,783 --> 00:04:51,680 - I did not hear that, that's an awesome story. 116 00:04:51,680 --> 00:04:53,070 - [Reynolds] There's a great picture of one 117 00:04:53,070 --> 00:04:54,603 sitting on a fence in housing. 118 00:04:59,024 --> 00:04:59,857 You got a question? 119 00:04:59,857 --> 00:05:00,690 - [Man] Yeah, I got one I want to ask him. 120 00:05:00,690 --> 00:05:02,850 So has flight ever damaged your body any way? 121 00:05:02,850 --> 00:05:04,643 If so, was it hard to deal with it? 122 00:05:05,560 --> 00:05:08,580 - The high-G environment, particularly as you get older, 123 00:05:08,580 --> 00:05:10,640 yeah, so flying around at eight or nine Gs, 124 00:05:10,640 --> 00:05:13,010 I think all guys that have flown as long as I have 125 00:05:13,010 --> 00:05:15,620 either have some kind of neck or back issue 126 00:05:15,620 --> 00:05:16,610 that they're working through. 127 00:05:16,610 --> 00:05:19,940 Whether it's skeletal or whether it's just a muscle thing 128 00:05:19,940 --> 00:05:22,520 everybody has something that goes with that. 129 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:25,100 We also have learned in these really long sorties 130 00:05:25,100 --> 00:05:27,660 that we're flying in the Middle East that 131 00:05:27,660 --> 00:05:31,420 that also leads guys to have some physical problems. 132 00:05:31,420 --> 00:05:32,253 Wade? 133 00:05:33,360 --> 00:05:36,630 - Yeah, I mean the high-G environment is definitely tough. 134 00:05:36,630 --> 00:05:39,330 It's something you get used to when you first start. 135 00:05:39,330 --> 00:05:41,650 You start in the T-6, doesn't pull much Gs, 136 00:05:41,650 --> 00:05:43,710 then you go to the T-38 and then to the F-16, 137 00:05:43,710 --> 00:05:47,340 in my case, and you do a lot of training 138 00:05:47,340 --> 00:05:49,860 for those G-forces, but it's definitely something 139 00:05:49,860 --> 00:05:52,660 you have to be careful about and take care of your body. 140 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:57,320 And you know, you wanna stay healthy so you can keep flying. 141 00:05:57,320 --> 00:05:59,220 It's always a struggle but... 142 00:05:59,220 --> 00:06:00,900 - We're introducing some coaches 143 00:06:00,900 --> 00:06:03,990 and some neck and back specialists into squadrons. 144 00:06:03,990 --> 00:06:05,870 Some of our squadrons in the Air National Guard 145 00:06:05,870 --> 00:06:07,650 now have a dedicated neck 146 00:06:07,650 --> 00:06:09,820 and back coach, - Yep. 147 00:06:09,820 --> 00:06:12,100 - and they work through exercises to make it better, 148 00:06:12,100 --> 00:06:14,560 they do therapy after you fly, and they can kinda 149 00:06:14,560 --> 00:06:16,810 rehabilitate ya, but more than that, 150 00:06:16,810 --> 00:06:19,360 try to build you up so that you can take it better. 151 00:06:20,580 --> 00:06:21,940 - [Reynolds] What was your longest flight 152 00:06:21,940 --> 00:06:22,890 that you had to do? 153 00:06:23,990 --> 00:06:28,340 - I've done a 14.3 in an F-15 by myself. 154 00:06:28,340 --> 00:06:32,138 I was flying from Kadena nonstop to Panama City, Florida. 155 00:06:32,138 --> 00:06:32,971 (Reynolds whistles) Wade, you've done some, 156 00:06:32,971 --> 00:06:34,020 like, 10 haven't you? 157 00:06:34,020 --> 00:06:39,020 - I've done a 9.5 hour sortie from Korea to Hawaii. 158 00:06:40,690 --> 00:06:43,990 - So we did that first setup guns only, 159 00:06:43,990 --> 00:06:46,280 which is really hard when you can't see the guy, 160 00:06:46,280 --> 00:06:47,940 and you can't turn around and look over your shoulder. 161 00:06:47,940 --> 00:06:49,760 Wade, you wanna bring missiles into this one? 162 00:06:49,760 --> 00:06:50,593 - Sounds good. 163 00:06:52,775 --> 00:06:54,700 - [Reynolds] How did you carry water 164 00:06:54,700 --> 00:06:56,160 or how did you drink water when you're thirsty 165 00:06:56,160 --> 00:06:56,993 on an airplane? 166 00:06:58,030 --> 00:07:00,190 - That's not too hard, you take a water bottle with you. 167 00:07:00,190 --> 00:07:02,740 You can just take a regular water bottle, 168 00:07:02,740 --> 00:07:05,960 we have some that are made to fit in a G-suit pocket. 169 00:07:05,960 --> 00:07:08,323 It's getting rid of the water that's the hard part. 170 00:07:08,323 --> 00:07:09,580 (Reynolds laughs) - That's true. 171 00:07:09,580 --> 00:07:10,700 - When you're up for that long, 172 00:07:10,700 --> 00:07:12,960 you wanna drink a lot of water and stay hydrated, 173 00:07:12,960 --> 00:07:15,990 but then you have to urinate to get rid of it, 174 00:07:15,990 --> 00:07:19,100 and there are different ways the Air Force has made 175 00:07:19,100 --> 00:07:21,850 to be able to do that and then keep it secure. 176 00:07:21,850 --> 00:07:24,440 And then it's a lot easier to make ways for men to do it 177 00:07:24,440 --> 00:07:27,776 than it is to make ways for our women fighter pilots 178 00:07:27,776 --> 00:07:29,350 to do it, so that's something 179 00:07:29,350 --> 00:07:30,900 we continually have to work on. 180 00:07:34,129 --> 00:07:35,410 - [Reynolds] What are your favorite aircraft 181 00:07:35,410 --> 00:07:36,863 beside your main aircraft? 182 00:07:38,850 --> 00:07:41,020 - Well, I get to see that Raptor out there around 183 00:07:41,020 --> 00:07:42,453 and that's a very cool airplane, 184 00:07:42,453 --> 00:07:43,880 it's hard to argue with that. 185 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:46,020 It can do things no other airplane can do 186 00:07:46,020 --> 00:07:47,960 and I get to see it close up when it's rolling 187 00:07:47,960 --> 00:07:51,489 around behind me to do 'em. 188 00:07:51,489 --> 00:07:52,580 - I have to say the Raptor as well. 189 00:07:52,580 --> 00:07:55,570 I've gotten to see the Raptor demo 190 00:07:55,570 --> 00:07:57,593 and it's pretty spectacular. 191 00:08:02,033 --> 00:08:03,270 - [Reynolds] So I think we all know where you got 192 00:08:03,270 --> 00:08:06,097 your call sign from, sir, it's just joke right? 193 00:08:06,097 --> 00:08:08,690 - Yeah, Mobile Holmes, we call that a natural, 194 00:08:08,690 --> 00:08:10,880 anything that makes sense together like that, 195 00:08:10,880 --> 00:08:14,160 just the way your name sounds, we call that a natural. 196 00:08:14,160 --> 00:08:17,050 - [Reynolds] But Lieutenant, how did you get your call sign? 197 00:08:17,050 --> 00:08:19,644 - So I'm not gonna get super specific with it. 198 00:08:19,644 --> 00:08:20,491 (laughing) 199 00:08:20,491 --> 00:08:23,660 But long story short, I showed up in 200 00:08:24,760 --> 00:08:26,560 my squadron, the D.C. Air National Guard, 201 00:08:26,560 --> 00:08:28,300 was deployed to Korea, 202 00:08:28,300 --> 00:08:31,530 and I showed up as a brand new wingman at a school there, 203 00:08:31,530 --> 00:08:33,480 didn't really have a lot of experience, 204 00:08:34,850 --> 00:08:39,820 and mistakenly talked a big game about a 205 00:08:39,820 --> 00:08:43,193 particular maneuver that I thought I was okay at. 206 00:08:45,163 --> 00:08:48,300 And then some people took notice, they were gonna see how 207 00:08:48,300 --> 00:08:51,820 well I really did it and I was out in Korea trying to do it 208 00:08:51,820 --> 00:08:56,600 and just completely screwed it up, more or less, 209 00:08:56,600 --> 00:08:59,210 in front of everybody on my first sortie there, 210 00:08:59,210 --> 00:09:03,610 and as these things go, got made fun of a lot 211 00:09:03,610 --> 00:09:05,940 for it, but that's just part of the job 212 00:09:05,940 --> 00:09:07,903 and I'm very happy with my call sign. 213 00:09:08,820 --> 00:09:11,060 - Wade's been around behind me here for quite awhile. 214 00:09:11,060 --> 00:09:13,010 I've been staying alive with chaffin' flares, 215 00:09:13,010 --> 00:09:14,873 but I'm out of them now, so there he got me. 216 00:09:14,873 --> 00:09:18,890 (Reynolds and Holmes laughing) 217 00:09:18,890 --> 00:09:20,140 Way to go, Wade. 218 00:09:20,140 --> 00:09:21,180 - [Reynolds] So we have someone who's heading 219 00:09:21,180 --> 00:09:23,170 to Air Force Pilot Training next year, 220 00:09:23,170 --> 00:09:25,290 do you have any advice for them? 221 00:09:25,290 --> 00:09:27,050 - Wade, you're the most recent graduate 222 00:09:27,050 --> 00:09:32,050 - Yeah, so, you'll of kind hear this advice a lot 223 00:09:33,200 --> 00:09:34,970 and it was the advice that I got, 224 00:09:34,970 --> 00:09:36,583 but it really worked. 225 00:09:39,170 --> 00:09:43,000 It's gonna be a ton of work and a lot of fun 226 00:09:45,150 --> 00:09:47,390 you're gonna have kind of a fire hose approach to 227 00:09:47,390 --> 00:09:48,740 all the information that you get. 228 00:09:48,740 --> 00:09:50,830 So phase one of pilot training 229 00:09:50,830 --> 00:09:53,890 is all academics in the classroom. 230 00:09:53,890 --> 00:09:57,550 So you'll go and just sit down, 231 00:09:57,550 --> 00:09:59,430 have an instructor, study for tests. 232 00:09:59,430 --> 00:10:01,904 Just treat it like school, try and make a 100 on every test, 233 00:10:01,904 --> 00:10:05,360 and just take that part, that's really in your control. 234 00:10:05,360 --> 00:10:06,950 And if you got accepted to pilot training, 235 00:10:06,950 --> 00:10:09,620 then I'm sure you're a smart guy or girl. 236 00:10:09,620 --> 00:10:13,990 So work hard in the academic phase and then (laughs) 237 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:19,233 once you get to the flying part, 238 00:10:20,260 --> 00:10:21,713 just be prepared everyday. 239 00:10:23,530 --> 00:10:25,840 It's gonna be a grind but it's all worth it. 240 00:10:25,840 --> 00:10:29,350 And good attitude and helping out your classmates 241 00:10:29,350 --> 00:10:32,690 will take you about as far as anything. 242 00:10:32,690 --> 00:10:35,640 So just make sure you're looking out for your buddies 243 00:10:35,640 --> 00:10:38,810 and work hard and be coachable, 244 00:10:38,810 --> 00:10:40,250 and listen to your instructors, 245 00:10:40,250 --> 00:10:42,713 and put your best foot forward everyday. 246 00:10:45,720 --> 00:10:47,370 - Good advice. 247 00:10:47,370 --> 00:10:50,020 - [Reynolds] Solid, solid advice, works for life too. 248 00:10:51,210 --> 00:10:53,240 What improvements to today's modern aircraft 249 00:10:53,240 --> 00:10:55,290 have impressed you the most? 250 00:10:55,290 --> 00:10:56,390 - I think he kinda already.. 251 00:10:56,390 --> 00:10:57,223 - [Reynolds] He already answered that one? 252 00:10:57,223 --> 00:10:59,170 - Yeah, pretty much - I think so. 253 00:10:59,170 --> 00:11:00,330 - [Reynolds] Yeah, we hit that one. 254 00:11:00,330 --> 00:11:02,213 Thanks for paying attention. 255 00:11:02,213 --> 00:11:04,710 (men laughing) 256 00:11:04,710 --> 00:11:06,340 - [Man] I'm just catching up on the comments. 257 00:11:06,340 --> 00:11:07,360 - [Reynolds] No, I was talking to them. 258 00:11:07,360 --> 00:11:08,193 There's no way. 259 00:11:10,540 --> 00:11:13,319 Have you guys ever had the opportunity, 260 00:11:13,319 --> 00:11:16,920 before this awesome experience, to fly together? 261 00:11:16,920 --> 00:11:18,620 - No, it's something we've been talking about. 262 00:11:18,620 --> 00:11:22,080 We're looking for a way to see if we can do that, 263 00:11:22,080 --> 00:11:25,283 we wanna make sure it's done safely. 264 00:11:26,860 --> 00:11:30,440 We're not too far apart with him at Andrews in an F-16 265 00:11:30,440 --> 00:11:32,970 to me down at Langley in T-38s, 266 00:11:32,970 --> 00:11:34,670 so it's something that's possible. 267 00:11:37,480 --> 00:11:41,820 - I will say I've taken Dad flying in a Cessna before 268 00:11:41,820 --> 00:11:43,050 when I first got my license. - Yep. 269 00:11:43,050 --> 00:11:45,070 - I was really excited to take him 270 00:11:45,070 --> 00:11:47,340 and I knew it was gonna go well, 271 00:11:47,340 --> 00:11:49,520 but I was a little nervous because he's a, 272 00:11:49,520 --> 00:11:53,950 you know, super accomplished pilot, so, you know, 273 00:11:53,950 --> 00:11:56,410 I wanna bring my A-game on this flight. 274 00:11:56,410 --> 00:12:00,200 And it's like February, we take off out of Maryland, 275 00:12:00,200 --> 00:12:04,890 not too far from D.C. and about 10 minutes into the flight, 276 00:12:04,890 --> 00:12:06,600 I'm really focused on making sure it goes well, 277 00:12:06,600 --> 00:12:09,057 I look over and Dad is completely asleep. 278 00:12:09,057 --> 00:12:10,010 - Yep. (men laughing loudly) 279 00:12:10,010 --> 00:12:13,540 - He's just slumped over in the passenger seat, 280 00:12:13,540 --> 00:12:15,930 completely asleep, so I guess I must have been doing 281 00:12:15,930 --> 00:12:17,049 just fine. (laughs) 282 00:12:17,049 --> 00:12:18,190 - Yeah, it was a cold day, 283 00:12:18,190 --> 00:12:21,210 it's about 30 outside, it was warm when we got in there. 284 00:12:21,210 --> 00:12:23,420 - Yeah. - He seemed to be doing fine. 285 00:12:23,420 --> 00:12:25,230 - I think that was the best compliment you could give me. 286 00:12:25,230 --> 00:12:26,570 - Yeah, I took a little nap. 287 00:12:26,570 --> 00:12:28,360 - [Reynolds] Did you have that same level of confidence 288 00:12:28,360 --> 00:12:30,230 the first time he drove with you in the car? 289 00:12:30,230 --> 00:12:31,141 - No. 290 00:12:31,141 --> 00:12:32,247 (men laughing loudly) 291 00:12:32,247 --> 00:12:33,530 - No, but that was a much different story, I think. 292 00:12:33,530 --> 00:12:34,880 - He was quite a bit older. 293 00:12:36,070 --> 00:12:36,903 - Yep. 294 00:12:38,868 --> 00:12:39,701 - Here, why don't you swap and get over here 295 00:12:39,701 --> 00:12:40,880 so they can see what you're doing 296 00:12:40,880 --> 00:12:41,713 to whip me. - Okay. 297 00:12:41,713 --> 00:12:43,493 - [Man] Do you guys wanna swap? 298 00:12:43,493 --> 00:12:44,640 (men talking over each other) 299 00:12:44,640 --> 00:12:45,473 - No we're okay 300 00:12:45,473 --> 00:12:46,590 - [Man] Okay 301 00:12:46,590 --> 00:12:47,803 - I'll try the Eagle on. 302 00:12:47,803 --> 00:12:50,040 - [Reynolds] As pilots, what are your thoughts on air-- 303 00:12:50,040 --> 00:12:51,610 - Wade's always wanted to fly an Eagle, 304 00:12:51,610 --> 00:12:53,100 so this is a good chance for 'em. 305 00:12:53,100 --> 00:12:54,023 (men laughing) - Oh yeah, yeah. 306 00:12:55,580 --> 00:12:56,500 - Go ahead, sorry. 307 00:12:56,500 --> 00:12:59,000 - [Reynolds] Yeah, your thoughts on air battle managers? 308 00:12:59,000 --> 00:12:59,833 Yep? - Yep. 309 00:12:59,833 --> 00:13:02,040 - Air battle managers, so those are the people 310 00:13:02,040 --> 00:13:05,020 that work either on the ground or in the air 311 00:13:05,020 --> 00:13:08,457 to help make sure that pilots have situational awareness 312 00:13:08,457 --> 00:13:10,350 of what's going on around them, 313 00:13:10,350 --> 00:13:12,780 to help point 'em in the right direction 314 00:13:12,780 --> 00:13:17,163 and to pass on orders from command and control. 315 00:13:17,163 --> 00:13:18,810 It's a great job. 316 00:13:18,810 --> 00:13:22,920 They fly on the E-3 AWACS or on the E-8 JSTARS, 317 00:13:22,920 --> 00:13:25,323 and then they do ground duties as well. 318 00:13:26,320 --> 00:13:30,770 Organization called Kingpin over in the CENTCOM area 319 00:13:30,770 --> 00:13:32,680 in the Mid East right now is a room full 320 00:13:32,680 --> 00:13:35,970 of air battle managers that make sure that we know 321 00:13:35,970 --> 00:13:39,464 what's going on and that we're prepared to do 322 00:13:39,464 --> 00:13:41,350 all the things that are required over there. 323 00:13:41,350 --> 00:13:42,540 So it's a great career field, 324 00:13:42,540 --> 00:13:44,990 you have a chance to be airborne and 325 00:13:44,990 --> 00:13:46,290 to be a part of the fight. 326 00:13:47,250 --> 00:13:49,540 I worked with an AWACS yesterday 327 00:13:49,540 --> 00:13:52,910 that took off from Tinker in Oklahoma, 328 00:13:52,910 --> 00:13:55,010 and flew all the way out here to the East Coast 329 00:13:55,010 --> 00:13:59,860 used the radar on the AWACS and then helped us fight 330 00:13:59,860 --> 00:14:03,123 six T-38s against four Raptors. 331 00:14:06,200 --> 00:14:08,320 - And in the VIPER in the F-16, 332 00:14:08,320 --> 00:14:13,320 we work with AWACS and GTI controllers as well, 333 00:14:15,170 --> 00:14:16,473 and it's incredibly important for the way 334 00:14:16,473 --> 00:14:19,473 that we would fight an air war. 335 00:14:20,800 --> 00:14:22,270 They help us keep a picture of everything 336 00:14:22,270 --> 00:14:25,903 that's going on and help us make decisions, 337 00:14:27,634 --> 00:14:29,010 and exactly the same, keep awareness on where all 338 00:14:29,010 --> 00:14:30,750 the good guys and the bad guys are. 339 00:14:30,750 --> 00:14:33,440 It's incredibly important for the way that we fight. 340 00:14:33,440 --> 00:14:35,374 - You have another that you wanna add? 341 00:14:35,374 --> 00:14:36,320 - [Reynolds] If you could send a message 342 00:14:36,320 --> 00:14:37,600 to all the crew chiefs out there 343 00:14:37,600 --> 00:14:39,990 that maintain your aircraft, what would you say to them? 344 00:14:39,990 --> 00:14:41,980 - Oh man, everybody loves crew chiefs. 345 00:14:41,980 --> 00:14:43,493 I know Wade and I both do. 346 00:14:44,740 --> 00:14:46,300 One of my old crew chiefs from when I was a 347 00:14:46,300 --> 00:14:48,450 squadron commander still lives here in the area, 348 00:14:48,450 --> 00:14:50,851 Brian Mason, and we still get together. 349 00:14:50,851 --> 00:14:54,277 Nothing happens in the airplane without the guys that 350 00:14:54,277 --> 00:14:56,747 take care of it and keep it working. 351 00:14:56,747 --> 00:14:59,947 And my message to all those crew chiefs would be thanks. 352 00:15:02,890 --> 00:15:05,850 - Same, I can't thank 'em enough for keeping me safe 353 00:15:05,850 --> 00:15:09,477 and keeping us able to do the mission. 354 00:15:09,477 --> 00:15:11,930 It's awesome. - I kinda wish I had one here 355 00:15:11,930 --> 00:15:12,939 to help me right now. 356 00:15:12,939 --> 00:15:16,330 (group laughs loudly) 357 00:15:16,330 --> 00:15:18,460 Get another one in your... 358 00:15:18,460 --> 00:15:22,420 - [Reynolds] General, would you consider a career 359 00:15:22,420 --> 00:15:25,217 in commercial flight after you retire from the military? 360 00:15:25,217 --> 00:15:28,760 - For a couple of reasons, probably not. 361 00:15:28,760 --> 00:15:30,680 One is the FAA has age limits 362 00:15:30,680 --> 00:15:34,060 and by the time I retire I'll be pretty close to that. 363 00:15:34,060 --> 00:15:36,120 I'm pretty lucky to be an old guy 364 00:15:36,120 --> 00:15:38,870 that still gets to fly fighters in the Air Force. 365 00:15:38,870 --> 00:15:43,210 The other thing is, to tell you the truth, 366 00:15:43,210 --> 00:15:45,110 the part that I liked best about flying 367 00:15:45,110 --> 00:15:47,950 was the part about practicing fighting 368 00:15:47,950 --> 00:15:49,940 more than the flying part. 369 00:15:49,940 --> 00:15:52,050 I like flying, you know, on good weather days 370 00:15:52,050 --> 00:15:54,520 it's really cool and it's still really exciting 371 00:15:54,520 --> 00:15:56,637 to be up there in the air, but I really like the fight part. 372 00:15:56,637 --> 00:15:59,953 What we call the part between fights on and knock it off. 373 00:16:01,490 --> 00:16:03,800 Now Wade is a young man, he's in the Guard, 374 00:16:03,800 --> 00:16:06,400 he'll have some options to do that if he chooses to. 375 00:16:07,980 --> 00:16:10,324 - [Reynolds] So which airline are you gonna go with? 376 00:16:10,324 --> 00:16:14,740 - (laughs) I'm keeping all my options open. 377 00:16:14,740 --> 00:16:19,569 I'll let them bid for that. 378 00:16:19,569 --> 00:16:21,236 - [Reynolds] So we're kinda in the realm of it, 379 00:16:21,236 --> 00:16:24,000 and I think everybody knows we have a pilot shortage 380 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:26,160 issue ongoing in the Air Force. 381 00:16:26,160 --> 00:16:27,770 Is there any particular reason 382 00:16:27,770 --> 00:16:29,923 why you think that is happening? 383 00:16:32,040 --> 00:16:34,200 - I think there's a lot of reasons in it. 384 00:16:34,200 --> 00:16:37,710 Part of it is just how busy we keep all those pilots 385 00:16:37,710 --> 00:16:41,163 and the time that they've spent deployed in 15 years of war. 386 00:16:43,150 --> 00:16:46,400 Part of it is as they get more further along 387 00:16:46,400 --> 00:16:48,830 in their careers, they have a family 388 00:16:48,830 --> 00:16:51,120 and they spend a lot of time thinking about what's 389 00:16:51,120 --> 00:16:52,450 gonna happen with their family. 390 00:16:52,450 --> 00:16:54,240 Will their spouse be able to find work 391 00:16:54,240 --> 00:16:55,430 in the places we send them, 392 00:16:55,430 --> 00:16:58,793 will the opportunities for their kids at school be good? 393 00:17:01,260 --> 00:17:03,470 And then part of it is do we allow 'em to focus 394 00:17:03,470 --> 00:17:06,410 on the mission of flying and combat and the things 395 00:17:06,410 --> 00:17:08,370 they wanna focus on and how much time do they 396 00:17:08,370 --> 00:17:10,980 spend doing other things unrelated to it. 397 00:17:10,980 --> 00:17:13,740 But I think it's a place that I've found 398 00:17:13,740 --> 00:17:15,690 meaning and purpose in my life, 399 00:17:15,690 --> 00:17:18,230 it's a place that I've really enjoyed being around 400 00:17:18,230 --> 00:17:21,503 super people that were flyers or they fixed airplanes 401 00:17:21,503 --> 00:17:24,860 or they were just around in the Air Force, 402 00:17:24,860 --> 00:17:27,183 and I wouldn't trade a minute of it for anything. 403 00:17:29,950 --> 00:17:32,141 - [Reynolds] We got another one, okay. 404 00:17:32,141 --> 00:17:33,280 LT, - Yes? 405 00:17:33,280 --> 00:17:35,390 - what was your decision to go Guard 406 00:17:35,390 --> 00:17:37,740 versus trying to go active duty or... 407 00:17:38,730 --> 00:17:41,743 - So yeah, I actually originally wanted to go active duty, 408 00:17:43,580 --> 00:17:45,680 because of just how the timing worked out, 409 00:17:47,210 --> 00:17:49,973 back in, kind of, post sequestration days, 410 00:17:51,100 --> 00:17:56,100 they had basically less money available for pilot training 411 00:17:56,970 --> 00:17:58,490 and they had given a lot of those spots 412 00:17:58,490 --> 00:18:01,120 to ROTC and Academy graduates. 413 00:18:01,120 --> 00:18:05,840 So basically I could have played the waiting game 414 00:18:05,840 --> 00:18:07,680 and kept trying to go active duty, 415 00:18:07,680 --> 00:18:11,310 but I got introduced to the Air National Guard 416 00:18:11,310 --> 00:18:14,500 and met some folks in my squadron now at Andrews, 417 00:18:14,500 --> 00:18:19,500 and I applied there, interviewed and got hired by them. 418 00:18:19,570 --> 00:18:21,473 So for me, it's a dream job. 419 00:18:23,177 --> 00:18:25,020 I get to live at home and fly, 420 00:18:25,020 --> 00:18:27,730 and the Guard is unique in that you can 421 00:18:30,420 --> 00:18:32,950 still fly but you have the opportunity 422 00:18:32,950 --> 00:18:35,010 to go and work other jobs or fly for the airlines 423 00:18:35,010 --> 00:18:36,090 and things like that. 424 00:18:36,090 --> 00:18:38,140 It's a part of the big picture 425 00:18:38,140 --> 00:18:42,180 that I think ACC and everybody counts on 426 00:18:42,180 --> 00:18:45,180 to have the Guard and the Reserve and the active duty 427 00:18:45,180 --> 00:18:46,520 all working together. - That's great. 428 00:18:46,520 --> 00:18:47,353 You got another question? 429 00:18:47,353 --> 00:18:49,269 - I just flew into the ground while Wade was talking. 430 00:18:49,269 --> 00:18:50,920 (group laughs loudly) 431 00:18:50,920 --> 00:18:53,393 - This eagle is slow. - You can't get anything done? 432 00:18:53,393 --> 00:18:54,720 - I can't get behind you the same way. 433 00:18:54,720 --> 00:18:56,790 - Yeah but you're really carrying all those missiles. 434 00:18:56,790 --> 00:18:57,725 - That's true 435 00:18:57,725 --> 00:18:58,675 - [Reynolds] All 112 of 'em. 436 00:18:58,675 --> 00:18:59,650 - Yeah. 437 00:18:59,650 --> 00:19:02,010 - [Reynolds] What was the weirdest thing that's happened 438 00:19:02,010 --> 00:19:03,665 during flight training, either to yourself 439 00:19:03,665 --> 00:19:05,781 or someone in your class? 440 00:19:05,781 --> 00:19:07,613 - Oh yes, the weirdest thing. 441 00:19:15,496 --> 00:19:16,329 (laughing) 442 00:19:16,329 --> 00:19:17,890 - The weirdest thing, I can think of some funny things. 443 00:19:17,890 --> 00:19:18,760 - Yeah try that. 444 00:19:18,760 --> 00:19:19,810 - [Reynolds] I think those work. 445 00:19:19,810 --> 00:19:24,803 - I had a classmate, so you have, this just comes to mind. 446 00:19:25,860 --> 00:19:27,660 You have these big check rides 447 00:19:27,660 --> 00:19:30,943 in pilot training, it's an airborne test. 448 00:19:32,042 --> 00:19:37,042 Super super stressful and pretty high pressure but you 449 00:19:37,770 --> 00:19:40,090 go and you fly with an instructor and they grade you 450 00:19:40,090 --> 00:19:41,670 and they say hey, you passed or hey, 451 00:19:41,670 --> 00:19:43,920 you need to work on these things and take it again. 452 00:19:43,920 --> 00:19:48,130 And I had a classmate who was brand new in that airplane 453 00:19:48,130 --> 00:19:51,830 and he didn't know how to work the air conditioning system, 454 00:19:51,830 --> 00:19:55,770 and it was the summer in Mississippi. 455 00:19:55,770 --> 00:19:57,640 And he didn't know how to work the system, 456 00:19:57,640 --> 00:19:59,960 and it was on full heat, but he was scared 457 00:19:59,960 --> 00:20:03,050 to tell his instructor that he didn't know how to work it 458 00:20:03,050 --> 00:20:04,450 and his instructor was just like 459 00:20:04,450 --> 00:20:05,790 I'm just gonna see how this plays out, 460 00:20:05,790 --> 00:20:07,830 and sat in the back and just melted back there 461 00:20:07,830 --> 00:20:09,770 and never said a word. 462 00:20:09,770 --> 00:20:11,550 And he passed the check ride, did a great job, 463 00:20:11,550 --> 00:20:14,360 but I think he had some learning points from there. 464 00:20:14,360 --> 00:20:17,710 I think it was 110 degrees in the cockpit the entire ride 465 00:20:17,710 --> 00:20:19,828 because he didn't wanna fess up. 466 00:20:19,828 --> 00:20:21,562 - [Reynolds] Ugh! 467 00:20:21,562 --> 00:20:22,395 (men laughing) 468 00:20:22,395 --> 00:20:23,228 - Yep 469 00:20:23,228 --> 00:20:26,650 - [Reynolds] Sir, you got any strange flying stories 470 00:20:26,650 --> 00:20:28,000 that we're allowed to hear? 471 00:20:29,340 --> 00:20:31,640 - I'm trying to think of any strange stories. 472 00:20:31,640 --> 00:20:32,997 There's funny things that happen all the time 473 00:20:32,997 --> 00:20:35,548 and a lot of them are people 474 00:20:35,548 --> 00:20:38,822 not getting up on the right frequency 475 00:20:38,822 --> 00:20:40,770 or talking on the wrong radio, 476 00:20:40,770 --> 00:20:42,900 and I still, those things happen all the time. 477 00:20:42,900 --> 00:20:47,500 In the T-38 that I fly, you can only use one radio at a time 478 00:20:47,500 --> 00:20:49,920 and you get used to flying an F-15 or F-16 479 00:20:49,920 --> 00:20:53,110 where you can switch between radios just with your fingers. 480 00:20:53,110 --> 00:20:56,170 On the T-38 you have to go up and flick another switch 481 00:20:56,170 --> 00:20:59,600 and so guys are always saying something 482 00:20:59,600 --> 00:21:03,126 on the wrong radio or coming up at the wrong time or-- 483 00:21:03,126 --> 00:21:05,870 - [Woman] Didn't you get hit by lightning? 484 00:21:05,870 --> 00:21:07,733 - I got hit by lightning one time. 485 00:21:09,264 --> 00:21:12,710 (men laughing and talking over each other) 486 00:21:12,710 --> 00:21:13,690 - Mom's off screen throwing 487 00:21:13,690 --> 00:21:15,553 the hard balls. - One time. 488 00:21:15,553 --> 00:21:17,980 No, it was coming through here. 489 00:21:17,980 --> 00:21:22,980 I was flying, we descended to avoid some thunderstorms, 490 00:21:24,310 --> 00:21:26,330 there were some more thunderstorms coming 491 00:21:26,330 --> 00:21:30,360 and I flew into a cloud and lightning hit the nose 492 00:21:30,360 --> 00:21:33,500 of my airplane, it skipped in through the windshield 493 00:21:33,500 --> 00:21:35,380 and it went down the stick and then went back out 494 00:21:35,380 --> 00:21:36,520 through the airplane somewhere. 495 00:21:36,520 --> 00:21:41,520 It kinda knocked my hand off the stick where we were going. 496 00:21:44,190 --> 00:21:47,360 Another time, my wingman got hit by lightning 497 00:21:47,360 --> 00:21:49,760 when I was in pilot training down at Shaw 498 00:21:49,760 --> 00:21:52,297 on a cross country and it knocked 499 00:21:55,030 --> 00:21:58,040 a little piece of one of the antennas off the airplane, 500 00:21:58,040 --> 00:21:59,960 but that doesn't happen very often. 501 00:21:59,960 --> 00:22:02,337 That's not something that - Hasn't happened to me yet. 502 00:22:02,337 --> 00:22:03,430 - happens a lot. 503 00:22:03,430 --> 00:22:08,430 We try not to fly in conditions where that might happen. 504 00:22:09,410 --> 00:22:11,120 - [Reynolds] I used to work, before I cross-trained 505 00:22:11,120 --> 00:22:13,310 into this lovely job, I used to work out at a rescue 506 00:22:13,310 --> 00:22:14,720 squadron as their supply guy 507 00:22:14,720 --> 00:22:16,887 and they would always come out like, 508 00:22:16,887 --> 00:22:19,627 "Fighter pilots, don't take off unless our 509 00:22:19,627 --> 00:22:21,670 "helicopters are ready to go", 510 00:22:21,670 --> 00:22:25,770 so how much do you guys think about the rescue community 511 00:22:25,770 --> 00:22:27,070 when you're up in the air? 512 00:22:27,930 --> 00:22:30,180 - Well we're all pretty sure we're invincible 513 00:22:31,201 --> 00:22:32,034 (Reynolds laughs) 514 00:22:32,034 --> 00:22:33,450 so we don't really think about it a lot 515 00:22:33,450 --> 00:22:35,690 just 'cause we're up in the air. 516 00:22:35,690 --> 00:22:37,670 I mean, you think about it in the abstract. 517 00:22:37,670 --> 00:22:39,260 It's great to know that there are people 518 00:22:39,260 --> 00:22:41,537 that will drop everything if the time comes 519 00:22:41,537 --> 00:22:43,730 and come get you. 520 00:22:43,730 --> 00:22:45,540 But in general, you always figure that will happen 521 00:22:45,540 --> 00:22:49,260 to somebody else and not you. 522 00:22:49,260 --> 00:22:51,850 But our chief, General Goldfein, 523 00:22:51,850 --> 00:22:53,810 if you ever look at Air Force Times, 524 00:22:53,810 --> 00:22:56,020 this month there's a great article about 525 00:22:57,820 --> 00:23:00,960 an event he had where he got shot down in an F-16 526 00:23:00,960 --> 00:23:04,390 over Yugoslavia and the rescue guys came and got him 527 00:23:04,390 --> 00:23:07,150 that night, the same night he got shot down, they were there 528 00:23:07,150 --> 00:23:11,940 within hours and pulled him out, it's a great story so... 529 00:23:13,049 --> 00:23:14,800 - [Reynolds] Yeah, I read that the other night. 530 00:23:14,800 --> 00:23:15,913 That's what I was thinking about when you were talking 531 00:23:15,913 --> 00:23:17,930 about getting struck by lighting. 532 00:23:17,930 --> 00:23:18,763 - Yep. - That's what he said 533 00:23:18,763 --> 00:23:21,343 he thought had happened to-- - Had happened to him, yeah. 534 00:23:23,582 --> 00:23:26,000 - [Reynolds] Have either of you ever done 535 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:27,500 a carrier landing or take off? 536 00:23:28,480 --> 00:23:31,090 - You know our, airplanes in the Air Force aren't stressed 537 00:23:31,090 --> 00:23:34,830 for the carrier landings, the NAVY airplanes are. 538 00:23:34,830 --> 00:23:38,315 They have stronger landing gear and they have stronger 539 00:23:38,315 --> 00:23:42,483 structure in the airplane so they're made for that 540 00:23:42,483 --> 00:23:44,490 and the Air Force airplanes aren't. 541 00:23:44,490 --> 00:23:45,323 Good job, Wade. 542 00:23:46,870 --> 00:23:48,490 I have been out to a carrier on 543 00:23:48,490 --> 00:23:50,600 the carrier onboard delivery airplane, 544 00:23:50,600 --> 00:23:53,100 so I got to do one trap and one launch 545 00:23:53,100 --> 00:23:55,064 just sitting in the back of one, 546 00:23:55,064 --> 00:23:58,290 but we don't do that in the Air Force. 547 00:23:58,290 --> 00:24:02,370 - [Reynolds] All right, so somebody, TyHasV1 wants 548 00:24:02,370 --> 00:24:03,970 to inform you both that you don't have 549 00:24:03,970 --> 00:24:06,084 to use the afterburner the entire time. 550 00:24:06,084 --> 00:24:07,720 (group laughs loudly) - Yeah. 551 00:24:07,720 --> 00:24:09,950 Well, yeah, but it's there Ty. 552 00:24:09,950 --> 00:24:10,783 - I don't get to do that in real life so, 553 00:24:10,783 --> 00:24:12,250 - So why not? 554 00:24:12,250 --> 00:24:13,720 - I have to worry about fuel in real life. 555 00:24:13,720 --> 00:24:16,580 - Yeah, Ty, you're right that I'm flying around too fast, 556 00:24:16,580 --> 00:24:18,210 which is why I can't turn and that's 557 00:24:18,210 --> 00:24:19,079 why Wade keeps carving - Yeah-- 558 00:24:19,079 --> 00:24:20,950 - around in behind me and shooting me 559 00:24:20,950 --> 00:24:23,060 'cause I'm going 2,000 miles an hour. 560 00:24:23,060 --> 00:24:25,610 So Ty is actually very correct 561 00:24:25,610 --> 00:24:28,080 on how you should be thinking about fighting. 562 00:24:28,080 --> 00:24:29,060 - Absolutely. 563 00:24:29,060 --> 00:24:32,020 - But then again you don't really get to go 2,000 miles 564 00:24:32,020 --> 00:24:34,380 an hour in an airplane much and you can to do it here so-- 565 00:24:34,380 --> 00:24:35,280 - That's good, Dad, slow down, just like that. 566 00:24:35,280 --> 00:24:36,911 - So why not, yep. - Non-stop. 567 00:24:36,911 --> 00:24:39,730 - [Reynolds] Yeah, with your 112 missiles 568 00:24:39,730 --> 00:24:41,180 that you carry around, right? 569 00:24:43,810 --> 00:24:46,107 - We're still screening for a good one. 570 00:24:46,107 --> 00:24:48,563 - And I'm still going 1,200 miles an hour. 571 00:24:50,530 --> 00:24:51,420 - Yeah I'm not sure what the units 572 00:24:51,420 --> 00:24:52,510 of speed are in this game. 573 00:24:52,510 --> 00:24:54,860 - [Reynolds] Yeah, I have absolutely no idea. 574 00:24:54,860 --> 00:24:55,693 What's the average - Come on. 575 00:24:55,693 --> 00:24:58,663 - [Reynolds] speed you do get to go up there? 576 00:24:58,663 --> 00:25:01,635 - About 600, 650 is about the fastest 577 00:25:01,635 --> 00:25:04,010 you'd go indicated air speed. 578 00:25:04,010 --> 00:25:06,260 If you're in a turn and fight, you stay right around, 579 00:25:06,260 --> 00:25:10,240 probably, between a 300 and 500 miles an hour 580 00:25:10,240 --> 00:25:12,770 most of that time because if you go faster than that, 581 00:25:12,770 --> 00:25:15,880 you're going too fast to make a turn just like in a car, 582 00:25:15,880 --> 00:25:18,760 if you're going really fast, you can't make a sharp turn. 583 00:25:18,760 --> 00:25:21,160 In an airplane you have to think about that too. 584 00:25:31,382 --> 00:25:32,790 - [Reynolds] There's a question, how many more 585 00:25:32,790 --> 00:25:35,410 hours you have in the game than your dad? 586 00:25:35,410 --> 00:25:36,243 - In this game? 587 00:25:36,243 --> 00:25:37,142 - [Reynolds] Yeah. 588 00:25:37,142 --> 00:25:37,975 - I've played it about as much as he has, 589 00:25:37,975 --> 00:25:42,210 just I played about 20 minutes just to get familiar with it. 590 00:25:42,210 --> 00:25:44,750 - Video games in general though, you have to remember 591 00:25:44,750 --> 00:25:49,750 I played Pong and TailGunner. - Yeah, yeah. 592 00:25:51,115 --> 00:25:52,880 - And I'm a few generations behind. 593 00:25:52,880 --> 00:25:54,300 - Full disclosure there, I played a lot 594 00:25:54,300 --> 00:25:56,073 of video games growing up. 595 00:25:56,073 --> 00:25:58,000 - [Reynolds] What games do you normally play? 596 00:25:58,000 --> 00:25:59,610 - I don't play too many anymore, 597 00:25:59,610 --> 00:26:03,780 but as a kid I played Call of Duty, 598 00:26:03,780 --> 00:26:06,183 Halo, a bunch of those shooters. 599 00:26:07,880 --> 00:26:09,000 Those were always a lot of fun. 600 00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:09,870 Yeah. - Yeah. 601 00:26:09,870 --> 00:26:11,933 - I kinda played all the popular games growing up. 602 00:26:11,933 --> 00:26:14,320 (man mumbles) 603 00:26:14,320 --> 00:26:15,890 - [Reynolds] We just have someone whose showing 604 00:26:15,890 --> 00:26:17,190 some concern for General Holmes, 605 00:26:17,190 --> 00:26:18,936 they say, "LT, take it easy on the old man". 606 00:26:18,936 --> 00:26:20,550 (Holmes laughs) 607 00:26:20,550 --> 00:26:21,539 - I appreciate that. 608 00:26:21,539 --> 00:26:22,880 (group laughs loudly) 609 00:26:22,880 --> 00:26:25,170 I'm gonna feign an injury here in a minute. 610 00:26:25,170 --> 00:26:26,880 - Air combat command does not teach me 611 00:26:26,880 --> 00:26:29,861 to take pity on my adversary. 612 00:26:29,861 --> 00:26:31,000 (laughing) 613 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:32,907 - [Reynolds] Your boss might be mad at you. 614 00:26:37,290 --> 00:26:39,320 - [Man] Are there any coalition or joint aircraft 615 00:26:39,320 --> 00:26:40,920 either of you would like to fly? 616 00:26:43,667 --> 00:26:46,750 - I really do think our airplanes are awesome 617 00:26:46,750 --> 00:26:48,910 and we probably have the best, if you wanna go look at 'em 618 00:26:48,910 --> 00:26:50,763 The Typhoon, I'm sure would be a whole lotta fun 619 00:26:50,763 --> 00:26:52,570 in a visual fight. 620 00:26:52,570 --> 00:26:55,870 I always wanted to fly a Hornet that the NAVY flies 621 00:26:55,870 --> 00:26:57,420 'cause that would be a lot of fun I think 622 00:26:57,420 --> 00:26:59,590 in a visual fight, in a BFM fight. 623 00:26:59,590 --> 00:27:02,440 We both had chance to fight them some. 624 00:27:02,440 --> 00:27:04,730 But that Typhoon is a really good maneuvering 625 00:27:04,730 --> 00:27:05,610 airplane I think 626 00:27:06,690 --> 00:27:08,600 - [Reynolds] I'm dumb, what's the Typhoon? 627 00:27:08,600 --> 00:27:12,830 - That's a Euro, Germany and the U.K. fly 'em. 628 00:27:12,830 --> 00:27:13,813 - [Reynolds] I know a lot of-- 629 00:27:13,813 --> 00:27:14,646 - There were some here at Langley last year. 630 00:27:14,646 --> 00:27:15,978 - They're pretty cool. 631 00:27:15,978 --> 00:27:16,811 - [Reynolds] A lot of guys watching me 632 00:27:16,811 --> 00:27:18,154 know all these aircraft, but I don't know 633 00:27:18,154 --> 00:27:19,010 all these aircraft. 634 00:27:19,010 --> 00:27:20,360 They called us out on a video, 635 00:27:20,360 --> 00:27:22,001 which I actually need to address. 636 00:27:22,001 --> 00:27:24,360 (laughing) 637 00:27:24,360 --> 00:27:25,193 Let me get in here. 638 00:27:25,193 --> 00:27:26,510 - Yep, I think I got kicked out of the lobby. 639 00:27:26,510 --> 00:27:28,510 - Uh oh. - All right, so I'll fix that. 640 00:27:29,460 --> 00:27:31,890 I will apologize for the video, 641 00:27:31,890 --> 00:27:33,340 and I'll apologize to you too sir, 642 00:27:33,340 --> 00:27:36,330 we have a different aircraft flying behind you 643 00:27:36,330 --> 00:27:38,550 on the promo video we made. 644 00:27:38,550 --> 00:27:41,980 To our untrained eye it looked like an F-15 with a fancy 645 00:27:41,980 --> 00:27:44,690 paint job but we were corrected 646 00:27:44,690 --> 00:27:46,926 over and over (laughing) 647 00:27:46,926 --> 00:27:50,640 and over again so we're sorry. 648 00:27:50,640 --> 00:27:52,430 Thank you for educating us. 649 00:27:52,430 --> 00:27:53,650 - What was it, a Sukhoi? 650 00:27:53,650 --> 00:27:54,787 - Yes. - Yeah, it was, yep. 651 00:27:54,787 --> 00:27:55,840 (men laughing) 652 00:27:55,840 --> 00:27:57,358 - So Air Force pilots - I noticed that as well. 653 00:27:57,358 --> 00:27:59,709 - complain about that all the time 654 00:27:59,709 --> 00:28:01,340 that services guys or PA guys, 655 00:28:01,340 --> 00:28:05,101 whatever pilot put pictures up of Russian airplanes 656 00:28:05,101 --> 00:28:08,560 when they're trying to publicize U.S. airplanes. 657 00:28:08,560 --> 00:28:11,163 - I just thought Ace Combat put a weird paint job on it, 658 00:28:11,163 --> 00:28:12,720 I was like okay cool, - Yep, yep. 659 00:28:12,720 --> 00:28:15,823 - that'll work, yeah, so I'm sorry. 660 00:28:16,750 --> 00:28:19,200 I didn't know you guys would get so mad about it, 661 00:28:20,120 --> 00:28:21,303 but it's understandable. 662 00:28:21,303 --> 00:28:23,830 All right, so we'll create this new room here 663 00:28:24,950 --> 00:28:28,250 and special shout out to Sergeant Peebler 664 00:28:28,250 --> 00:28:30,650 who works here for letting us borrow her Xbox 665 00:28:30,650 --> 00:28:34,400 and her account so we can both play at the same time. 666 00:28:34,400 --> 00:28:39,400 So we're gonna invite her account back in, send the invite, 667 00:28:41,570 --> 00:28:43,760 and then if you can just hold down the X. 668 00:28:43,760 --> 00:28:45,860 Sorry this actual main button right there. 669 00:28:46,730 --> 00:28:49,730 And then it will take you and we're gonna redo this. 670 00:28:49,730 --> 00:28:50,720 - Awesome. 671 00:28:50,720 --> 00:28:53,270 - And a sortie whenever it gets on there. 672 00:28:53,270 --> 00:28:54,103 - Thanks. 673 00:28:54,103 --> 00:28:54,936 - Yeah. 674 00:28:54,936 --> 00:28:58,773 So I'm sorry again and back to these very smart gentlemen. 675 00:29:01,380 --> 00:29:03,130 - What other questions do you have? 676 00:29:04,321 --> 00:29:05,460 - Has anybody asked any? 677 00:29:05,460 --> 00:29:07,780 - [Reynolds] I see all these people talking but 678 00:29:07,780 --> 00:29:09,580 how come none of them are asking questions? 679 00:29:09,580 --> 00:29:11,960 - [Man] No they are, here are some, I'm just trying 680 00:29:11,960 --> 00:29:12,793 to get caught up on time. - Oh okay. 681 00:29:12,793 --> 00:29:14,071 - I'm going back to the Viper, okay? 682 00:29:14,071 --> 00:29:14,904 All right? - Have either of you ever 683 00:29:14,904 --> 00:29:15,790 wanted to fly an A-10 Thunderbolt II 684 00:29:15,790 --> 00:29:17,580 or the original Thunderbolt? 685 00:29:17,580 --> 00:29:20,200 - I've been the wing commander of the A-10 a couple of times 686 00:29:20,200 --> 00:29:23,480 and I wanted to be dual qualified one of those times 687 00:29:23,480 --> 00:29:26,630 and they didn't really give me that option. 688 00:29:26,630 --> 00:29:27,990 So yeah, it's a great airplane, 689 00:29:27,990 --> 00:29:30,493 my friends that fly it like it a lot. 690 00:29:32,430 --> 00:29:34,745 Sure it'd be great to go fly one. 691 00:29:34,745 --> 00:29:36,140 - I have some really good friends from pilot training 692 00:29:36,140 --> 00:29:39,030 who fly the A-10 and they are very, very happy. 693 00:29:39,030 --> 00:29:40,790 It seems like a lot of fun. 694 00:29:40,790 --> 00:29:41,623 - [Man] Here's a good one. 695 00:29:41,623 --> 00:29:42,823 If you were to make the move the moves 696 00:29:42,823 --> 00:29:44,940 you're making in this game in real life, 697 00:29:44,940 --> 00:29:46,740 how would you cope with the G-force? 698 00:29:48,440 --> 00:29:51,280 - A solid minute or five minutes of afterburner turn-- 699 00:29:51,280 --> 00:29:54,697 - Yeah, well, one of Wade's buddies texted him and said 700 00:29:54,697 --> 00:29:57,527 "Remember to do your Gs-training maneuvers 701 00:29:57,527 --> 00:29:58,480 "while you're doing this". (laughing) 702 00:29:58,480 --> 00:30:02,630 So you do learn to do things to live with the high-Gs 703 00:30:02,630 --> 00:30:05,310 besides having a G-suit on that squeezes blood 704 00:30:05,310 --> 00:30:08,380 up from your legs up into your upper body and your head, 705 00:30:08,380 --> 00:30:11,580 you also learn to do straining things with your legs 706 00:30:11,580 --> 00:30:16,360 and with your torso to try to keep the blood up there. 707 00:30:16,360 --> 00:30:21,070 So we'd be working hard if we were really gonna do it. 708 00:30:21,070 --> 00:30:22,313 - Yep it's-- - What we're doing in 709 00:30:22,313 --> 00:30:24,470 this airplane instead of sitting here... 710 00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:26,833 - Relaxed 711 00:30:26,833 --> 00:30:28,530 - [Man] How does that G-suit feel when it's doing that? 712 00:30:28,530 --> 00:30:30,898 It just sounds so intrusive. 713 00:30:30,898 --> 00:30:33,970 - You know, you don't really think about it that much 714 00:30:33,970 --> 00:30:37,180 because you're busy doing other things, 715 00:30:37,180 --> 00:30:38,470 but it squeezes pretty good. 716 00:30:38,470 --> 00:30:41,460 When you check it before you go fly 717 00:30:41,460 --> 00:30:42,777 on the ground to make sure it works, 718 00:30:42,777 --> 00:30:45,320 and you check it in your G warmup turn that you do 719 00:30:45,320 --> 00:30:47,650 every time you go fly to make sure 720 00:30:47,650 --> 00:30:50,130 that your body's good and that the airplane is good. 721 00:30:50,130 --> 00:30:51,070 And you're aware of it, 722 00:30:51,070 --> 00:30:52,950 it squeezes pretty good but it's not like 723 00:30:52,950 --> 00:30:54,403 it hurts or anything. 724 00:30:57,865 --> 00:30:58,829 - [Reynolds] Okay so LT, we got a question 725 00:30:58,829 --> 00:31:01,340 specifically for you. - Okay. 726 00:31:01,340 --> 00:31:02,970 - [Reynolds] How would you describe some of the benefits 727 00:31:02,970 --> 00:31:06,103 of joining the military for other people in your age group? 728 00:31:09,410 --> 00:31:13,210 - Yeah, so it's been great for me. 729 00:31:13,210 --> 00:31:15,220 I mean, obviously, I grew up in a military family 730 00:31:15,220 --> 00:31:19,593 so kinda going back to that Air Force family 731 00:31:19,593 --> 00:31:21,220 has been really great. 732 00:31:21,220 --> 00:31:25,960 But just for everybody, it's a great place to be part 733 00:31:25,960 --> 00:31:30,960 of a team, get a good paycheck taken care of, 734 00:31:31,050 --> 00:31:34,433 get to go and serve your country and have a lot of fun. 735 00:31:35,774 --> 00:31:40,320 You get to go overseas, travel, make tons of friends. 736 00:31:41,620 --> 00:31:44,329 It's been an awesome opportunity for me and, 737 00:31:44,329 --> 00:31:49,329 I think in the Air Force, at least in the pilot community, 738 00:31:49,365 --> 00:31:51,720 I've made some really, really good friends that will 739 00:31:51,720 --> 00:31:53,777 stay with me for a long time. 740 00:31:53,777 --> 00:31:55,427 But it's a great life experience. 741 00:31:56,277 --> 00:31:57,777 - [Reynolds] Okay. 742 00:31:59,354 --> 00:32:00,354 (laughs) We got one. 743 00:32:01,298 --> 00:32:02,798 What's your opinion on UFOs? 744 00:32:02,798 --> 00:32:04,721 (laughing) 745 00:32:04,721 --> 00:32:06,970 - You know there's been a lot of that out there lately, 746 00:32:06,970 --> 00:32:09,697 several people are talking about it a lot online. 747 00:32:12,762 --> 00:32:16,564 I've flown, like I said, a whole lotta hours and I've never 748 00:32:16,564 --> 00:32:21,564 seen anything that I couldn't make sense out of. 749 00:32:21,908 --> 00:32:25,730 So so far I'd say I haven't seen anything that 750 00:32:25,730 --> 00:32:30,560 would lead me to wonder about what's out there. 751 00:32:30,560 --> 00:32:32,273 - [Man] So when you're flying, 752 00:32:33,290 --> 00:32:35,196 what are your favorite snacks? 753 00:32:35,196 --> 00:32:38,140 (Holmes laughs) 754 00:32:38,140 --> 00:32:40,440 Here's the real one, what's your favorite MRE? 755 00:32:41,812 --> 00:32:43,130 Everyone's got a favorite. - I'm not sure I 756 00:32:43,130 --> 00:32:45,070 have a favorite MRE. (men laughing) 757 00:32:45,070 --> 00:32:46,850 - [Reynolds] Everyone has a least favorite though. 758 00:32:46,850 --> 00:32:49,227 - I like the chicken fajitas one. 759 00:32:50,280 --> 00:32:54,053 That one's good and when I'm flying, Snickers bars. 760 00:32:55,240 --> 00:32:57,760 - Snickers bar is hard to argue with, 761 00:32:57,760 --> 00:33:02,360 I think Wade has to eat something before he goes to fly, 762 00:33:02,360 --> 00:33:03,193 whenever he goes to fly. - Yeah. 763 00:33:03,193 --> 00:33:05,410 - He's got a metabolism like his mom. 764 00:33:05,410 --> 00:33:06,243 - I get hungry. 765 00:33:06,243 --> 00:33:07,220 - Where he gets hungry. 766 00:33:07,220 --> 00:33:09,213 - Yeah, I don't fly well when I'm hungry. 767 00:33:11,560 --> 00:33:12,920 - [Reynolds] So when you land, 768 00:33:12,920 --> 00:33:16,080 what beverage of choice do you have waiting for you? 769 00:33:18,860 --> 00:33:20,844 - Like a Coke Zero usually. 770 00:33:20,844 --> 00:33:23,605 It depends on if it's Friday or not. 771 00:33:23,605 --> 00:33:24,610 (laughing) 772 00:33:24,610 --> 00:33:25,731 - I'm a water guy. 773 00:33:25,731 --> 00:33:26,564 - Yeah. 774 00:33:27,890 --> 00:33:31,810 - [Reynolds] So is there any real combat 775 00:33:31,810 --> 00:33:34,823 tactics that you can use in this game? 776 00:33:36,120 --> 00:33:38,433 Or you gotta just, gotta fly around and... 777 00:33:40,270 --> 00:33:41,850 - Well it's hard 'cause you're only seeing 778 00:33:41,850 --> 00:33:43,050 this little piece of sky. 779 00:33:43,050 --> 00:33:45,000 I think if I knew what to do to be able 780 00:33:45,000 --> 00:33:48,570 to move the views around a little bit better-- 781 00:33:48,570 --> 00:33:50,240 - Yeah, I'm trying to do it here 782 00:33:50,240 --> 00:33:52,010 so-- - So you look behind ya to see 783 00:33:52,010 --> 00:33:53,780 where the guy is or look to the side 784 00:33:53,780 --> 00:33:55,940 and think about maneuvering in relation to somebody. 785 00:33:55,940 --> 00:33:57,872 Right now I'm just staring at the little 786 00:33:57,872 --> 00:33:58,723 display on the screen. - Yep. 787 00:34:01,720 --> 00:34:02,553 I'd agree with that. 788 00:34:02,553 --> 00:34:07,140 In a real dogfight you're looking around 789 00:34:07,140 --> 00:34:11,810 the entire time and you can actually keep track of, 790 00:34:11,810 --> 00:34:13,290 oh God, I crashed. 791 00:34:13,290 --> 00:34:14,310 Exactly. 792 00:34:14,310 --> 00:34:15,361 - Yay! 793 00:34:15,361 --> 00:34:16,595 (group laughs) 794 00:34:16,595 --> 00:34:17,428 - You got me, Dad. 795 00:34:17,428 --> 00:34:18,261 - I chased him into the ground 796 00:34:18,261 --> 00:34:19,990 and now I'm flying into the ground right behind him. 797 00:34:19,990 --> 00:34:21,477 - I tried changing the camera. - I celebrated too much. 798 00:34:21,477 --> 00:34:24,493 - It didn't work, yep, case in point. 799 00:34:25,530 --> 00:34:27,300 - [Reynolds] Is there any special tactics 800 00:34:27,300 --> 00:34:28,763 or any challenges that you have when you 801 00:34:28,763 --> 00:34:31,693 have to fly at night versus during the day? 802 00:34:35,210 --> 00:34:36,460 - Wade, you can go first. 803 00:34:37,360 --> 00:34:41,850 - Yeah, so flying at night is some ways the same 804 00:34:41,850 --> 00:34:43,530 but in some ways it's a lot different. 805 00:34:43,530 --> 00:34:48,140 So it's a lot like flying through a cloud in some ways, 806 00:34:48,140 --> 00:34:51,300 so you focus on your flight instruments 807 00:34:51,300 --> 00:34:55,770 and you're always making sure you know which way is up 808 00:34:55,770 --> 00:34:57,620 and where the ground is so you're staying safe. 809 00:34:57,620 --> 00:34:59,583 So the safety piece is a big part of it. 810 00:35:00,609 --> 00:35:02,440 In the Air Force, we have night vision 811 00:35:02,440 --> 00:35:07,440 goggles that we can fly with and those are pretty amazing. 812 00:35:08,650 --> 00:35:12,180 I only learned to fly with those in F-16 school 813 00:35:12,180 --> 00:35:15,026 and they make a huge difference in seeing ground targets, 814 00:35:15,026 --> 00:35:18,350 seeing other aircraft and being able to stay tactical 815 00:35:18,350 --> 00:35:20,560 and not just worry about where you are 816 00:35:20,560 --> 00:35:23,003 and where the ground is the entire time. 817 00:35:24,100 --> 00:35:25,008 - I agree with all that. 818 00:35:25,008 --> 00:35:27,580 Think of it as more like instrument flying, 819 00:35:27,580 --> 00:35:31,301 you wanna think about where the ground is every second 820 00:35:31,301 --> 00:35:34,010 so you don't get disoriented, 821 00:35:34,010 --> 00:35:36,570 and you spend a lot more time looking inside the airplane 822 00:35:36,570 --> 00:35:38,890 because you don't have horizon cues outside, 823 00:35:38,890 --> 00:35:41,040 depending on how much light there is. 824 00:35:41,040 --> 00:35:42,920 And then you can kinda get a false sense 825 00:35:42,920 --> 00:35:45,090 of security with night vision goggles 826 00:35:45,090 --> 00:35:47,970 and think you know more about what's going on around 827 00:35:47,970 --> 00:35:50,870 you then you do and so you have to be careful of that too. 828 00:35:59,973 --> 00:36:02,590 - [Reynolds] I don't know if we got an answer for this. 829 00:36:02,590 --> 00:36:06,090 It's pretty easy to avoid the missiles in the game, 830 00:36:06,090 --> 00:36:09,030 is it that easy in real life? 831 00:36:09,030 --> 00:36:11,931 - Well fortunately I've never had a real one shot at me. 832 00:36:11,931 --> 00:36:13,040 (group laughs) 833 00:36:13,040 --> 00:36:13,873 - Same 834 00:36:13,873 --> 00:36:15,840 - I've done it in the sim where we program the sim 835 00:36:15,840 --> 00:36:18,530 with missile fly outs or you can see the smoke trail 836 00:36:18,530 --> 00:36:21,723 and you can do what you're taught to try to avoid them. 837 00:36:23,120 --> 00:36:26,590 But yeah, I'm sure it's a lot tougher problem in 838 00:36:26,590 --> 00:36:28,460 a real airplane with missiles being shot 839 00:36:28,460 --> 00:36:29,970 at you than it is in here. 840 00:36:29,970 --> 00:36:31,949 - Yeah, it's something that we trained to do 841 00:36:31,949 --> 00:36:33,940 but hopefully never have to see. 842 00:36:33,940 --> 00:36:34,773 - Yeah. - Yeah, yeah. 843 00:36:34,773 --> 00:36:35,610 At a least a missile coming at you, yeah. 844 00:36:35,610 --> 00:36:38,640 - [Reynolds] I didn't know your full 4,000 hour history 845 00:36:38,640 --> 00:36:40,440 but I was hoping that you were gonna say 846 00:36:40,440 --> 00:36:42,720 you've never been shot at. (laughs) 847 00:36:42,720 --> 00:36:47,463 - I've been shot at with guns but not with missiles. 848 00:36:54,020 --> 00:36:56,670 - [Reynolds] So we've seen a lot of coverage 849 00:36:56,670 --> 00:36:58,060 of drones recently. 850 00:36:58,060 --> 00:37:02,290 What's your opinion on their use in air to air combat? 851 00:37:02,290 --> 00:37:03,690 Basically the movie Stealth. 852 00:37:06,460 --> 00:37:09,043 (woman laughs) 853 00:37:09,978 --> 00:37:10,960 - Yoink. 854 00:37:10,960 --> 00:37:13,840 - Air Force research lab has some projects going on 855 00:37:13,840 --> 00:37:17,060 for autonomous air combat where the computer 856 00:37:17,060 --> 00:37:19,160 flies the airplane and the way they do it is with 857 00:37:19,160 --> 00:37:23,070 artificial intelligence, they learn from a real pilot. 858 00:37:23,070 --> 00:37:24,310 You kinda watch and learn. 859 00:37:24,310 --> 00:37:26,870 The computer tries something and sees what works. 860 00:37:26,870 --> 00:37:29,940 I mean there's some things the computer can do 861 00:37:29,940 --> 00:37:33,853 and probably do better than a person can do. 862 00:37:36,042 --> 00:37:39,160 Part of it will be do we have confidence in that? 863 00:37:39,160 --> 00:37:40,830 Do we have confidence in the computer 864 00:37:40,830 --> 00:37:42,830 and the machine to make a good decision? 865 00:37:45,520 --> 00:37:47,620 - [Reynolds] We got another game tip. 866 00:37:47,620 --> 00:37:49,402 Who was the Saints.. 867 00:37:49,402 --> 00:37:50,880 (men talking over each other off camera) 868 00:37:50,880 --> 00:37:52,100 A lot of people have said it. 869 00:37:52,100 --> 00:37:55,020 If you hold Y, what does it do? 870 00:37:55,020 --> 00:37:56,670 - It tracks.. - Oh! 871 00:37:56,670 --> 00:37:58,150 - [Reynolds] Visually track, oh that's the missile 872 00:37:58,150 --> 00:37:59,030 thing, right? - That's pretty cool. 873 00:37:59,030 --> 00:37:59,863 - [Reynolds] All of the missiles. 874 00:37:59,863 --> 00:38:03,283 - Does that keep the camera on, that's cool. 875 00:38:10,290 --> 00:38:12,460 Yeah so this is exactly what I was talking about 876 00:38:12,460 --> 00:38:16,460 in a real airplane you would keep your focus, 877 00:38:16,460 --> 00:38:19,540 you would fight completely in relation to the bad guy. 878 00:38:19,540 --> 00:38:24,540 So you would have your, basically, all your decision-making 879 00:38:25,201 --> 00:38:27,710 done from where they are just like this, 880 00:38:27,710 --> 00:38:28,640 even though I keep getting turned around 881 00:38:28,640 --> 00:38:29,840 when I try in this game. 882 00:38:31,270 --> 00:38:34,123 - [Reynolds] So when you get assigned your aircraft, 883 00:38:35,440 --> 00:38:36,970 how does that whole system work? 884 00:38:36,970 --> 00:38:40,570 How much say do you have in what your preferences are? 885 00:38:40,570 --> 00:38:42,930 Is it kinda like assignments and if you get 886 00:38:42,930 --> 00:38:45,230 an aircraft that you might not want 887 00:38:45,230 --> 00:38:46,653 do you ever get to change? 888 00:38:49,160 --> 00:38:53,490 - Well if you go, Wade went to pilot training knowing 889 00:38:53,490 --> 00:38:55,550 what he was gonna fly 'cause he had already joined 890 00:38:55,550 --> 00:38:58,500 a Guard unit and he'd already been hired by that Guard unit 891 00:38:59,960 --> 00:39:01,080 knowing what he was gonna do. 892 00:39:01,080 --> 00:39:03,970 So he knew as long as he passed all the qualifications along 893 00:39:03,970 --> 00:39:06,640 the way he was gonna go fly the F-16. 894 00:39:06,640 --> 00:39:10,560 For guys in the active duty world, then it's a combination 895 00:39:10,560 --> 00:39:15,070 of how well you do in pilot training, what your choices are 896 00:39:15,070 --> 00:39:17,200 and what the needs of the Air Force are. 897 00:39:17,200 --> 00:39:18,860 So it all works together. 898 00:39:18,860 --> 00:39:23,770 And you can't guarantee you'll get what you want. 899 00:39:23,770 --> 00:39:26,870 As far as opportunities to do other things, 900 00:39:26,870 --> 00:39:29,850 there are some opportunities but it costs money 901 00:39:29,850 --> 00:39:33,430 to change and train a pilot in a different airplane too. 902 00:39:33,430 --> 00:39:38,430 And so guys will change kinda within one career field. 903 00:39:40,480 --> 00:39:43,636 If you're a C-17 pilot you might go fly KC-10s, 904 00:39:43,636 --> 00:39:46,586 or something like that. 905 00:39:46,586 --> 00:39:49,660 You have the opportunity now to move into the F-35, 906 00:39:49,660 --> 00:39:50,960 a lot of guys are getting to do that. 907 00:39:50,960 --> 00:39:53,530 So if you're flying an F-16 or a strike eagle 908 00:39:53,530 --> 00:39:58,530 or an A-10 you have the chance to go fly the F-35. 909 00:40:02,360 --> 00:40:04,310 - [Reynolds] You ever have any experience 910 00:40:04,310 --> 00:40:05,910 working with combat controllers? 911 00:40:07,383 --> 00:40:08,283 - I have. 912 00:40:08,283 --> 00:40:11,240 In the year that I flew in Afghanistan, 913 00:40:11,240 --> 00:40:14,670 all the bombs that I dropped were under the coordination 914 00:40:14,670 --> 00:40:18,200 between a ground commander and a JTAC 915 00:40:18,200 --> 00:40:20,730 who was either combat controller with the special ops 916 00:40:20,730 --> 00:40:25,730 unit or a TACP out there with a conventional Army unit. 917 00:40:26,110 --> 00:40:28,970 And then I was on the range this week at Townsend Range 918 00:40:28,970 --> 00:40:33,260 in Georgia with some TACPs from the 15th ASOS, 919 00:40:33,260 --> 00:40:35,498 and got to watch them control a couple of A-10s 920 00:40:35,498 --> 00:40:38,940 which was cool, it was a lot of fun. 921 00:40:38,940 --> 00:40:40,290 - And I'll pile onto that. 922 00:40:40,290 --> 00:40:42,940 One of the F-16s missions is close air support as well. 923 00:40:42,940 --> 00:40:45,619 So in training we'll work with ground controllers to, 924 00:40:45,619 --> 00:40:48,400 obviously, not in real combat, 925 00:40:48,400 --> 00:40:53,233 but to put bombs on targets in urban environments 926 00:40:53,233 --> 00:40:57,220 or other precision attacks working with someone on 927 00:40:57,220 --> 00:40:58,900 the ground is calling in your strike. 928 00:40:58,900 --> 00:41:01,440 It's really fun, they do a great job. 929 00:41:01,440 --> 00:41:03,257 - [Reynolds] We got the question, 930 00:41:03,257 --> 00:41:05,780 "Have either of you ever thrown up in the air?" 931 00:41:05,780 --> 00:41:07,420 - Yep. - I have. 932 00:41:07,420 --> 00:41:08,290 - I have. (laughs) 933 00:41:08,290 --> 00:41:11,610 - Yeah, I was sick in pilot training when I was learning. 934 00:41:11,610 --> 00:41:16,040 I was sick all through the T-37 part of training. 935 00:41:16,040 --> 00:41:19,580 And if I go a couple months without flying now, 936 00:41:19,580 --> 00:41:22,180 I'm sick the first couple of times I go back to fly. 937 00:41:24,098 --> 00:41:27,068 - Yeah, on my first flight in the T-6 in pilot training 938 00:41:27,068 --> 00:41:31,060 I got sick, and then on the second one 939 00:41:32,290 --> 00:41:35,740 I also got sick and tried to pretend that I wasn't sick, 940 00:41:35,740 --> 00:41:37,830 and my instructor knew right away. 941 00:41:37,830 --> 00:41:39,313 So it did not work. 942 00:41:40,161 --> 00:41:42,496 - [Reynolds] LT, Do you like Chipotle? 943 00:41:42,496 --> 00:41:44,450 (laughing) 944 00:41:44,450 --> 00:41:45,736 - I love Chipotle, great question. 945 00:41:45,736 --> 00:41:49,407 - [Reynolds] Okay, "Would you rather never fly again 946 00:41:49,407 --> 00:41:51,247 "or never eat Chipotle again?" 947 00:41:53,148 --> 00:41:55,890 - (laughs) I would rather never eat Chipotle again. 948 00:41:55,890 --> 00:41:57,430 - [Reynolds] I feel like somebody that knows you 949 00:41:57,430 --> 00:41:58,412 is on here. (groups laughs) 950 00:41:58,412 --> 00:42:01,610 - That definitely sounds like someone who knows me, yep. 951 00:42:01,610 --> 00:42:02,443 - [Man] Quinn420. 952 00:42:02,443 --> 00:42:07,418 - (laughs) Hey Quinn. - Yep, yep, yep, there we go. 953 00:42:10,009 --> 00:42:12,390 - [Reynolds] You know, if you eat Chipotle before you fly, 954 00:42:12,390 --> 00:42:14,980 is that gonna increase your chances of throwing up? 955 00:42:14,980 --> 00:42:16,840 - No, I fly better after I eat Chipotle. 956 00:42:16,840 --> 00:42:18,190 (laughing) 957 00:42:18,190 --> 00:42:19,630 - Once you get used to flying, 958 00:42:19,630 --> 00:42:21,360 it doesn't matter what you eat. 959 00:42:21,360 --> 00:42:22,897 When you're worried about it, you know, 960 00:42:22,897 --> 00:42:25,190 you can think about whether you ate something spicy 961 00:42:25,190 --> 00:42:27,340 or all that, but once you get used to flying, 962 00:42:27,340 --> 00:42:30,083 it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter what you eat. 963 00:42:31,370 --> 00:42:32,203 - Oh no. 964 00:42:34,700 --> 00:42:37,374 - [Reynolds] So for both of you, 965 00:42:37,374 --> 00:42:41,551 what part of the overall pilot culture would you change 966 00:42:41,551 --> 00:42:43,143 if you could change anything? 967 00:42:48,352 --> 00:42:51,460 - Yeah, I'll start with the things I really like about 968 00:42:51,460 --> 00:42:54,340 the Air Force culture that I grew up in. 969 00:42:54,340 --> 00:42:58,700 And it's, guys are really competitive, 970 00:42:58,700 --> 00:43:02,970 guys are really determined to be good teammates 971 00:43:02,970 --> 00:43:07,970 to each other, and they're really motivated to 972 00:43:08,230 --> 00:43:10,990 try to be their best all the time. 973 00:43:10,990 --> 00:43:14,023 If there's things that go against that, 974 00:43:17,310 --> 00:43:19,600 let's see, what would I change about it? 975 00:43:19,600 --> 00:43:21,410 I think we have a long way to go to make 976 00:43:21,410 --> 00:43:23,850 it as inclusive as we would like it to be. 977 00:43:23,850 --> 00:43:26,090 We talk about the reasons for it all the time 978 00:43:26,090 --> 00:43:27,770 and it's hard to be completely sure. 979 00:43:27,770 --> 00:43:30,140 But most of our fighter squadrons, 980 00:43:30,140 --> 00:43:31,930 we don't have very many women, 981 00:43:31,930 --> 00:43:34,270 and we don't have very many people 982 00:43:34,270 --> 00:43:35,780 that don't look like Wade and I. 983 00:43:35,780 --> 00:43:40,780 We have African-Americans or Asians, or even Hispanic 984 00:43:40,870 --> 00:43:43,720 are more the exception than the rule in our community, 985 00:43:43,720 --> 00:43:45,530 so if I could change anything it would be 986 00:43:45,530 --> 00:43:49,990 to reach out across all the different groups 987 00:43:49,990 --> 00:43:52,560 that make up America and to try to encourage 988 00:43:52,560 --> 00:43:56,130 people to come and be a part of our fine culture. 989 00:43:56,130 --> 00:43:58,730 I think, if you can play these games, 990 00:43:58,730 --> 00:44:01,190 you're watching me fly into the ground here, 991 00:44:01,190 --> 00:44:02,590 how hard can it be? 992 00:44:02,590 --> 00:44:06,570 If I'm able to do it from this and it's a great place 993 00:44:06,570 --> 00:44:10,010 to be apart of a team and to do something that's important. 994 00:44:10,010 --> 00:44:11,605 So the thing I would change would be to try 995 00:44:11,605 --> 00:44:14,673 to invite more of people that don't look like me 996 00:44:14,673 --> 00:44:16,403 to come be a part of it. 997 00:44:18,505 --> 00:44:19,530 - [Reynolds] LT? 998 00:44:19,530 --> 00:44:21,670 - I don't have too much to add just 'cause 999 00:44:21,670 --> 00:44:24,180 I'm such a junior pilot in the community. 1000 00:44:26,863 --> 00:44:28,910 I would agree with all those things that 1001 00:44:28,910 --> 00:44:31,198 are great about the fighter pilot community 1002 00:44:31,198 --> 00:44:32,693 and the pilot community in general. 1003 00:44:35,460 --> 00:44:38,523 Yeah, I'm just happy to be here, I'll put it that way. 1004 00:44:39,380 --> 00:44:41,150 I'm sure as time goes on I'll learn more 1005 00:44:41,150 --> 00:44:43,113 and get my own opinion about that. 1006 00:44:47,250 --> 00:44:50,470 - [Reynolds] With the fifth-gen fighters are 1007 00:44:50,470 --> 00:44:53,570 focusing a lot on stealth and that seems to be 1008 00:44:53,570 --> 00:44:54,730 the way technology's going, 1009 00:44:54,730 --> 00:44:57,580 do you think that dogfights are going to become obsolete? 1010 00:44:59,010 --> 00:45:01,440 - If you do everything right in the fifth-gen airplane 1011 00:45:01,440 --> 00:45:04,350 you hope that you won't end up in a visual fight 1012 00:45:04,350 --> 00:45:07,210 against somebody but things can go wrong, 1013 00:45:07,210 --> 00:45:10,713 and so you have to always be ready for that visual fight. 1014 00:45:10,713 --> 00:45:12,610 Some guys have to keep practicing it, 1015 00:45:12,610 --> 00:45:15,140 they have to keep knowing what they're doing at it, 1016 00:45:15,140 --> 00:45:19,550 and even when I'm out flying my T-38 against Raptors, 1017 00:45:19,550 --> 00:45:22,140 sometimes I end up surviving and making it to 1018 00:45:22,140 --> 00:45:23,870 a visual fight with them. 1019 00:45:23,870 --> 00:45:25,992 So it'll never completely go away, 1020 00:45:25,992 --> 00:45:28,373 you have to still be able to do it. 1021 00:45:31,790 --> 00:45:33,052 - [Reynolds] The Ace Combat, we joked about this 1022 00:45:33,052 --> 00:45:35,700 a little earlier, about how the AWACS guy is a real 1023 00:45:35,700 --> 00:45:38,250 jerk to you when you're not good. 1024 00:45:38,250 --> 00:45:39,350 - On Ace Combat, yeah. 1025 00:45:39,350 --> 00:45:40,210 - [Reynolds] Yeah on Ace Combat. 1026 00:45:40,210 --> 00:45:42,870 I guess that's a theme throughout the entire series 1027 00:45:42,870 --> 00:45:44,575 - Yeah, don't ever do that bad again. 1028 00:45:44,575 --> 00:45:47,280 - [Reynolds] Does anything like that happen 1029 00:45:47,280 --> 00:45:49,010 in real life or is it strictly business 1030 00:45:49,010 --> 00:45:51,730 over the radio with the AWACS? 1031 00:45:51,730 --> 00:45:53,010 - Guys are pretty professional. 1032 00:45:53,010 --> 00:45:56,950 I mean sometimes everybody can get frustrated sometimes, 1033 00:45:56,950 --> 00:46:00,020 whether it's the pilot or the air weapons controller 1034 00:46:00,020 --> 00:46:02,640 and most of the time it's guys just 1035 00:46:02,640 --> 00:46:06,020 get real excited sometimes, and so there's a little bit 1036 00:46:06,020 --> 00:46:09,890 of a battle trying to keep yourself 1037 00:46:09,890 --> 00:46:12,530 and your emotions under control. 1038 00:46:12,530 --> 00:46:14,670 'Cause you're competing hard and it's high stakes. 1039 00:46:14,670 --> 00:46:16,990 And so people are really professional 1040 00:46:16,990 --> 00:46:20,490 but sometimes guys can get upset. 1041 00:46:20,490 --> 00:46:21,323 - [Man] Yeah. 1042 00:46:30,567 --> 00:46:33,863 - [Reynolds] Oh, well, this is an easy question. 1043 00:46:34,780 --> 00:46:37,260 Who would you rather have as your wingman from Top Gun? 1044 00:46:37,260 --> 00:46:38,663 Ice Man or Maverick? 1045 00:46:38,663 --> 00:46:42,082 (Holmes laughs) 1046 00:46:42,082 --> 00:46:42,915 - I don't know. 1047 00:46:42,915 --> 00:46:44,680 I'd probably take Maverick. - I'll take Maverick 1048 00:46:44,680 --> 00:46:47,490 - I'll take Maverick, you know he's not always 1049 00:46:47,490 --> 00:46:52,490 in the right place, but he's a lot of fun to be around. 1050 00:46:56,740 --> 00:46:58,939 - You can count on him when the goings really tough, 1051 00:46:58,939 --> 00:47:00,420 as we saw in the movie. 1052 00:47:00,420 --> 00:47:03,360 - Most guys are a lot more like, you know, 1053 00:47:03,360 --> 00:47:05,440 I don't know, guys aren't really like either one of 1054 00:47:05,440 --> 00:47:07,420 those guys when they're out there. 1055 00:47:07,420 --> 00:47:09,800 But mostly what you see is guys that are just really 1056 00:47:09,800 --> 00:47:11,450 working really really hard to try to do 1057 00:47:11,450 --> 00:47:12,785 everything the best they can. 1058 00:47:12,785 --> 00:47:14,470 - [Reynolds] I saw a good super cut of the movie 1059 00:47:14,470 --> 00:47:17,146 where it basically points out that Maverick's 1060 00:47:17,146 --> 00:47:18,896 the villain and Ice Man's the hero. 1061 00:47:24,263 --> 00:47:28,269 How do you feel about the potential of opening up 1062 00:47:28,269 --> 00:47:30,903 being a pilot to enlisted members? 1063 00:47:32,620 --> 00:47:34,883 - I think the question is what problem 1064 00:47:34,883 --> 00:47:36,234 are you solving to do that? 1065 00:47:36,234 --> 00:47:41,234 I have no doubt that the great enlisted members 1066 00:47:41,944 --> 00:47:44,620 that we have in the Air Force can fly an airplane. 1067 00:47:44,620 --> 00:47:47,408 The question is what's the issue 1068 00:47:47,408 --> 00:47:49,098 and do you need to do that? 1069 00:47:49,098 --> 00:47:51,140 We don't have a shortage of people 1070 00:47:51,140 --> 00:47:52,426 that want to come fly with us. 1071 00:47:52,426 --> 00:47:55,230 We have a pilot shortage not because we don't 1072 00:47:55,230 --> 00:47:56,890 have people that go through the training, 1073 00:47:56,890 --> 00:48:00,323 we have a shortage because people leave. 1074 00:48:03,236 --> 00:48:06,200 And we tried enlisted pilots in World War II 1075 00:48:06,200 --> 00:48:07,740 because we thought we had a shortage 1076 00:48:07,740 --> 00:48:09,890 and we needed to go through and we ended up 1077 00:48:09,890 --> 00:48:12,040 walking away from it after a couple of years 1078 00:48:12,040 --> 00:48:14,950 because we had issues that drove 1079 00:48:14,950 --> 00:48:16,782 from people doing the same job 1080 00:48:16,782 --> 00:48:21,260 at vastly different statuses and for vastly different pay. 1081 00:48:21,260 --> 00:48:25,230 And that's kind of a recipe not made for success. 1082 00:48:25,230 --> 00:48:27,600 So in the places where we have enlisted pilots, 1083 00:48:27,600 --> 00:48:30,440 like in our RQ-4 community, I think it's really 1084 00:48:30,440 --> 00:48:34,200 important that we get the ratios right 1085 00:48:34,200 --> 00:48:36,860 and we make sure that there's a difference between the jobs 1086 00:48:36,860 --> 00:48:39,850 that our officer pilots do and our enlisted pilots do, 1087 00:48:39,850 --> 00:48:42,815 with focusing on supervision and on leadership 1088 00:48:42,815 --> 00:48:44,360 to make that work. 1089 00:48:44,360 --> 00:48:46,393 And they make it work fine in the RQ-4. 1090 00:48:48,550 --> 00:48:51,220 - [Reynolds] What are some of the most advanced 1091 00:48:51,220 --> 00:48:53,070 maneuvers you've done in an aircraft? 1092 00:48:56,917 --> 00:49:01,190 - Well you learn aerobatics when you're learning how to fly. 1093 00:49:01,190 --> 00:49:05,840 You learn how to go over the top and turn hard 1094 00:49:05,840 --> 00:49:08,410 and do all those things, but you don't really 1095 00:49:08,410 --> 00:49:09,770 think about it so much when 1096 00:49:09,770 --> 00:49:11,370 you're fighting somebody in the airplane. 1097 00:49:11,370 --> 00:49:13,130 You just think about where that person is, 1098 00:49:13,130 --> 00:49:15,580 where you need to go and what you do to get there. 1099 00:49:15,580 --> 00:49:17,230 So it gives you confidence in it. 1100 00:49:19,540 --> 00:49:21,480 I don't know, I've done a tail slide in the airplane 1101 00:49:21,480 --> 00:49:23,290 where you run outta air speed trying to get higher 1102 00:49:23,290 --> 00:49:25,110 than somebody and you go down for a little while 1103 00:49:25,110 --> 00:49:26,563 until the nose falls down. 1104 00:49:27,520 --> 00:49:30,098 You know, high-G turn like Wade does in the F-16. 1105 00:49:30,098 --> 00:49:31,740 I don't know, what do you got Wade? 1106 00:49:35,620 --> 00:49:38,020 - Jinks are pretty, I mean, not advanced, 1107 00:49:38,020 --> 00:49:40,540 but they take a lot of work to master. 1108 00:49:40,540 --> 00:49:41,782 - What's a jink? - Especially in the F-16. 1109 00:49:41,782 --> 00:49:42,615 - What's a jink? 1110 00:49:42,615 --> 00:49:45,750 - A jink is a maneuver where if you're defensive 1111 00:49:45,750 --> 00:49:48,541 against a gun threat from an adversary, 1112 00:49:48,541 --> 00:49:52,960 you're maneuvering your aircraft out of plane 1113 00:49:52,960 --> 00:49:54,560 of that gun shot while also trying 1114 00:49:54,560 --> 00:49:57,710 to create closure problems for the enemy so-- 1115 00:49:57,710 --> 00:49:58,923 - And you're looking back over your shoulder 1116 00:49:58,923 --> 00:49:59,840 - Yep, so you're-- - instead of out 1117 00:49:59,840 --> 00:50:00,673 the front of the airplane? 1118 00:50:00,673 --> 00:50:02,540 - Yep so you're flying, you're looking backwards, 1119 00:50:02,540 --> 00:50:04,710 you're not used to it, at least when you're learning 1120 00:50:04,710 --> 00:50:08,170 you're not used to flying while looking backwards. 1121 00:50:08,170 --> 00:50:10,460 So you're learning that skill and then you're also 1122 00:50:10,460 --> 00:50:12,710 keeping track of this guy behind you, 1123 00:50:12,710 --> 00:50:15,090 seeing when he's gonna threaten you 1124 00:50:15,090 --> 00:50:17,130 and you have to time your jink perfectly. 1125 00:50:17,130 --> 00:50:19,720 And in the F-16 we'll do a big rolling jink 1126 00:50:19,720 --> 00:50:21,080 with the speed brakes out to try 1127 00:50:21,080 --> 00:50:22,780 and slow down as much as we can. 1128 00:50:22,780 --> 00:50:27,670 So we'll look back and basically try to spoil his gun shot. 1129 00:50:27,670 --> 00:50:30,320 And if you do it right then he'll maybe fly past you 1130 00:50:30,320 --> 00:50:32,010 and you can threaten him. 1131 00:50:32,010 --> 00:50:34,650 But that's a pretty technical maneuver. 1132 00:50:34,650 --> 00:50:36,980 It takes time to master, for sure. 1133 00:50:36,980 --> 00:50:39,530 - And usually if you get in a position where you're jinking, 1134 00:50:39,530 --> 00:50:42,870 you're also down close to the floor of the training area 1135 00:50:42,870 --> 00:50:45,750 because you fight a guy off and you hold him back behind ya 1136 00:50:45,750 --> 00:50:48,750 and you trade altitude to try to do that. 1137 00:50:48,750 --> 00:50:50,220 You use the energy of going down, 1138 00:50:50,220 --> 00:50:51,540 you keep his nose off of ya, 1139 00:50:51,540 --> 00:50:54,040 and finally, when you get down to the floor 1140 00:50:54,040 --> 00:50:56,310 of the training area which we simulate the ground 1141 00:50:56,310 --> 00:50:58,470 and raise it up a little bit for safety, 1142 00:50:58,470 --> 00:51:00,500 so you're also worried about bouncing off that 1143 00:51:00,500 --> 00:51:02,220 simulated ground while you're doing it. 1144 00:51:02,220 --> 00:51:03,350 So you're looking over your shoulder, 1145 00:51:03,350 --> 00:51:06,840 you're trying to maneuver in relation to that person 1146 00:51:06,840 --> 00:51:09,220 back there behind ya and trying to keep up 1147 00:51:09,220 --> 00:51:11,294 enough with what's going on in front of ya 1148 00:51:11,294 --> 00:51:13,930 that you don't bounce off that simulated ground. 1149 00:51:13,930 --> 00:51:15,830 That's one of the harder things to do. 1150 00:51:16,820 --> 00:51:20,025 - [Reynolds] Have you every treated an aircraft 1151 00:51:20,025 --> 00:51:22,710 so roughly that a crew chief was mad at you 1152 00:51:22,710 --> 00:51:23,872 when you got back? 1153 00:51:23,872 --> 00:51:24,705 (laughing) 1154 00:51:24,705 --> 00:51:26,470 - I've brought back over G'ed airplanes. 1155 00:51:26,470 --> 00:51:30,130 So in the F-16 the way it flies, the computer will keep you 1156 00:51:30,130 --> 00:51:32,180 from over G-ing it most of the time. 1157 00:51:32,180 --> 00:51:33,013 - Yep. 1158 00:51:33,013 --> 00:51:36,226 - In the F-15 the pilot listens to tones 1159 00:51:36,226 --> 00:51:38,000 and you can over-G it, 1160 00:51:38,000 --> 00:51:41,340 so yeah I had a big, massive over-G one time 1161 00:51:41,340 --> 00:51:45,577 where we had to take parts of the airplane apart 1162 00:51:45,577 --> 00:51:49,160 and look inside and do an inspection of it. 1163 00:51:49,160 --> 00:51:51,360 And I had to help the crew chief do that 1164 00:51:51,360 --> 00:51:53,795 and it involved cases of beverages 1165 00:51:53,795 --> 00:51:55,180 (group laughs) - Yep. 1166 00:51:55,180 --> 00:51:57,730 - to try to say I'm sorry for the extra work 1167 00:51:57,730 --> 00:51:59,420 that went with it. 1168 00:51:59,420 --> 00:52:01,321 - [Man] You guys wanna do one last match? 1169 00:52:01,321 --> 00:52:02,154 - Sure. 1170 00:52:02,154 --> 00:52:02,987 - [Reynolds] Then we can let you guys have 1171 00:52:02,987 --> 00:52:05,313 the rest of your Saturday. (laughs) 1172 00:52:12,872 --> 00:52:16,372 LT, any plans of joining the Thunderbirds? 1173 00:52:17,550 --> 00:52:19,510 - It's not something I've thought about seriously, 1174 00:52:19,510 --> 00:52:22,450 but I saw them here at the Andrews Air Force Show recently 1175 00:52:22,450 --> 00:52:24,250 and they were really really awesome. 1176 00:52:25,210 --> 00:52:29,930 I think it would be really cool to do the technical flying 1177 00:52:29,930 --> 00:52:33,370 that they do an a day-to-day basis, 1178 00:52:33,370 --> 00:52:36,730 and executing that and they get to be 1179 00:52:36,730 --> 00:52:39,120 the face of the Air Force which is cool. 1180 00:52:39,120 --> 00:52:42,920 But for now, I'm just really happy, trying to get 1181 00:52:42,920 --> 00:52:46,390 as good as I can in the F-16 and doing the tactical thing. 1182 00:52:46,390 --> 00:52:48,131 - [Reynolds] What's the process for getting into that? 1183 00:52:48,131 --> 00:52:50,170 What do you gotta do? 1184 00:52:50,170 --> 00:52:51,480 - Dad probably knows that better than me, 1185 00:52:51,480 --> 00:52:54,050 but you have to be way more experienced than I am now 1186 00:52:54,050 --> 00:52:56,440 so kinda like mid-career at least. 1187 00:52:56,440 --> 00:52:58,290 - You have to be an experienced fighter pilot. 1188 00:52:58,290 --> 00:52:59,230 - Yep. - Which means you gotta have 1189 00:52:59,230 --> 00:53:01,340 at least 500 hours and I think that there's 1190 00:53:01,340 --> 00:53:03,490 an additional hour requirement beyond that. 1191 00:53:04,466 --> 00:53:07,640 And then you have to want to so you have to apply, 1192 00:53:07,640 --> 00:53:10,290 and you go out on the road with the Thunberbirds 1193 00:53:10,290 --> 00:53:13,870 and see what it's like to be with them in their shows. 1194 00:53:13,870 --> 00:53:16,274 They see what they think of you in that environment 1195 00:53:16,274 --> 00:53:18,160 and you see if you wanna do that. 1196 00:53:18,160 --> 00:53:23,160 There's an interview process so they can narrow it down, 1197 00:53:24,410 --> 00:53:26,600 and then there's a long training program 1198 00:53:26,600 --> 00:53:29,670 of about half a year to get the show ready 1199 00:53:29,670 --> 00:53:31,343 to go out on the road. 1200 00:53:33,188 --> 00:53:35,427 - [Reynolds] We got another question from a user on there. 1201 00:53:35,427 --> 00:53:37,537 "Have either of you ever escorted 1202 00:53:37,537 --> 00:53:40,037 "a civilian aircraft in distress?" 1203 00:53:42,410 --> 00:53:43,650 - I've done that simulated. 1204 00:53:43,650 --> 00:53:47,630 So never a real aircraft. 1205 00:53:47,630 --> 00:53:50,060 But I'm in the Washington D.C. Air National Guard, 1206 00:53:50,060 --> 00:53:54,340 so part of our mission is the Capital Defense Mission. 1207 00:53:54,340 --> 00:53:59,340 So we scramble if there's a aircraft in D.C. airspace 1208 00:53:59,460 --> 00:54:01,134 that's not supposed to be there. 1209 00:54:01,134 --> 00:54:04,040 Or it can be someone who's in distress and they need help 1210 00:54:04,040 --> 00:54:07,300 and they need to get turned away from D.C. 1211 00:54:07,300 --> 00:54:09,050 So it's something that I've trained to, 1212 00:54:09,050 --> 00:54:11,290 and will fly with civil air patrol simulating that 1213 00:54:11,290 --> 00:54:14,060 but it's not something I've had to do in real life before. 1214 00:54:14,060 --> 00:54:15,070 What about you, Dad? 1215 00:54:15,070 --> 00:54:17,064 - I don't think I ever have. 1216 00:54:17,064 --> 00:54:21,450 I trained to do counter drug work for awhile one time, 1217 00:54:21,450 --> 00:54:26,088 where we kinda trained to go intercept civilian airplanes, 1218 00:54:26,088 --> 00:54:29,303 but no, I haven't had to escort one in trouble. 1219 00:54:35,693 --> 00:54:37,204 There Wade got me to end the game. 1220 00:54:37,204 --> 00:54:39,309 - (laughs) Throwing in the towel? 1221 00:54:39,309 --> 00:54:42,391 - [Reynolds] So how similar is Ace Combat to the real thing? 1222 00:54:42,391 --> 00:54:44,230 I think we talked a little bit about it 1223 00:54:44,230 --> 00:54:46,920 but now that we're at the end of play time... 1224 00:54:49,520 --> 00:54:51,350 - In some ways it's similar. 1225 00:54:51,350 --> 00:54:54,650 The general concepts, of course, of flight 1226 00:54:54,650 --> 00:54:57,890 and I've got the expert control on where you're turning, 1227 00:54:57,890 --> 00:55:01,080 you roll and then you pull back on the stick to turn. 1228 00:55:01,080 --> 00:55:03,750 And then you have yaw as well. 1229 00:55:03,750 --> 00:55:08,220 Speed management, energy management, gun work, 1230 00:55:08,220 --> 00:55:10,860 missile employment things like that are similar 1231 00:55:10,860 --> 00:55:14,020 in concept but in the real airplane, 1232 00:55:14,020 --> 00:55:16,480 you have a lot of other things going on. 1233 00:55:16,480 --> 00:55:19,290 Obviously, you're actually in the airplane, 1234 00:55:19,290 --> 00:55:21,390 breathing from your oxygen mask, you have G-forces, 1235 00:55:21,390 --> 00:55:24,030 you have a lot more complex weapons systems. 1236 00:55:24,030 --> 00:55:27,530 And it's definitely way more challenging than this 1237 00:55:27,530 --> 00:55:31,940 but some of the concepts are similar, that's what I'd say. 1238 00:55:31,940 --> 00:55:33,750 - And you're doing more, you're working your radar 1239 00:55:33,750 --> 00:55:35,320 where it works the radar for you here, 1240 00:55:35,320 --> 00:55:37,300 at least in the mode that we're playing. 1241 00:55:37,300 --> 00:55:39,650 And you're working your radar, moving it around to see 1242 00:55:39,650 --> 00:55:42,220 everything around you, you're keeping sight of your partner 1243 00:55:42,220 --> 00:55:45,030 because the main difference here is that you never fight 1244 00:55:45,030 --> 00:55:47,380 by yourself in a fighter airplane. 1245 00:55:47,380 --> 00:55:48,910 You're always part of a team, 1246 00:55:48,910 --> 00:55:51,800 at least two, often four or more, 1247 00:55:51,800 --> 00:55:54,580 and so there's whole lot of teamwork involved. 1248 00:55:54,580 --> 00:55:56,547 And Wade's a young wingman in his squadron 1249 00:55:56,547 --> 00:56:00,840 and so his job is to provide that teamwork to somebody 1250 00:56:00,840 --> 00:56:03,610 who's kinda making decisions and thinking for the formation 1251 00:56:03,610 --> 00:56:05,460 but as the weapons get better, 1252 00:56:05,460 --> 00:56:06,810 and as the airplanes get better, 1253 00:56:06,810 --> 00:56:09,590 then it's a lot more of an even partnership. 1254 00:56:09,590 --> 00:56:12,962 The two guys are working together through all of it. 1255 00:56:12,962 --> 00:56:14,190 I think that's the main difference. 1256 00:56:14,190 --> 00:56:16,950 You can get a good feel for what it looks like. 1257 00:56:16,950 --> 00:56:19,135 You can get a feel for some of the ideas here. 1258 00:56:19,135 --> 00:56:22,618 But it's a little different because it's really 1259 00:56:22,618 --> 00:56:26,030 mostly about teamwork and the things that you do 1260 00:56:26,030 --> 00:56:27,250 when you're out there flying together. 1261 00:56:27,250 --> 00:56:29,110 Wade's gonna pull up beside me here I think, 1262 00:56:29,110 --> 00:56:30,053 we're gonna see if we can do-- - I'm trying to, 1263 00:56:30,053 --> 00:56:31,223 I think I'm gonna overshoot myself. 1264 00:56:31,223 --> 00:56:32,420 - Let's see if we can do some formation. 1265 00:56:32,420 --> 00:56:33,453 I'm going 600. 1266 00:56:39,449 --> 00:56:40,616 Here he comes. 1267 00:56:41,490 --> 00:56:43,940 He can't see his screen but I'm looking over to the side 1268 00:56:43,940 --> 00:56:45,590 and watching him join up with me. 1269 00:56:48,300 --> 00:56:51,060 There Wade, we're both flying F-16s now. 1270 00:56:51,060 --> 00:56:52,317 - Yep. 1271 00:56:52,317 --> 00:56:53,280 - And there we are together. 1272 00:56:53,280 --> 00:56:54,148 That's really a whole lot of what you'll see, 1273 00:56:54,148 --> 00:56:56,748 - Yep. - is flying formation 1274 00:56:56,748 --> 00:56:59,316 with your partner, that mass firepower 1275 00:56:59,316 --> 00:57:04,316 of two guys together or four guys or gals or eight, 1276 00:57:04,610 --> 00:57:07,410 and the teamwork between the different kinds of airplanes 1277 00:57:07,410 --> 00:57:09,530 and everybody that works together are part of the team. 1278 00:57:09,530 --> 00:57:10,951 That's really the best part of it. 1279 00:57:10,951 --> 00:57:12,406 - We're gonna go off the border here. 1280 00:57:12,406 --> 00:57:13,729 - I'm gonna hop in here. - Yeah, of course. 1281 00:57:13,729 --> 00:57:17,310 - All right, so we're at the end of the stream, 1282 00:57:17,310 --> 00:57:19,430 any questions that we didn't answer we'll do our best 1283 00:57:19,430 --> 00:57:22,570 to go through and field them as best we can 1284 00:57:22,570 --> 00:57:25,440 and maybe we can convince him to come back later and-- 1285 00:57:25,440 --> 00:57:27,680 - I'll try to practice some and know what the buttons do. 1286 00:57:27,680 --> 00:57:29,240 - Or we can play something else. 1287 00:57:29,240 --> 00:57:31,200 Like I told you we could play Pong. 1288 00:57:31,200 --> 00:57:33,000 It's all right. (laughing) 1289 00:57:33,000 --> 00:57:34,393 All video games are good. 1290 00:57:35,690 --> 00:57:38,250 But before we go, anything you'd like 1291 00:57:38,250 --> 00:57:39,450 to say to all our viewers? 1292 00:57:39,450 --> 00:57:41,070 Do we know how many people are watching right now? 1293 00:57:41,070 --> 00:57:42,710 - [Man] Right now, 339. 1294 00:57:42,710 --> 00:57:44,387 - 339 people. 1295 00:57:44,387 --> 00:57:46,437 - [Man] We topped at like 550 something like that. 1296 00:57:46,437 --> 00:57:47,510 - Wow, yeah. - Awesome. 1297 00:57:47,510 --> 00:57:50,690 - Well I just wanna say thanks for tuning in. 1298 00:57:50,690 --> 00:57:53,300 We enjoyed having the chance to talk to you a little bit. 1299 00:57:53,300 --> 00:57:55,570 As the Air Force, we're trying to reach out to people 1300 00:57:55,570 --> 00:57:58,399 that could find a home in the Air Force 1301 00:57:58,399 --> 00:58:00,940 and go to the places where they are so we wanted 1302 00:58:00,940 --> 00:58:03,910 to come see ya here and we're glad that you tuned in with us 1303 00:58:03,910 --> 00:58:06,020 and we hope that you'll consider finding a way 1304 00:58:06,020 --> 00:58:08,070 to serve your country in some way. 1305 00:58:08,070 --> 00:58:10,913 And if that interest takes you to the Air Force then, 1306 00:58:12,207 --> 00:58:14,283 I think it's AirForce.com, 1307 00:58:14,283 --> 00:58:16,760 there's certainly a recruiting place that you can go to 1308 00:58:16,760 --> 00:58:18,440 on the web and learn more about it, 1309 00:58:18,440 --> 00:58:20,620 and thanks for spending some of your Saturday with us. 1310 00:58:20,620 --> 00:58:21,680 Wade? 1311 00:58:21,680 --> 00:58:22,810 - No, thanks for tuning in 1312 00:58:22,810 --> 00:58:24,710 and happy to answer your guys' questions, 1313 00:58:24,710 --> 00:58:28,380 and everybody have a great Saturday, thanks. 1314 00:58:28,380 --> 00:58:30,690 - Yeah, sure, thank you both for coming in. 1315 00:58:30,690 --> 00:58:34,410 And thanks to the Bateman Library here on Langley 1316 00:58:34,410 --> 00:58:38,550 and the 633rd FSS for helping us get everything together, 1317 00:58:38,550 --> 00:58:42,390 and we have another Twitch stream coming up on 1318 00:58:42,390 --> 00:58:46,373 the 2nd at about 1600 so 4:00 p.m. 1319 00:58:47,225 --> 00:58:49,900 We're gonna talk about safety before the Fourth of July, 1320 00:58:49,900 --> 00:58:51,070 if you guys wanna come back. 1321 00:58:51,070 --> 00:58:52,892 I don't think we're gonna hit the same numbers though. 1322 00:58:52,892 --> 00:58:53,930 (group laughs) 1323 00:58:53,930 --> 00:58:55,720 - Hey, listen, thanks to you guys. 1324 00:58:55,720 --> 00:58:58,810 Thanks for the ideas that went into getting us up on Twitch. 1325 00:58:58,810 --> 00:59:00,670 Thanks for working through the engineering 1326 00:59:00,670 --> 00:59:02,390 of making the whole thing work, 1327 00:59:02,390 --> 00:59:04,380 and thanks to you for spending your Saturday with us 1328 00:59:04,380 --> 00:59:06,690 so that we could talk to 500 plus people 1329 00:59:06,690 --> 00:59:07,730 - Living the dream. - out there on Twitch. 1330 00:59:07,730 --> 00:59:08,563 Thanks. 1331 00:59:08,563 --> 00:59:09,396 - It was awesome. 1332 00:59:09,396 --> 00:59:10,907 - Thank you sir. - Thanks guys. 1333 00:59:11,910 --> 00:59:12,743 - Buh bye