Aviation guys to the front. Is this impressive or what? F-35 partial practice demo released by 56th Fighter Wing...

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Full send. The demo is coming together and we can’t wait to bring it to you. See you on the road! Special shoutout to my safety observer, wingman, coach, bro, and fellow #lightningdriver @gambit1535 . He’s been a part of this from the beginning. Getting ready for @mlbairshow, @b_lilley_321 ! 📸 by @theromanticjaguar (great name btw),repost from @patriot_ops #fullsend #sent #sendit #f35 @lukeafb @f35demoteam

A post shared by Andrew Olson (@andyo_dojo) on Jan 10, 2019 at 4:46pm PST

I don't know enough to know if this is impressive but I have to give credit where it's due.

It looked good to me.

Didn't think an F-35 could do that.  Climbing straight up in afterburner?  Yeah, that's kinda ordinary especially with reduced payload and fuel (which I assume is all part of ALL demos). 

What has me wondering is the "controlled fall" (don't know what else to call it...popular media would say that its a prelude to a flat spin) that the bubba seemed to be in complete control of.

But like I said.  I don't know enough to know.  So all the aviation dudes in the class to the front.

Is this partial demo impressive or what?