Raiders' Jimmy Garoppolo earns call sign 'Jimmy 9Gs' after experience with US Air Force Thunderbirds

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There's nothing quite like seeing a city from above, but Raiders quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo got to see his new home of Las Vegas differently than most experience it. 

Partnering with USAA, the official NFL Salute to Service partner, and Team Whistle, Garoppolo got to experience what it's like to be a U.S. Air Force fighter pilot, as he traveled just outside Vegas to Nellis Air Force Base, the home of the Thunderbirds. 

Garoppolo got to learn first-hand the rigorous training these pilots, considered the best of the best in the Air Force, go through on a daily basis.

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Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo smiles with F-16 fighter jets behind him at Nellis Air Force Base. (Team Whistle/USAA)

"I was pretty beat up the next couple of days after it, but it was definitely worth it," Garoppolo told Fox News Digital. 

Garoppolo got fitted in a flight suit as well. He looked like he came straight out of "Top Gun," as he paired the classic aviators with it.

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When his training was over, Garoppolo jumped in the cockpit with Maj. Taylor Wight, call sign "Flash," to fly over Las Vegas and officially join the "9G Club," as the F-16 fight jet reached up to 1,500 mph. 

"Jimmy G is used to getting hit, but this is a different kind of getting hit," Maj. Wight said. "Driving a car, if you have a lead foot, it may get up to two G's if you’re just cranking around a corner. Roller coasters, you’ll probably maybe get up to three G's.

"In the jet today, we can pull up to nine G's. [It’s] 2.0-mach, so you’re thinking roughly 1,500