wow...i didn't think F-17's actually had operational duties...unless we're talking black project, under cover government conspiricies to throw experimental aircraft at the enemy...good thinking, they'll never know what hit 'em

I'd say this test pilot has his work cut out for him.
Just i hint with the exhaust, smoke is never that uniform and doesn't extend that far back. It's always dispersed and difused by heat and engine exhaust. For the f5's it isn't too bad but try to make it more transparent.