Gentlemen,
If you'd like to look forward in the cockpit of an F18 during a Blue Angel airshow practice, take a look at this video. It's quite long (about 57 min) but the aerobatics get exciting around the 47min mark. The close formation is scary. When they say 18" apart, they mean it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3dLPGbpm1c