C-141 Retirement (LAST FLIGHT)

[manhenk]

beautiful plane.. seen it taking off from Frankfurt .. probably one of the last take-offs from there.. shortly after they closed the airbase :-(

[bobbodro]

Unbelievable aircraft to an old fighter jockey. Class of 45-A United States Army Air Force. Lt.Col. Robert V. Beaudreau USAF retired Res.

[peacelovers23cafe]

I had been looking at C-141 all the time from small time in Yokota AB.

It is a very favorite air force plane.

I am sad if you think that it does not come to yokota any longer.

Thank you.

japanese nickname ' nagaimo'

[lucabrasi1337]

I dropped by the museum a couple weeks ago and 177 is sitting outside, filthy dirty looking rather neglected. Sad, but true.

[ufobill1]

nice vid. Thanks. God Bless

[336kgf]

My first flight ever was on a C-141 from Travis AFB to Aussie. Took us a week to get there. Got to see the Pacific. Great memories. Something I will always be proud of as a brat. Bringing a tear to my eye as we speak. :)

[acearms]

I've always wondered why the C-141 couldn't once again be produced with new engines and electrons. A fantastic and beautful airplane, it would be a bird that couldn't be beat.

[336kgf]

@acearms The problem with the 141 was that it couldn't haul tanks. The C-17 can.

[TheConvair58]

emotional Video, thanks for sharing

[THEGRIMJACKER]

Incredible video! I was a C-141B Crew Chief for 13 yrs and flying Crew Chief for 3 before she retired from McChord AFB. She was a great aircraft, so many great memories and bad ones making sure she could stay in the fight. My father worked on the Globemaster II then the Starlifter at McChord where I saw the Starlifter go out and the Globemaster III come in. If the old girl could only talk... Enjoy your retirement my friend YOU EARNED IT!! From flyin_crew_chief GRIM JACKERS Dad.

[Kaledrums]

Thank you for your service old girl. Sleep peacfully

[dontBugly]

great plane, if only it was still in service and work for Fedex or DHL or somthin, it could have even been a good Airline if it had windows & seats...

[miguelgarnica123]

my teacher flew this plane in vietnam and iraq

[jc1701]

I was stationed at Wright-Patt from 99 to 05. I learned to work ATC with this plane in the pattern many times. Man I miss those days, good base/group of people.

[MultiMonster69]

@jc1701 they are. i know service men hate this question but do you know anyone by the last name of schadae. and also your right i love the base. i go to the museum once a year every year

[jonesy97]

That was one of the BEST videos I've seen here. Outstanding! That A/C brought me home from Desert Storm after a long year in the desert. Was a flight I'll never forget.

[twal1011]

GREAT video!

[moparjim63]

Great historical video! Let us not forget our history and the men and women who fought for our freedoms we all enjoy today, Thank you all!!! This was the C-141 to save for future generations to see! Thanks for posting!

[Flyboy207]

Why, oh why?

[Skorpaknok]

Man I'd like to see this turn into an Attack Cargo 141

[jaivette]

Did my time at Mcguire. I did aquire the desire. I loved that Starlifter. Best part of my life. Make me cry to see them at the boneyard.

[jbrooks1111]

What a beautiful video. Thanks for sharing.

[jaivette]

Makes me cry. The backbone of the military for many years. I love this bird.

[jbrooks1111]

I feel the same way about the USAF MH-53's. I went many places and experienced a wide range of emotions deployed with them.

[mmichaeldonavon]

Got to put my two cents into the mix! I worked them (Avionics) for about 15 years, at McGuire AFB, NJ., as a G.I. and a civilian. Believe I've worked 0177, as that tail nr. is very familiar.  But I think it was stationed on the West Coast. May have seen it, at McGuire, as a transiting aircraft. The 141 was a magnificant flying machine and I really enjoyed all the hard work that I put into them. Hated to see most of them cut up at D.M.

[SamanthaLynnFoose]

This a copy and paste from a comment off my facebook page

Kris, the next time you visit Grandma Duwe, ask her to introduce you to her neighbor, Dave Carey. Dave was a former POW in Vietnam who was on that first group out of Hanoi on 60177. Also, did you know that Ed Tenoso, the Lockheed Martin representative in the film, was my squadron commander at McGuire? He also went through basic navigator training at James Connally AFB in 1964 when your grandfather was an instructor there.

[Phantom713Hawk]

Retirements SUCKS! Let them FLY FOREVER. Classics never died. Thanks Skunk!

[BeebeCh1972]

Those airplanes are CLASSIC transport workhorses. It's not going to be the same without them.

[minuteman3]

That is how you get your "moneys worth" from an airplane. Noisy, smokey, leaky, and some may say ugly. Yet, I love her and am going to miss her! Thank you to the old girl for everything!

[northernsubPCRR]

Did they repaint her for this event. I am assuming that it was for this as well as preservation. Looks good in its original colors. I guarded the 141 at Altus for four years. Rode in one once. Ate Thanks Giving dinner in one my first year in. I also remember alot of middle of the night engine runs waking me up about 100 yrds from my dorm room door. Practiced aircraft recapture once on these for EST. One time one lost an engine. Yep fell right off. Opps! Lots of good memories.

[usafhydro]

Nope they definately did not. This aircraft has been painted in the old "white cap" paint scheme for some time now..I'm not sure if it ever was the battleship grey we see now, but I have worked on that particular tail number about 6-7 yrs ago and she looked just like that

[SamanthaLynnFoose]

Hey cool beans!!! My Dad was stationed at altus during the mid 80s ..he was a instructor on 141s

and i do remember the 3:00am engine starts from the kc135 every night like clock work!!!

[AV8R4HM]

They painted her with the white top in about 2002 I believe. I remember flying missions into the middle east and seeing her out there with the paint scheme. I was also deployed to RAF Mildenhall with her in2003 and she was painted like that.

[erad5]

wow, i didnt even know this plane was retired until now :(

but only because i remember seeing them fly over my house occasionally from March ARB

[MST5150]

Ncharlestun, that is the sound of freedom. Obviously, you do not have the beginnings of a clue about the contributions aircraft like these contributed to the way we are able to live here. The noise was just a small price to pay so you could live your self absorbed lifestyle and bitch about petty things. To many people in other parts of the world this was a welcome sound as it delivered relief to those starving and suffering. Try some perspective instead of whining.

[Ncharlestun]

MST5150, a C141 whining engine is not the sound of freedom. I will know the sound of freedom when we cheer in the streets when 40 percent of our incomes are not taken away by the IRS anymore to fund US government socialist, unconstitutional, foreign aid, and corporate bailout programs that tyrants in Washington, DC think up for the sake of trying to act busy. The Air Force should be used to protect American soil and leave relief to those starving and suffering to charity.

[MST5150]

Ncharlestun, I completely agree with your post about what is going on in the government right now. More so than you would ever imagine. Furthermore, most accomplishments have taken place before the current B.S. we are going through. But that is a totally different subject altogether. I have personally witnessed the relief and liberation these aircraft and many types like it have delivered. That is my perspective. We can at least agree to disagree regarding the who or what whines the most.

[MST5150]

By the way, much of that relief and liberation has taken place on OUR soil and for OUR people. In a way NO charity could have the resources to deliver.

[flodeezul]

hey i first learned to paint and to do structural repairs on these. they will missed

[Ncharlestun]

Good riddance to these horribly loud, whining and screeching, high pitched four engined Starlifters. You did not want to have them flying over your heads and houses as we did here in Charleston, SC for decades. If you were out in your yard you would have to cover your ears when one came over or go deaf. The C-17 is less of a noise nuisance.

[partyboy41]

well if you ever get nostalgic there is one on display at the Charleston AFB entrance :) I love the sounds of the C5 btw.

[Ncharlestun]

Yes partyboy, I see it sitting over there by the Globemaster and the Lockheed when I go down the airport road to get to Midland Park Rd. I hope it stays there on the ground. Those C5s are pretty loud too but don't buzz around as much as the 141s. I wonder what the noise level of the C5 compared to the 141 is.

[Eversman1]

You obviously don't care and don't know what the C-141 has really done.

[flyingjohn2005]

We weren't that glamorous, but the Starlifter hauled the mail for this country for a long time. I learned a lot flying her.

C-141 Pilot

8th MAS

McChord AFB,WA

[joecrewdog]

Goodnight. Farewell. Amen... From a C141 Crewdog from the 62nd McChord and 63rd Norton 1981-1998. RIP Starlifters. I both loved and hated this plane. U crewchiefs will understand. C2A571J... 60184,60197...

[clarkcommando1983]

86 masa load master 1983-87

[revsharp777]

So long old friend. C141 Crew Chief, 1995-2002, McChord AFB, WA

[Duke1948]

As many have said, it will be missed. It was a job well done.

C-141 Pilot, 18th MAS, 52nd MAS, 15th MAS.

[an147]

So long, C-141!

[yacope]

Great airplane, I flew it from 1993 to 1996 with the 41st MAS and 14th ALS.

All C-141As became the C-141Bs with the stretch modification and C-141Cs with the glass cockpit.

[halomolim]

A pro! GOod for you, man! WIll you please tell me a bit about the differences, abou the foolowing, and which one is perhaps the best?! C-5; C-17; C-130, Beluga; or the SUper ANtonov with 6 turbine engines?! Thanx!

[ArcaDave]

@yacope Same here.....I was in the 41st MAS from July 85 till I went to McChord in 97. Flight engineer the whole time.

[DavidYakima]

That was a hard working aircraft. They would perform Touch & Goes here at the Yakima Airport out of McCord AFB...now they do the same thing with the C-17 Globemaster. I have a great view of them when they takeoff from my house. Thank you for post this great video. David

[joebobshouse]

Worked on these at McChord back in the 70's. Doesn't seem that long ago..at least a few "E" model '130s are still flying.

[ronnybobo77]

15th MAS Loadmaster out of Norton AFB saying good bye!

[BLINDBABY12]

I work on these at Norton AFB in '68. 63rd MAC jump off to NAM. Great memories working on this plane. They built-up this base for this plane. 60177 was there

[ehcop]

I first flew aboard the mighty Starlifter in June '77 from McGuire AFB NJ to my first duty station, NAS Keflavik Iceland. I would later be stationed at Robins AFB GA where the A Model would become the stretched B Model. She's an awesome ole' bird having flown me around the Pacific a few times and back from Desert Storm in 1991. She WILL be missed!

[acaaron13]

the c141 was a great plane and will be missed

[2ndDiv]

I flew on the C-141 from Torrejon, Spain to Athens in December of 1970 while on leave for the Christmas season. I was serving aboard the USS Nitro AE-23 in the Med at the time. Quite an adventure, great plane.

[fighterj1]

The C-141 will be missed it was great plane. Anyone know this song?

[peglegpaul122]

thanks for the memories old girl. you will be missed. C-141 loadmaster (30th mas)

[jimhall7222]

At Ease!

[paronegolf]

awsome

[paronegolf]

excellent