CH-146 Griffon being loaded on CC-177 for Afghanistan deployment

[amartinjoe]

cool! they can squeeze in three of those helicopters.

[EricRmd]

does anyone know how many pilots there are currently in the Canadian Forces?

[Toronto324]

@EricRmd Theres approximately 20,000 personnel in the Canadian Air Force.

[BaconTV123]

how longs cc-177 training cause when im all done shcool i wanna fly this...

[Welshy86]

@BaconTV123 as a CF Pilot it takes a long time (4 years+) and no guarantee of air frame but worth a shot.

[BaconTV123]

@Welshy86 dont matter anymore..but thanks for the info..cause ima join up for infantry or armourd now

[skat0r]

thats a sick vid! subscribed! or was i already......

[PcGamerPaul]

Wow they can fit 3 helicopters in the CC-177? Awesome

[busboy3232]

see the men who help with cargo and help put the griffon and cargo on the planes what job is this? i would like to do it

[Welshy86]

They are loadmasters

[ssgtakeo]

@Welshy86 Load masters are mostly responsible for supervising of the load according to the load plan. Most of the people doing the work are Aerial Port Specialists. Port Dawgs -From 7 Level Aerial Porter.

[Mijia100]

@Welshy86 Actually they are Traffic techs (the guys with the red patch on their arm) working in a MAMS (Mobile Air Movements Sections) team. Loadmasters are also traffic tech that have received additional training to be part of aircrew and fly with the C17, C130 or C150

[ndvfdff33]

@busboy3232

The guys loading it would mostly be Traffic Techs. I'm in that trade, it's pretty sweet. The loadmasters would be there to help a bit but most of that work you saw( loading, chaining/strapping down) is being done by Tfc Techs.

Loadmasters come from the Traffic Tech trade. They fly with the planes and are in charge of all the freight,passengers and many other things.

[ssgtakeo]

@ndvfdff33 Cool, yeah many of our people flow back and forth between the Aerial Port and Load Master career fields, there really no good reason (other than the constructed class difference between flight crew and ground crew) for them to be separate career fields. Anyway with regards to you guys, smaller Air Force= requires more versatile people, makes good sense and we'll probably end up going that way.

[ndvfdff33]

@ssgtakeo It's a lot to remember sometimes. We can go from an Air Force base working on planes, with passengers etc, to an another places where you may spend time in the field, setting up rail moves, shipping/receiving etc. There is a lot of variety in our trade which is nice. With us to become a loadie you have to be QL5 qualified traffic tech (equal to a journeyman) and do some medicals, basic sere etc before even being selected for loadmaster. It's a lot of business.

[ssgtakeo]

Aerial Port Specialist. The USAF specialty code is 2T2X1. I'm pretty sure Canada uses the same standards and training so if you look it up you can find out how to get into that job.

[ndvfdff33]

@ssgtakeo

The CF trade is Traffic Tech. We're a little different in how we operate from the USAF. I know our trade is a number of different trades combined in the USAF. While speaking with some USAF members overseas they were amazed that our guys build up the cargo, load it and drive the vehicles to do the job as well.

[danonyoutub]

and traffic techs . i am one of them in the video

[DJRandySky]

no such plane as a cc177 globemaster 3 its a c17 globemaster 3

[Welshy86]

That's the Canadian designation for this aircraft. Being that this is a Canadian owned model it is the correct name for the aircraft. I appreciate the input though.

[abrunke]

um your dumb cus that IS C-177 globemaster 3, most people call them c-17's, but its actually c-177

[DJRandySky]

@abrunke no yur dumb theres a perfectly good explanation to the different name right above this comment ^ from the OP here in America where the plane came from originaly b4 it was exported... its designated the C-17 Globemaster lll. learn your shit. ive known this since the damn thing came out

[Goldkoron]

are griffins armed with rocket launchers on them and used as gunships or are they just used for transport?

[POTismedicine]

@Goldkoron both, any task the american huey can perform , so can the griffon

[moneymikey]

Most are just armed with a C6 for door gunner, and crew cheif.

[abrunke]

heavy transport, they have door gunners and can be mounted with rockets

[russianky]

Got to love those Griffon's, such a nice sounding Helicopter and a blast when we ride in them.

[HKDChan]

we need to upgrade to the uh 60 black hawk

[filoufil]

F-18 has been put in service in 1983

[russellrush101]

so does the US Navy. Are you implying they are lacking in military technology?

[yourass117]

I went onto the CF website, and there is no "Flight Engineer" posting. I'm hoping to become a FE in a Griffon. Does Anyone know how?

[Welshy86]

That's because you can only transfer to it from another job in the Canadian Forces. In other words you must join as another trade and you must apply for an occupational transfer to be in that trade.

[skyfrank]

I wanna apply for avionics engineer of Bell helicopter canada.........and there's no such job post on website.....sigh, a friend of mine who grad. 2 yrs ago, he got in as an avionics engineer...

[CanadaForce]

That thing is HUGE

[Welshy86]

Its called a Globemaster III, not cargo master.

[Jimderkaisser]

In reality it is the "Canadian one" serial 701, is a CC-177 Globemaster III.

[weediestSapde]

those cargomasters look cool.

[LordBelfast]

Yeah we had to beat a few leftists for that.

[ansonchappell]

Glad we're getting some use out of the Cargomasters.