RAF Chinook IRT, 1310 flt, Camp Bastion

[beaforddave]

How times have changed. When I was in Gulf 1 on 18 (B) we never high fived during a AF-BF but as for arse slapping - the fairies more than made up for it!! Great times and I miss it all. Ex Appo

[PolarisStudios1]

Brilliant video, very funny! Keep up the good work boys!! xxx

[SteelcityAndy]

Brilliant!!! very funny thanx for posting. You guys do britain proud :-)

[Dan213456]

Fantastic

[andysparks1812]

Just read a book called "Sweating the Metal" by Flt Lt Alex Duncan DFC. You boys are truly heroic. Brilliant video

[RaidenReviewsPS3]

hi im a aircadet i want to join the raf and ive flown in one of them helicopters my squrdron numbers 1803 at hucknallim the small guy

[IraznaGameplay]

I'm sure 'Da Boss' is my CCF officer, who visits occasionally.

[smghd]

@IraznaGameplay If your CCF officer is Jim Hawkins then that's him... good bloke to work with

[emceeproduction]

i want my money back.



[CheapAssz]

haha closing the ramp with the hand pump instead of using the hydraulic !! nice video !

[smghd]

@CheapAssz the hand pump is hydraulic...

[AaronSmith11]

I used to be on ExCES, now im sat in an office at coningsby... god i miss 1310flt!

[iainjup]

So much better seeing the boys having a laugh and making the best of it, rather then all that american hero and honor shite

[MrFooknuts]

I worked on the infantry force protection team for the medics on the IRT/MERT, I always wondered what those strange looking chaps sat by the Chinook got up to, thanks for keeping us in the sky anyway.

[smghd]

@Mirror65196 the chain 

[Mirror65196]

Great video, bit of a laugh!! So what was that very last song?

[fIRsTRATmAN]

Hero's

[theycallmejamesy]

You guys are Gods amongst men .

You heroes

[SinCityMadman]

Great vid guyz

Camp Bastion=sandstorms, sleeping on a cot, eating horrible food, loud blasts in the back round, and no women....but an experience I would never take back.....HH-60 rescue maintenance 4 life...USAF....To all that are there now Brits, US, or other....fight hard, and come back safe!!!!!

[infernodood3]

is camp bastion right next to camp leatherneck?

[SinCityMadman]

@infernodood3 Yes

[mathew803]

@thebeatnut OY



[Comminsa0]

and this is what my dad misses so much when he left odiham XD shout out from the Reynolds family ;)

[paranoia1973]

Superb lads. Keep up the good work, your country is proud of you all.

(take no notice of misery guts below, it's called having fun numbnuts)

[8manwhore8]

haha it's tim!!

[TastyCake001]

haha  brill!

[madzy006]

legends

[kastingxshade]

Fueled by vegemite! Chinooks are the shiznit!

[wookie821]

great video guys keep it up guy n gals were all behind you here in the UK

[whitewingsrich]

i understand you guys (and gals) have to have a laugh out there to keep moral up, but pissing around like that on a video does bring back memories of ann airaccident i'd rather forget. If your gonna make a video displaying to the world what you do at least try and put some seriousness into it. Keep up the good work out there, all the best to you all !!!

[mrSCOTT698]

listaen pal, am sure thay didnt intend on causing any offence there just trying to keep moral up and make the tour pass quiker and if the video was serious then it just wouldnt be funny

[smghd]

@whitewingsrich You have obviously completely missed the point of the video... It was not made to show you what we do out there, it was made as a tribute i.e. piss take) to the American way of launching aircraft, hence the high-fives and arse slapping. You don't seriously think we launch a cab in this manner?

[cgj2468]

that was so cornie

[CompleteRealityCheck]

Was it shift change? Never seen techies move so quick!

[DirtsoundBoy]

Haha, brilliant! Grinch has out done himself with that geigh run and bomb pump handle humping.

still looks like your having fun. miss that stuff. All the best. Bryan aka dirty B

[urchin32]

Love it lads.............go for it...!x

[fuzzdmedic]

crab air doing what crab air do!

[mybeautifulface2]

HAHA at some points you just think, hmm and these are the guys that are serving our country?! :L

i hope theyre not actually ike that.. but wow, thats amazing! uncles at that camp atm (N) but glad they're having such a good time

[napoleonpp]

Gotta love the British LOL. One question though. When he opens up the pod and flips the switch on the left side of the bird is that like a battery switch?

[smghd]

yes

[sanbastion]

This video is just so ... awesome :D! Big thanks for what you do in Afghanistan, planning on joining next year, and nice video :D :D

[jakem1900]

lol this is alsome

[Turbosmith]

Ah class love it..... Best video on you tube. Stay safe lads, miss ya. Loads of love. Turbo.

[smghd]

Cheers Turbo...

Knew you'd miss us down here. This vid is starting to get a ittle old, might have to sort another one out next time we're out there.

Take it easy.

Smurf

[blueneonrainbow]

Excellent video, shame about the sound!

[smghd]

I know. At least can see it again. WMG winged about a 10 sec snip of an The Chain on the end of it so the sound has been removed... no one complained about the rest of the sound track (Bonnie Tyler, I need a hero) unfortunately can't edit it to repost as don't have the editing software (was done by the lad with the tash... El Faggio)

[blueneonrainbow]

Cheers for the reply, at least now I can visualise it as it should be, absolutely brilliant video you guys do a fantastic job keeping those beasts in the air.

[smghd]

Finally... managed to convince youtube that I haven't infringed any copyright and got the sound re-instated... you can now enjoy it to it's full.

[gemzmac]

Oh my sister is in Kandahar right now :(

Lol she is a chinook tech. I am glad to see that she has some handy men to help her out.

Loved it, stay safe all of you

[jonbo30]

to grow!

[jonbo30]

el faggio.where did you get those sideburns from?must of taken you 3 years to grow1

[TELBOYO10]

FFS I never thought those shandy drinking Wokka lineys could move so fast, I knew they were slow but how could any one take so long to do an afbaf. Oh yeah, normal cabs only have 1 head.

Seriously now, why did you let the secret out about how to service an A/c now they will all want to do it

[mikm666]

Could the Grinch BE any gayer? Keep your heads down boys, miss you all... big kiss

Mr. Moz :)

[doorian93]

quality vid

[Brucey2427]

Fukin awsome m8

[ChuffChowder]

good job lads, wont belong b4 them things are falling out the sky

[andy815nas]

Some classic facials there from Jimmy Hawkins on the phone... we saw plenty of them last june on the cross-dressing crse!!! Keep safe lads!!!

[carricklee]

that was classic lads!!! sooo funny!!

[sfjr1961]

respect guys !! still funny even though you leave. enjoy the good times ! many more JOHN

[mbayley98]

Just a Bog Standard IRT shout eh...

u stay safe now boys...it's hell out there!

x

[brookesupple]

Hi guys absolutely loved the reel! My mates are playing in a band over there at the moment (Electric Mayhem) flying into Camp Bastion tonight. Hope you get to see their show it's well worth it! Tell them Brooke says 'Durka Durka' (Team America - Putting the "F" back in Freedom) Keep up the good work! x

[brookesupple]

Hi guys absolutely loved the reel! My mates are playing in a band over there at the moment (Electric Mayhem) flying into Camp Bastion tonight. Hope you get to see their show it's well worth it! Tell them Brooke says 'Durka Durka' (Team America - Putting the "F" back in Freedom) Keep up the good work! x

[gumpheruk]

oh shit hawkins your caked!

[Figjam4Eva]

i though you just turned the key!

[greattna]

I thought you had to be crazy in the first place!!!! Ahem! Nowt wrong with being reprobates...I know some very nice ones!

[greattna]

Hoorah!!! Finally found it! What a bunch of reprobates!! And Da Boss my arse, Hawkins!

[smghd]

You couldn't find it cos no bugger had put it on here, the b'stards, got bored looking so did it myself

smurf

[greattna]

Glad you did... although I'm getting a lot of raised eyebrows and comments along the lines of ''and youassociate with these sort of people??!''every time i forward it on to some one! I'll make you all famous I tells ya!

[smghd]

My mates love it and it just reinforces their beliefs that we're all a bunch of reprebates in the RAF... Got to have a sense of humour in this job or we'll all end up crazy

[nufcliam32]

lol m8 gr8 video

[Robert1983USA]

LMAO!!! GREAT VIDEO!!!

[mathew803]

you are such a homo . good video though brophu you bad gangsta