C-5 Galaxy air refueling with a KC-135 Stratotanker

[tom62794]

is that the 171st?

[bodoi4]

USD79.95...

[oggybodoggy]

haha, how do they pay  XD

[stuntmanmike37]

171st ARW kicks ass! 171 AMXS crew chiefs. Hooah!

[tom62794]

171st air refueling wing freaking rocks i have videos from the kc-135 from the boom cockpit and window

[LoSeRLuCk1]

gotta love Iowa's 185th :P

[PaganEgyptian]

a 135's maximum high speed boom airspeed is 160 knots, KC10 is 180 knots. Keeping that C5 from figure eighting is harder than most think... our AF pilots know what I mean...

[oisiaa]

I'm not sure where you are getting your numbers from. The "slow speed" boom on the KC-135 is rated to 335 knots indicated. The high speed boom is limited by the aircraft's placard speed which can be as high as 373 knots or Mach 0.9.

[motor1989]

@oisiaa but they arent suppose to refuel at 373 knots, thats insane

[LUVGT40]

Yeah it's good stuff. It's hard to imagine something that big, take-off in such a short distance. You don't get a true sense of its size, until you are upclose and personal. On a side note, why does each area of the U.S. military, make fun of each area of branch. You guys are are on the same team. It pains me to hear this. The CG also deserve the utmost respect. You all deserve it. So please, respect your fellow officers of other branches. Thank you for your service to me and this country.

[ironcitydevildog]

This is a good video. You notice it says "PENNA" on the wings of the boom? My dad just retired from that unit. It's the 171st ARW Pennsylvania Air Guard out of Pittsburgh. Anyway, I am a Marine, and even Lee Ermey didn't know where the term JARHEAD came from. Probably some deck ape swabby in the Navy. Only Jarheads may call other Jarheads JARHEAD!!!! Doggies, Squids, and Zoomies haven't earned the right to call Marines that!!!!

[Brad1711]

@ironcitydevildog This post reeks of intellectualism.

[a24ktlady]

I love all my American military men.

they are the best in the world, obviously.

[zacharyawojcik]

We're not the Army Ground pounding Army

We're not the Navy Deck swabbin Navy

We're not the Marine Corp, Jarhead Marine Corps.

We're not the Coast Guard they don't even train hard.

WE ARE THE AIR FORCE, THE MIGHTY MIGHTY AIR FORCE.

WE ARE THE AIR FORCE, BOMB DROPPIN AIR FORCE.

[jashoda1]

Thank god you are not in the Marine Corps. Thank you so much.

[throe68]

LOL Oohrah to that!

[zacharyawojcik]

Jarhead Marine Corp isn't even bad. If your a marine you would know that jarhead refers to the look of the caps marines use to wear. Seriously dude its all just fun and games, just so everyone knows. I actually do respect all men and women of the United States Military...Its just a little fun jodi...I mean i call my own service Chair Force...jokingly. Sorry for whatever way I presented it

Sincerely Z.W.

[OneSkiWonder]

Wrong on the Jarhead. The term has nothing to do with hats at all. The Navy used to go to the bathroom at the head of the ship. The Marines instead of using the head of the ship like everyone else would use jars that they kept next to their beds. The Navy called them Jarheads because they said "the head" as a term for bathroom. Basically it comes down to the Marines being called Jar Bathrooms.

[zacharyawojcik]

Im sorry I was wrong, and wait so are YOU...are u in the service? Probably Navy or Coast Guard, but have you ever asked a Marine why their called Jarheads? I just called my friend up who is a Marine and I know why, so until you tell me the correct answer Im just gonna know you as a phoney...The whole bathroom story was made up you cant even google that story however I do know the right answer because Marines are taught the history and know the real answer.

Thank you

ZW

[OneSkiWonder]

I'm sure there are many stories and versions of why they are called Jarheads. No the bathroom story was not made up. I've heard that story told from multiple WW2 vets that (to the best of my knowledge) don't know each other. But please do tell, I would like to know what your Marine friends think.

[zacharyawojcik]

Its the haircuts, Because their hair is cut so hi. It is said that their heads look like jars and their hair would like the lid

[OneSkiWonder]

The Coast Guard flies a lot better then any of the other branches of the military. They train harder then you too. Just because they are not combat trained doesn't mean they don't train. They fly when all of the other branches are GROUNDED DUE TO WEATHER!  They are the ones that save your ass when your bomb droppin air force drops a plane in the water. Get some respect!

[zacharyawojcik]

Haha yeah right...clap clap clap ooorah

[jashoda1]

GRRRRR..... Coasty, Name the last downed military aircraft the coast guard rescued in recent history. And was it your station? By the way, you say "better than any of the other branches of the military" First off, The Coast Guard doesnt' even fall under the dept of defense. Second, how many jets do yo have?

[OneSkiWonder]

We save lives, rather then take them. We don't need jets because most jets are used for killing, we use helicopters. You try flying a helicopter in 100+ knot winds.

[jashoda1]

I play with bombs. I'm guessing that you're in fact not a pilot and thus wouldn't know either what it's like to fly in 100+ knot winds. Either way, are you assuming that those winds are ONLY around coast guard helicopters? And are those normal occurances?

[jashoda1]

MOST IMPORTANTLY...you have no clue what you are talking about, this is from the military times...."Maximum wind speed for engaging the rotors on the Dolphin is 60 knots and the winds at Houma were gusting above that, but the helicopters were able to shelter behind a tree line." THE MAX is 40 knots lower than your fabricated 100+ knots number. Hell they fly at 130knots. Nice try.

[OneSkiWonder]

Yet you are wrong again, I do fly, I am a pilot. I have a Jet rated Commercial IFR pilot license and I am a helo pilot as well. I own a demilitarized UH-1H that I fly for Vietnam reenactments. When I said 100+ I was talking about gusting winds and wind shear included. I am also a pilot for a Flight For Life service.

[jashoda1]

You originaly said, "100+ knot winds." You certainly can't be the only one who does this. And at the ripe old age of 21 you must be one hell of a prodigy to be flying both comercially rated aircraft AND helos.

[ssgtakeo]

Actually if I'm not mistaken the Coast Guard picked up an F-15 pilot of a two ship that collided over the Atlantic recently.

In any case the Coasties go through the same schools that the CSAR units in other services go through. They are equally if not better (because they actually do the mission every day) than everyone else. Hurrican Katrina anyone?

[Th3Resurreccion]

that is awesome man... inside of a cockpit of a C-5

[IdolHans]

One night during Somalia we were crossing the Atlantic when a dumbass loadmaster came into the flight station, pulled out a camera and set off the flash in the dark blinding everyone. Damned lucky it didn't cause an accident. F'in idiot!

[BMASTERSUSAF]

haha aviator i hear you man that gay ass mopp class way back when. those are oxygen masks tho :)

[BMASTERSUSAF]

damn pilots taking pictures all the time, thats my plane! - c-5 crew chief travis afb ca

[Aviation95]

I like how there's a gas mask in the cockpit. MOPP gear everyone? Gas, Gas, Gas, 8 seconds until you're dead. lol... i love the air force.

[djallfiredup]

Yeah, not a MOPP gear dude, that's oxygen masks, just like the civilian have too. I used to have to run my eyes over those when I was crewing KC-135R's. But they are taken care of by Survival. Oxygen, not MOPP gear. ;)

[Aviation95]

I see. That's cool. I'm a fighter guy so I didn't know they had those in heavys.

[blackzmage]

c5s are cool but are HUGE

[jjjazzycraig]

if you can not hover, you are a homosexual...*GO ARMY*

[drumgod08]

dude...the army is for the airforce washouts. even the navy is better than you..

[Aviation95]

The Air Force can hover.

[furryfurball1221]

sweetness

[fpere006]

WIcked Dude!

[titanmiller]

On my very first flight ever we went 30º of bank with one of these monsters on the end of the boom.

[titanmiller]

C-5s are one of my favorite planes to refuel, you can feel them pushing the tanker around so much.

[6V92TA]

dude....the C-5 pushes the tanker around? you mean the boom can withstand all that? or do you mean the effect of such a big plane flying that close to you guys?

[greggaunt]

"push" is a good way to put it. Imagine a huge boat plowing through the water with the bow pushing the water away. That's what is happening with the C-5, the KC-10 and the C-17...the heavies. The boom itself actually flies, too. The wings stabilize it in flight and is controlled like flying an airplane.

[6V92TA]

ok gotcha! i jus needed some clarification.

[greggaunt]

You're welcome. Glad to be of service. I did forget to add a ditty about that "wake" of air pushing up the tail of the -135. Quite the ride.

[izaneerz]

Pretty good.