Crazy F-86 Pilots 526th FBS USAFE

[vuduvince]

and now we know where all the crazy videos started.....I make these type of films for my Flight company.....loved it thanks for the upload.

[SpotterOz]

Too bloody funny! Should have used Benny Hill theme instead, but funny nonetheless!

Thanks for sharing.

[TJDOZIER1]

@SpotterOz

That does sound like it could be pretty funny.

Add in some three stooges sound clips and...LOL or maybe even the coveted RTFLMAO. (I think thats the acronym anyway)

Maybe I'll do it, if I can find the time that is!

[SirRobertofKnoxly]

Mate, I'm an ex-Army Huey crewman and I LOVED the vid.

Thankyou SOOOO much for posting.

Bloody laughed my ar*#se off.

Brilliant

[djbigboy1000]

nice!



[justforever96]

I literally LOL'd like five times at this video...starting when the C.O. in the Caddy turned out to be on a moped! I never literally laugh at videos. And when the guy tying the switches launches himself. And of course, the old clown car routine! I think the music is fine. I'm sure there are other songs that would work as well, but I think this one works just great. Thanks for a great laugh; I've added it to my favorites.

[my85svo1]

Too damn funny

[AndreHuguesSolide]

It really funny keep the good work 8)

[DeeBarber]

Love the music, it accentuates the fun and funny attitude that was obviously the intent of the film's creators.

Hilariously LOL funny at the start and throughout but some fine flying from @5:30 on and it's fun seeing that tail come off @4:10. Thanks for posting! ♥

[nsdfuguoierj]

what a great video ! The F-86 was my Dads first "big" job at North American (He designed the wings-original N.A. wanted delta wings). They liked his work so much that he did the F-100's airframe next.

[avionicswirenut]

Funny vid....My father flew in the Korean war starting with the F-80C then getting the F-84E Thunderjet...Hew flew a full 100 missions into the north for the 9th FBS under the 49th FBG...

[PatRx47]

I thoroughly enjoyed your video of the F86. I used to watch them fly over Fargo North Dakota as a kid when I visited my grandparents.. The Air Guard flew quite a variety of aircraft over the years there...and got to see some of their aircraft up close up through my days attending college and AFROTC there, too. Love your music background too...one of my favorite ditties..:-) PPhillips

[KJLesnick]

I got a question here. I'm pretty sure some F-86F's had an enlarged wing with no slats; some had slats -- were they fitted with an enlarged wing the same size as the one without slats? Or were they fitted with an F-86E's wing with modified slats, or a wing somewhere in between between the F-86E and F-86F (the non slatted model) with modified slats?

Yes the F-86F is the most confusing model for me to remember...

[fuzzyapple45]

The music is shockingly rubbish....nice vid tho.

[TJDOZIER1]

@fuzzyapple45

The Brits have the most polite way of saying...that sucks.

[drinaYT]

Great funny video!!! The music really is horrid though. There has to be something whacky from that era.

[FOXProductNumber666]

@TJDOZIER1 "The original verion was a silent film.

7 minutes of silence would have been to much."

I got your point man, but believe it, there are many music more accurate to an historical record than a a "Alvin and the Chimpmunks-like silly song".

Anyway, I thank you for the video, I liked a lot.

[TJDOZIER1]

@FOXProductNumber666

This is not a "historical record", this is a squadron produced video which was created as a funny parody.

This was produced without "official" support or approval.

Feel free to listen to whatever you would like to when you watch it.

Thanks for watching.

[woodencoasterfan]

That's pretty funny, including the c/o with his Moped :D

[SSBailey77845]

My old man flew the F-86, -100 and -102 and would have loved this. Hilarious!

[train672]

Fantastic, very many thanks :)

[1846tt]

why is this stupid song on every other youtube video? this is a 50's jet fighter video for christ's sake.

[TJDOZIER1]

@1846tt

The original verion was a silent film.

7 minutes of silence would have been to much.

[TJDOZIER1]

@1846tt

P.S.

Christ recently sent me an e-mail...he thinks the music is pretty funny and fits the video.

[SaberTanker22]

LOL i this footage of everyone in the jeep made me faall off my dam chair lol like them mexican trucks that come running out by dozens lol.

[GianI]

Wow didnt know they've been making funny videos since god knows when. Cool

[bigkitten]

Genuinely funny, and very informative.....what a beautiful plane the F 86 was. Some would say the prettiest jet fighter ever. I would.

[Quadrant14]

I have vid of a Navy Fighter Sqn VFA -122 {yet fighter as they lob bombed nukes} flying the terryfing F-7 Vought Cutlass, they did one of these when Lemore Navy Base was a a couple of shacks in the desert, I gotta find a way of getting it on

Godd stick and rudder men too!!

This is great

[TJDOZIER1]

@Quadrant14

Man, would I love to have a copy of that.

I give copies of all my rare video footage to the Planes of Fame Air Museum here in the LA area. Planes of Fame is the oldest and largest privately owned air museum in America. That way these rare videos can be preserved in at least one museum as a collection.

[gerodinis]

Funniest aviation video EVER.

[Badger071]

You can only love this kind of aviation humor. Thanks a lot to USAFE. Great movie. I really enjoyed it. Greetings from the cold Scandinavia.

[TheTmk25268]

haha

good

[radio1ban]

HAHAHA

I like American Joke in tihis.

Thanks legacy USAF.

HAHAHA

[stingingeyes]

Lol - what a wonderful sense of humor.

[barkon]

wow. As a former uscg aviator, I have to wonder how they got away with that. I mean it was so much work, it must have taken days! I wish we could know the guys who created it.

[TJDOZIER1]

@barkon

Watch my video called "The Geiger Tigers" and read the story. Sometimes back then it even became a command supported effort. The Geiger Tigers movie, "Oh How They Flew" was a direct response to "The F-86's are here".

[pacrat90]

Is it just me or do they use the most stupid music for aircraft videos?

[leadsolo]

10 Starz Man !!! ;3)

[natanwekills]

Lets shutdonw some faggots (mig-15)

[flyerholland]

just asesome!

[007wingman]

Hi All, Ya got to love it 'military humor'. Good Hunting and Lots of Luck. 007 Wingman.

[puggy1974]

By far the highlight of my day. Top notch!

[loser1975fuckoff]

The old school

[shrikesshrikes]

That's wicked cool! I was kinda wondering why they were standing so close to the intake, then it just gobbles them all up, sans shoes!! LOL!

[whitedm101]

haha LOL!!!

[FlingwingGolfer]

LOL! Funny stuff! I believe this was a reply to the classic 'Launch 'Em'?

[TJDOZIER1]

Thats a possibility, but I dont know if that unit had seen or heard of Launch Um. I have launch um on my page and on my site too. I also have Oh How They Flew, which is another squadron video about the F-86. That one was difinetly made as a response to the F-86's are here. According to my dad who helped make Oh How They flew. Enjoy all three classic videos on my youtube page or my sote.

[cs512tr]

i always hated this song lol

[texasfathead]

LMAO!!!

[110iso]

ist f86 by paf then record broken he Bell X-1 rocket

[aa2398a]

great aircraft!!!!!

Pakistan Air Force had 150 of these in the fleet. F86 Sabres along with F104 Starfighters ensured that we maintained air superiority over the indians in 1965 and 1971 ---

read Chuck Yeagers (man who broke sound barrier in SR71) account of Pakistan's performance against the numerically larger indian air force (Mig 21s, Su-7s, Hunters)

=)

wonderful aircraft.....we have many on display throughout the cities -- and also at Pakistan Air Force Museum in Karachi

[TJDOZIER1]

I think you mean Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in the Bell X-1 rocket powered aircraft. Yeager never flew the SR-71.

[aa2398a]

thats correct.... Bell X-1

Mr. Yeager was deputed to Pakistan to oversea our operations while we were blasting indian migs out of the sky like birds

you can read his accounts and what he had to say about Pakistan Air Force, which was using starfighters and sabres primarily

[thefarmersson1]

@TJDOZIER1 Chuch Yeager broke the sound barrier in a the Bell X-1 on Oct 14, 1947. His official record never reveals if he ever flew the Lockheed SR-71

[iSunTzu]

@TJDOZIER1 No big deal, Yeager flew an SR-71 as a VIP, 1983. Saw your/this film in UPT (pilot training) 1975 during one of our academic classes. Yeager lives/lived near Beale AFB where the SR-71 flew. He could be seen around the area, getting gas, waiting for ride to Edwards (at Base Ops for hop in a jet) to speak, signing books for the Flight Doc for people when he came around, etc. Named a road to the base after him. Thanks for posting the film.

[leadsolo]

@aa2398a Hahaha ... typical of Ur countrymen to mix up, dice up and trump up unfounded claims ... Chuck Yeager in an SR-71 .... Pakistani superiority over Indians .... HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAH !!

[aa2398a]

Yes, i mislabelled his aircraft....that was ages back. Get over it!

As for Pakistani air superiority over indians --- check any neutral source. We disabled your Amritsar radar (code name Fishoil) in both wars. We destroyed your Kalaikunda & Pattankot air strips, destroyed 9 of your gnats and 5 brand new indian Migs (on the ground). We averted your attempted raid of Lahore (thanks much in part to Army air defence, artillery and armoured divisions)

[leadsolo]

@aa2398a Yeah yeah, Blah blah blah ... so typical of Ur kind - Bet U pissed in some Indian's backyard too, despite him screaming for U to stop

But ... so what ? Look where U are now ... Politically & Financially - NOWHERE !!

Save Ur speeches, yah .... let the FACTS speak for themselves, k ;3)

Take some Good Proud Indian advice i.e. Enjoy this AWESOME Vid .... AGAIN !!

[aa2398a]

sure....i'll also enjoy the video of Sajjad Haider and Squadron 9, right after they carried out the Pattankot Raid in india. Newly inducted indian Migs and Hunters turned to fireworks after a few unguided rockets and guns met their target =) PAF is proud to have used F-86 Sabre aircrafts. There is one on display not far from my residence

[leadsolo]

@aa2398a Oh .... WoW !! *YaWN*

[aa2398a]

@leadsolo

yeah precisely.....yawn away.

come back when you have a proper response.....take it easy on the vegetarian curry

[aa2398a]

I forgot to mention --- learn what our F-86 Sabre and F-104 Starfighters were doing to your soviet migs and your hunters.....

when it comes to air defence, Pakistani skies were never friendly to invader indian hindus......indian air force didnt stand a CHANCE against PAF

[catman351]

I'd be runnin' like a crazed rat to the tarmac to check out this "new" fabulous machine. It's like getting a Lamborghini Gallardo or Ferrari on Christmas Day!

[freiherrudet]

If you still feel down after seeing/ listening to this, maybe you do have real problems. This is great!

[sheafromME]

haha great!

[jrcadet4]

Ye Gods, haven't seen this thing since I was maybe 8 years old! It's so goofy that "Hamster Dance" actually makes sense as soundtrack music---thanks so much for posting it!!

[zimmermann10]

horrible song!

[fabgenius]

rare footage !

[lqiyun7]

OMGOMG this is sooo cool and funny! The music goes in perfect sync with the vid, and i love it the way the curious pilot pulled the ejection handle at 1:45 .... XDXD Nice vid!

[JambockSydy]

Outstanding!!!

[JRRJA3]

Very good !!!!

[MajorCrissMoga13]

name music now funny!!!!!!

[Slasherzza]

woahh surprisingly good =D

[granskare]

fun vid and fun audio :) I wonder what that little car was? German I suspect - glad you posted this video :)))

[BaronKrolok]

Indeed, quite funny with some unexpected jokes.. the little car on the runway was not german, I#m quite sure it was a british Morris. In some airborne scenes you saw F-80, probably the former mount.

[granskare]

perhaps somebody will be able to identify that vehicle :)

[BasicModelling]

Nope... but it was a fun video... :)

[granskare]

I found the car and made a video response naming it - voila!

[granskare]

I found the car and made a video response naming it - voila!

[Zilter]

Hystericly funny, after the "music" is turned off.

[ljackso]

Very funny video! Thanks. lj USAF 1965-1969 F-4

[paralleler]

Wow... As one gentleman said, "God I miss the simpler times."

The time and energy this took showed the men really needed to let their hair down occasionally. Can you just imagine Curtis LeMay cracking a little smile over this?

[dcf77]

The effin music ruined it :(

[TJDOZIER1]

The original footage had no sound track and so it got kind of slow like an old silent movie. So I added a little excitement to the mix. May I suggest that it would have been less effort for you to use the volume button on your computer to turn down the sound track, than it was to write your comment!

[kenturano]

No but I am sure he would be rollling over in his grave, SAC forever.

[FFoenix81]

FANTASTIC!!

[bintars]

cool. very very nice video.

[PotatoGunsRule]

Nice time to fly....jets but no missiles...would have been wild.

[TJDOZIER1]

Check out my video on The Geiger Tigers to see footage of F-86's with unguided missiles used in an air-to-air role.

[ZuhairAli83]

god I miss the simpler times

[ta1ha2ha3]

i'm sure this song is quite old, isn't it?

[TJDOZIER1]

I could be wrong, I'll have to check on it.

[TJDOZIER1]

Ok, I got it.

It's called, "The Hampster Song"

Hampsters, chipmunks, both little rodents.

[kenturano]

the hamsterdance song.

[ta1ha2ha3]

cute vid.. goes perfectly well with the music... wad's the name of the song, btw?

[TJDOZIER1]

The Chipmonk Song.

[ta1ha2ha3]

erm.. then who was the composer of this song? cuz the name also appears as "the chipmunk song" in "alvin and the chipmunks.."

[bylondy]

Gorgeous! jejejeje.

[orenda14]

cute but close to reality

[Quokka57]

Where on Earth did you get this from? It's fucking BRILLIANT. 6 stars mate.

[slrman]

LMAO! Really well done. I am sure they had lots of fun making this, too. Good on ya, M8

[quinncyquinnquinn]

How is this real?

[quinncyquinnquinn]

What I mean is, how were the 526th allowed to do this?

[bakerco502]

the worked hard, they played hard. I'm sure the base PAO might not have approved but the way I see it, they could do whatever they felt like :)

[chuck7520]

Since the original fighter jocks of the Lafayette Escadrille of the french Air Service in 1916, fighter jocks have been a cocky bunch. This was just another expression of that life style. As you say live hard, play hard.

[brassbend]

Just great.. history + humor! My late brother in law had a lot of SAC films he took, I need to dig them up.

[hunbuff1]

minor correction:at the time the 526th transitioned from the F-84E to the hotter F-86F,

the unit was a Fighter Bomber Sqdn(FBS), not

a Fighter Interceptor Sqdn which they became

when equipped with the F-86Ds........

hunbuffone

[dexizzel]

Great stuff!!! I know that my dad (norm531, as in 531st squadron) had a big kick out of this.

[Bugger6]

Whats the name of that tune?

[TJDOZIER1]

"The Hampster Song"

[Bugger6]

Thanks!

[Canberra67]

That is awesome. I love the scene with the two pilots fighting to get into the Sabre.

I think the F-14 Fighter Fling guys got some ideas from that clip too! :)

Thanks for sharing.

[57buickcentury]

The convertible that appears at the beginning and end of the film is interesting - it looks like one of the many cars customized by German coachbuilder Hermann Spohn with styling cues from the GM LeSabre dream car. Quite a few GI's had him customize their cars.

[hammerskjoeld]

Great Vid!!

[Auggie56]

The film is excellent TJ. But these are not "Sabre Dog's". There are just F86's. SD's had a large black radar nose above the intake.

[TJDOZIER1]

You are correct and I have changed the description to correctly state these are Sabre Jets. We are speaking about the D model.

[steindaddie]

Great video! I was with the 526th at Ramstein in the early 1980's and we were still flying out of the same area as in your vid. FYI - the 526th made another movie like this in the late 70's so this vid of yours must have been the inspiration as some of the scenes were identical. Wish I had a copy of the 70's film. Again, great movie.

[TJDOZIER1]

OK, now I am on the hunt for that video! I think this video here was made in about 1953 or 1954 as it was the insperation for the Geiger Tigers movie on my site which was made in 1955.

[TJDOZIER1]

Before anyone even makes comments about engine sounds, this was a silent movie and had no soundtrack so I added the music to keep it entertaining, if you prefer the silent version, turn down your volume and its just like the original film I have.