Frontline of Freedom

This is a dated (1985ish) promotional video made by McDonnell-Douglas touting the F-15 Eagle fighter. Though it is old, it is still pretty cool to watch. I found this and other videos in my old collection of VHS tapes from that era when I was flying for the USAF. I transfered it to DVD so I could upload it to youtube and share with all you other aviation buffs out there! Enjoy! (Don't forget to get on your L-1 so you don't GLOC!)

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[MattJoey2142]

@Danato11 Well, in America. Being overweight and atleast 250 or fattier is a pass.

[harris3693]

Though I am part Soviet,and this vid is Pro USA, It is still awesome!!!

[Danato11]

Cool.

How fit do you have to be to fly in the Airforce?

[denniswofford]

From where I sat in the tanker it was usually pretty easy. Just had to think ahead a little more because you were navigating and planning for two or more aircraft (the tanker automatically became the flight leader at rendezvous). But most of the time, we let the autopilot fly the airplane during refueling. It was usually better at maintaining a stable platform for the receiver aircraft, who had the harder task of maintaining position on us while taking his gas.

[Danato11]

Awesome. So you refuled the other plains huh. I hear from TV-reports that it is not easy to refule other plains like that, I can imagine why. How difficult did you think it was?

[denniswofford]

I was a T-37 instructor for 3 years and flew KC-135s for the other 18 years.

[Danato11]

thx alot. My parents always tell me you have to know ALOT of math. now that if ask a real pilot, i know. thx :)

P.S. what air craft did you flie in the USAF?

[f39eagle2]

great vid...i like these old vids of F-15s and stuff.thanks for sharing

[denniswofford]

I was a U.S. Air Force pilot for 21 yrs (active duty & reserves). Retired about 5 yrs ago. Now I fly for Fedex. As for the math skills, you don't have to be a rocket scientist to be pilot. Being able to do perform basic computations in your head can be pretty handy in the decision making processes that generally apply to good airmanship & piloting skills. Beyond that, what you learned in your high school algebra class is more than sufficient to become a professional pilot.

[Danato11]

Cool, so you file for the US?

if so, can you tell me aproxamitly how much math you have to know for it? ^^