C-17 Air Refueling over the black sea

A C-17 takes fuel from a KC-135

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Comedy

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• C-17
• air
• refueling
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• video
• weber

[manomanlyo]

How did u get permission to get up in the plane with the boom operator?

[brownshorts1]

I was deployed flying the C-17. The KC-135 Air National Guard Unit was also deployed supporting OIF. Since the KC-135 guys worked in the same building as us, I just walked over and asked if I could take a ride and see what it was like from the other side.

[EpicShenanigansChuck]

so the boom moves using those elevators on the sides?

[brownshorts1]

Yep. 

[xTomcatsForeverVF84x]

the song is thunderstruck but a fucked up version of it

[Gemadi]

@staffsmole there is this thing called mute

[brownshorts1]

@deejakway

You first need a college degree. Most pilots attend the Air Force Academy or ROTC in college. During this time, you compete for a pilot slot. After graduation, you will attend Pilot Training which is a year long. During that time, you compete to see who gets which aircraft. If you get the C-17, you then spend 4 months learning how to fly it. Another option is to visit a guard/reserve unit if you already have a college degree & see if they will send you to pilot training.

[deejakway]

@brownshorts1 how would i look into flying C-17s?

[Rrasfly2]

Nice, i almost got that job, and it isnt easy

[dereklsept]

c-17...one plane where a good pilot makes A/R moderately challenging, to a bad pilot making it just a downright PITA

[yohan01]

Thanks for sharing!

[MrSabot88]

Reminds me of whales fucking! One wrong move and everybody gets shafted with a giant PRICK!!!

[amapolishplummer]

What was a C-17 doing on the Black Sea and also did you guys fly all the way round the world to refuel a C-17?

[bratonabike]

shouldve used the crookers remix of thunderstruck ;)

[OSCARA320]

@noonedude101 yup :/

[matts396]

@brownshorts1 you must have at some point.