F-22 Pilots & KC-10 Boom Operator Talk Riddles, Jokes, And Chick-fil-A During Air Refueling Ops

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  • Watch the refueling of F-22s and listen to some of the commentary between the In-Flight Refueler; Senior Airman Jordan Smith, deployed from Travis Air Force Base, and the pilots. Senior Airman Smith is known for his creative, morale-boosting conversation methods of having riddles or jokes or talking about the food they miss from back home.
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Komentáře • 188

  • @cosmicbro1973
    @cosmicbro1973 Před 5 lety +479

    “So what do you do to pass the time”
    Fly a fkin F-22 Raptor around like an absolute boss

    • @zakapholiac9377
      @zakapholiac9377 Před 4 lety +6

      😂😂

    • @yomama629
      @yomama629 Před 10 měsíci +2

      For real lol, of all the jobs in existence this is probably the one where you least need to "pass the time". Every day up there must be an absolute blast from start to finish

  • @TrueBlueJMS
    @TrueBlueJMS Před 4 lety +659

    An E-3 calling an officer “dude” is the most Air Force thing I’ve seen today.

    • @andrewchance9758
      @andrewchance9758 Před 4 lety +97

      Yup haha. I’m a -135 boom operator and in our community, rank doesn’t matter.

    • @yoyoyoyoshua
      @yoyoyoyoshua Před 3 lety +4

      KC-135*

    • @JonathanH1253
      @JonathanH1253 Před 3 lety +5

      @@yoyoyoyoshua you're an idiot 🤦‍♂️

    • @tehClew
      @tehClew Před 3 lety +56

      I work with this exact pilot and honestly pilots are different than officers. Completely different vibe. LtCols and Cols are more professional but Cpts and Lts are complete bro culture

    • @bostonrailfan2427
      @bostonrailfan2427 Před 2 lety +9

      up there, your rank don’t matter…it’s what you can do that matters 😏

  • @gamerboi2415
    @gamerboi2415 Před rokem +146

    I like 2:05, the most causal roll out of there and a "yeah, I miss it too"

  • @jadonvarghese9380
    @jadonvarghese9380 Před 6 lety +456

    “Yeah, I miss it too”
    *banks left and flies off out of view*

  • @karmicabundance9598
    @karmicabundance9598 Před 9 měsíci +42

    *Refilling $350,000,000 death machine*
    "Yeah we're definitely gonna make cookies on the way home 😊"

  • @Darkstar_81
    @Darkstar_81 Před 2 lety +168

    They chat like this to ensure the cockpits are pressurized correctly. So the pilot has 100% concentration. Absolutely incredible. Ive been a chef all my life. I always wanted to be an aviator though.

    • @bostonrailfan2427
      @bostonrailfan2427 Před 2 lety +5

      that’s something unexpected, i take it the tanker flight crew would have a response to command if there was an issue

    • @81bird61
      @81bird61 Před rokem +1

      So wrong

    • @diacidos
      @diacidos Před rokem +3

      and to reduce PIO (Pilot Induced Oscillation)

  • @goldenretriever6440
    @goldenretriever6440 Před rokem +102

    I love that In a high precision maneuver like mid air refueling there’s still room to chat like they’re at a bar

    • @auroa9854
      @auroa9854 Před 8 měsíci

      its not really a high precision maneuver

    • @goldenretriever6440
      @goldenretriever6440 Před 8 měsíci

      @@auroa9854
      I’ll take your word for it
      Seems like it but I’ll then again the only flying I’ve done is on low budget airlines
      BTW would NOT recommend

    • @Error-33
      @Error-33 Před 6 měsíci

      @@goldenretriever6440 it's one of the most difficult things a pilot could do in terms of things that only include maneuvering the aircraft right next to close formation flight but yeah it does become muscle memory and its difficulty goes down a lot after pilots actually learn it so its not really difficult for an actual pilot
      talking also helps the pilots do refueling as well as it reduces pilot-induced oscillation

  • @joe36451
    @joe36451 Před 6 lety +177

    Love the roll after the "I miss em too"

  • @garrettmaddick4271
    @garrettmaddick4271 Před 4 lety +244

    Funny story, I was at an airshow in London, Ontario, Canada today and there was a USAF KC-10 that showed up and I was talking with the boom operator and I noticed he had a Chic-fil-A patch... sure enough it was him!

    • @CuthbertNibbles
      @CuthbertNibbles Před 4 lety +29

      WOW, I thought that guy's voice sounded familiar! I wonder how that guy handles all the fame :P
      Also, 'sup neighbour?

  • @hngh6404
    @hngh6404 Před rokem +78

    “TAKING FIRE! WE ARE SUSTAINING HEAVY CASUALTIES, WHERE THE FUCK IS THAT AIR SUPPORT!?”
    The air support:

    • @euaf-crimson1730
      @euaf-crimson1730 Před 5 měsíci +1

      Do the Russians have everything east of I-95?

    • @skiboi
      @skiboi Před dnem

      ​@@euaf-crimson1730 What?

  • @iamfrommars2000
    @iamfrommars2000 Před 3 lety +46

    its always nice to have a small chit-chat to a complete stranger yet you have the same motto protect and love the country and the people

  • @sya_7489
    @sya_7489 Před 4 měsíci +9

    "Yeah, i miss it too"
    *_*majestically rolls away_*
    This is possibly the biggest main character vibe in the history of aviation

  • @southeasternrides2413
    @southeasternrides2413 Před 3 lety +115

    After watching this I went into deep thought about "what I am doing with my life" and "how I wish I was doing stuff like this instead". Like how do you beat F22s and Chick-fil-A?

  • @bencoyle7555
    @bencoyle7555 Před 2 lety +21

    You can see the F-22 Pilot in like deep thought when he heard the riddle. He’s not moving at all😂

  • @jemimus
    @jemimus Před 6 lety +113

    Love this. Just reminding us of our shared humanity. Just talking random stuff, being friendly.

    • @Onyx_IV
      @Onyx_IV Před 2 lety +1

      Makes you happy.

  • @TROllingNINJA2031
    @TROllingNINJA2031 Před 2 lety +26

    The most technically advanced air combat machine with the most chill pilots

  • @AregPone
    @AregPone Před 6 lety +40

    I used to enjoy talking to pilots in flight.

  • @albertmontanes7705
    @albertmontanes7705 Před 3 lety +12

    love the roll at 2.09, amazing bit of kit

    • @dinosoarskill17
      @dinosoarskill17 Před 2 lety

      truly, the things that we can make as humans are incredible if you really think about what it took to get here. very easily can be taken for granted.

  • @jimmielovett226
    @jimmielovett226 Před 6 lety +65

    This is awesome, hope to see more of these in the future

  • @MesserMorfeo
    @MesserMorfeo Před 6 lety +53

    The pilot at 0:45 makes deep thoughts because he's _high_

  • @johnosbourn4312
    @johnosbourn4312 Před 6 lety +19

    Great little video, guys! I love hearing these conversations between the boomer, and the Raptor pilot.

  • @response2u
    @response2u Před 6 lety +23

    Something impossible to do a century ago! Technology is a miracle!

  • @amxoso
    @amxoso Před 6 lety +7

    Awesome video so great to hear the everyday conversations..please more!!!

  • @Wolfgodmak
    @Wolfgodmak Před 8 měsíci +5

    Lol soldiers talking about Chick-Fil-A is hilarious

  • @thebestbadness420k6
    @thebestbadness420k6 Před rokem +10

    If I could just sit in the cockpit of an f-22 for like 5 minutes...

  • @TheRedKing247
    @TheRedKing247 Před 23 dny +1

    "Yeah I miss it too." *proceeds to casually pull 6 gs*

  • @cassideyousley406
    @cassideyousley406 Před 6 měsíci +1

    Air Superiority fighters and chick-fil-A. Can't beat it lol.

  • @boogerdog5247
    @boogerdog5247 Před 6 lety +8

    I still like the KC-135's. Horizontal is always the preferred delivery.

  • @hamlettelmah441
    @hamlettelmah441 Před 6 lety +11

    That was great, even learned a new riddle. Thanks for an awesome upload, i wanna hear more now.

    • @mrsamot4677
      @mrsamot4677 Před 4 lety +1

      My answer to that riddle was a river

    • @takkers687
      @takkers687 Před 2 lety

      I said a tap

    • @jackgrimaldi8685
      @jackgrimaldi8685 Před 2 lety +1

      That riddle was kinda lame, sorry.
      I came up with an engine; it can run but it can't walk. There's so many possible answers. Riddles are supposed to be head scratching.
      But other than that, nice vid.

    • @exec2968
      @exec2968 Před 2 lety

      @@jackgrimaldi8685 I take it you’ve never dealt with crank walk. Lol.

  • @dc_aviation25
    @dc_aviation25 Před 6 lety +53

    Omg this was too cool. Hope we can get more vids like this one. ;)

  • @callsignsimilton3646
    @callsignsimilton3646 Před 6 lety +1

    Super cool to see this

  • @baku2461
    @baku2461 Před 4 lety +21

    i want to see an aussie talk, i feel like that would be hilarious

  • @lxcien4867
    @lxcien4867 Před 3 lety +3

    When i heard him say "come to our room after..." i expected him to say that some girls are coming over lol

  • @bandrea610
    @bandrea610 Před 3 lety +4

    the f22 just looks so god damn good

  • @falseadvertisement9360
    @falseadvertisement9360 Před 6 lety +3

    Lol I love the conversations.

  • @kevinlewis7882
    @kevinlewis7882 Před 6 lety +36

    Great video

  • @psilence0
    @psilence0 Před 6 lety +10

    Love these military vids!!!

  • @Zyprus
    @Zyprus Před 3 lety +3

    I love our troops.. awesome men and women ever!!!!!

  • @Udaling-Trashcan
    @Udaling-Trashcan Před 8 měsíci +3

    This makes me want to be a boom operator more than anything

  • @Zyprus
    @Zyprus Před 4 lety +12

    God bless our troops!!!

  • @kdabaviation5032
    @kdabaviation5032 Před 6 lety +24

    That's awesome!

  • @Elev8minh
    @Elev8minh Před 2 lety +1

    MY GOD THE F22 IS SO BEAUTIFUL.

  • @Terraqueo22
    @Terraqueo22 Před 2 lety

    Man F22 is such beautifu piece..
    Its the P-51 Mustang of the 21st century

  • @mikeking7381
    @mikeking7381 Před rokem

    Refueling the F-22 how cool is that !!!

  • @Manu-wx7ng
    @Manu-wx7ng Před 6 lety

    i love this

  • @neurospizz75
    @neurospizz75 Před 3 lety

    That's awesome

  • @karmicabundance9598
    @karmicabundance9598 Před 6 měsíci

    i love how even when referring to adjusting the chair they refer to backwards as aft

  • @zeenom2794
    @zeenom2794 Před 3 lety +6

    Can you imagine chitchatting, Joking & messing around while refueling at mid air in an almost 1/4 BILLION$ war machine ???? 😂😂😂

  • @justarandomclonetrooperwit8119

    0:34 that's prolly the most depp and initmate conversation i have ever heard

  • @jwrappuhn71
    @jwrappuhn71 Před 6 lety +1

    More of them type vids please.

  • @tabadaantonjoshuam.5252
    @tabadaantonjoshuam.5252 Před 2 měsíci

    Imagine spying on an enemy aircraft and all you hear is pilots talking about their pass times and chick-fil-a

  • @justachipn3039
    @justachipn3039 Před 6 lety +33

    All I can do is thumbs up everybody's comment... it's all said :)

    • @erikipf
      @erikipf Před 6 lety +1

      But wait... there's more!! ...stay tuned

  • @Duvstep910
    @Duvstep910 Před 6 lety

    SO COOL

  • @tamera2957
    @tamera2957 Před 6 lety +9

    This looks so freaking cool

  • @bostonrailfan2427
    @bostonrailfan2427 Před 2 lety

    for some reason this reminds me of small talk at the urinals…chit chat while doing the necessary then off you go 🤣

  • @tom_p
    @tom_p Před 6 lety +6

    excellent video.

  • @detaviandaniels5872
    @detaviandaniels5872 Před rokem +2

    I just got this job I’m excited as hell

  • @MachineHeadDissent
    @MachineHeadDissent Před 6 lety +6

    How cool is this???.....🤙😎🤘🤘🤘🍻🍺

  • @flexangelo
    @flexangelo Před 3 lety

    Yeah I miss it too

  • @gspotmop8242
    @gspotmop8242 Před 6 lety +6

    awesome clip must take a while to gas up.

  • @kylobear7991
    @kylobear7991 Před 5 měsíci

    Fun that a super cool pilot of a super awesome jet likes the same chick fillet sauce

  • @joebaxter6895
    @joebaxter6895 Před 6 lety +11

    awesome video but are they also talking about pitch, attitude, flight vector that the F22s need to follow or are both aircraft on an automatic flight synchronization system???

    • @CallsignJoNay
      @CallsignJoNay Před 6 lety +1

      Victor Morales Directional lights on the underside of the tanker tell the fighter pilot if he needs to move forward/back/up/down. I imagine the boom operator would communicate thinks like if the tanker is going to turn, etc, but I don't think specific headings or attitude adjustments are needed. The fighter pilot can adjust on the fly and maintain his position on the boom.

  • @mixmaster2909
    @mixmaster2909 Před 10 měsíci +1

    "No one kicks ass without tanker gas"

  • @faridf-16atlasfalcon90
    @faridf-16atlasfalcon90 Před 6 lety +5

    Amazing F-22 RAPTOR awsom

  • @JohnSmith-hs4li
    @JohnSmith-hs4li Před měsícem

    riddler: "I can run, but I can't walk"
    me, staring at the intakes of the F-22: "engine. engine. engine. engine. engine."
    background guy: "like a run on sentence..?"
    me: "bro, w h a t ?"
    riddler: "a nOsE"

  • @waystilos
    @waystilos Před 6 lety +4

    Who would give this a thumbs down

  • @JDEEZ6969
    @JDEEZ6969 Před 2 lety

    this would make a funny podcast ya know

  • @whenibecamethesun..8759
    @whenibecamethesun..8759 Před 4 lety +2

    Some cool cats

  • @hathatsfunny1911
    @hathatsfunny1911 Před 2 lety +1

    "Yeah i miss it too"
    *banks 120°*

  • @JayAllen-vw9vc
    @JayAllen-vw9vc Před 4 měsíci

    The KC 135 tanker, was an is still, today the best bird flying.
    I member,as a child watching the birds flying out of Birmingham, going to all points, wherever.
    The kc135 is the best design, still flying. Why would any designer put the powerplant in the tale section? Beyond me?

  • @Tome4kkkk
    @Tome4kkkk Před 6 lety +5

    What kind of flight controls are implemented in F-22 and F-35. Pressure-sensitive like in F-16?

    • @Skiesaremine
      @Skiesaremine Před 2 lety +1

      Yep.

    • @m_swizzy22
      @m_swizzy22 Před rokem +1

      All the new fighter jets have non centrally placed sticks, and most of them do not deflect, as they are all advanced fly by wire systems with force feedback input.
      Aircraft like F-15, or F-14 use a centre stick, as they were mechanical, so they moved the elevator and ailerons directly with the force of their hand, so putting them in the centre was necessary to maintain balance(obviously any deviation on a non fly by wire- think the small planes using lines connected to the yoke that react to every input on the controls by essentially “pulling lines”).
      The hornet is an exception unless the older hornets had no fly by wire, but that is a jet that has centre stick, with full deflection.
      Im only accustomed to the F-16, or A320-A330 so I can’t say much but hey..

  • @Hairysteed
    @Hairysteed Před 2 lety

    Meanwhile me refueling in DCS: "SHUT UP! I'M CONCENTRATING!!"

  • @cholomackdaddy
    @cholomackdaddy Před 2 lety +1

    America, makes f-22. Also America. Stops making F22. That plane is epic.

  • @jcsandygobotobkkbo2192
    @jcsandygobotobkkbo2192 Před 6 lety +2

    That was cool

  • @gator6932
    @gator6932 Před 6 lety +4

    Nice

  • @user-NavalAviator
    @user-NavalAviator Před 6 lety

    Very nice!!

  • @Ricardo-fe6kp
    @Ricardo-fe6kp Před 6 lety +7

    Cool

  • @mikegallegos7
    @mikegallegos7 Před 6 lety +2

    LOL A nose ??? That is soo bad ! LOL

  • @sta5011
    @sta5011 Před 2 lety

    Fueltanker: So, how do you do?
    Pilot: Nothinjust flying around with a fuckin f-22

  • @cameroncruz7939
    @cameroncruz7939 Před 3 lety

    "A nose."
    "Hooyah."

  • @traditur_
    @traditur_ Před rokem

    2:38 I guessed water. I’ve heard the phrase “running water” to describe water flowing through the pipe.

    • @njovwevnjweV
      @njovwevnjweV Před rokem

      I guessed a fridge or any other electrical appliance that "runs"

  • @edaxsachorwzky8898
    @edaxsachorwzky8898 Před 3 lety +1

    I hear a “chik filet” commercial by now

  • @aidenkemp3548
    @aidenkemp3548 Před 3 lety +1

    rumor has it that he still has some chick fil a sauce

  • @NewTypeDilemma01
    @NewTypeDilemma01 Před rokem +1

    My answer to the riddle was an engine...

  • @Gman-109
    @Gman-109 Před 6 lety +2

    Great clip - notice all the cuts though? Lots of classified stuff being discussed they edited out. Right when the F22 pilot said he spent his time "looking up at space, and the ...."they cut the remainder of what he was talking about. About space and the classified stuff we have flying around up there perhaps? Lots of other places they cut as well.

    • @erikipf
      @erikipf Před 6 lety +1

      It was decided last minute they weren't ready to let the public know details about Area 52, and the truth about the Moon landing, so they had to edit those parts out. They said the president would announce that stuff later on.

    • @mrsamot4677
      @mrsamot4677 Před 4 lety

      Are you for real rn?

  • @bellazent-jf3ic
    @bellazent-jf3ic Před 6 měsíci

    Flying an F-22 while being trained to kill:
    "I can run, but i cant walk. What am i?"

  • @fackerlee0951
    @fackerlee0951 Před 6 lety

    The conversation tho hhhh

  • @kitamaru6175
    @kitamaru6175 Před 4 lety

    They're just like kids

  • @21champions
    @21champions Před 4 lety +2

    It's a weird gas station I have ever seen..

  • @ardagezer8454
    @ardagezer8454 Před 4 lety +1

    What are you doing do pass the time down there
    F22 Pilot :AAH Just looking to stars thinking about space
    Me:WHAT THE FUCK

  • @TheRealArtimusKnight
    @TheRealArtimusKnight Před 3 měsíci

    What do you do to pass the time?
    Fly the greatest fighter jet ever built of course

  • @hsienlichen4528
    @hsienlichen4528 Před 6 lety

    hahaha :) cool

  • @jhxu7293
    @jhxu7293 Před 6 lety +5

    1:28 what's that "little tubs"? anyone knows?

    • @reyp5323
      @reyp5323 Před 6 lety +3

      JH Xu , At Chik Fil-A, you can buy their condiments in tupperware sized " tubs" that you can get if you need alot of sauce like if youre throwing a party or something

  • @zhanybekaskarbekov8368

    Great 👍🏻 video 👨🏻‍🚀🎧📞(((🔊 listen 👂😊.

  • @robbotaylor8717
    @robbotaylor8717 Před rokem

    A bird big bird

  • @johnpatricklim4509
    @johnpatricklim4509 Před 3 lety

    Ask regular or premium....

  • @Lucas-ct9lb
    @Lucas-ct9lb Před 6 lety +5

    Nice trumplane

  • @rogrepublikofgamer5579

    Lagi ngisi bensin

  • @2706mauricio
    @2706mauricio Před 6 lety +4

    Niceeeee

  • @robbotaylor8717
    @robbotaylor8717 Před rokem

    Life support please