USAF KC-135 Stratotanker PILOT VLOG!
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- Have you ever wondered what its like flying a KC-135 Stratotanker for the United States Air Force? In this video you will meet Capt Dane. He is a Captain in the Air Force and will show us all the cool features of the KC-135. I hope everyone is doing good and thanks to everyone that stopped by to say hi at Oshkosh 18!
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My step son flew that platform. Sadly he died of brain cancer 4 years ago. Thank you Steve and the Airforce pilot who showed this video.
Sorry for your loss.
i am so sorry for you loss. i hope you and your family are doing ok
Thanks Steveo. I took my discovery flight yesterday in a 172. Got up to 5000 feet and got used to banking and turning the plane after I finally got passed my nerves. Got to work the pedals a bit on the ground and almost drove us into the grass on the taxiway and had a death grip on the wheel the first half of the flight. It was a completely horrifying and yet awesome experience. Hopefully the first step to a career. If nothing else at least getting my PPL. Always loved planes and it's been a life long dream. I'm 29 and love watching your videos(you make it look effortless). Helped finally prompt me to go ahead and pull the trigger and finally do it.
Have fun and enjoy each step!
Where are you at now?
When you're a crew chief on a 135, you know where all the good hiding places are. Alot of Thai Stick was brought home on these birds from South East Asia back in the late 60s early 70s, especially after Operation Linebacker ll in Dec. 72. :)
Brings back memories. I used to fly with EC135 Offutt AFB Looking Glass Mission 24/7 mission during the "Cold War". Great historical airplane. Basic and old technology. They used to leak at altitude. Never needed a refrigerator for storing lunches. Just find a little air gap keeps your drinks cold never needed ice for our coolers. We even boom refueled even with all our heavy comm gear. Lots of old "war" stories on that great air-frame. Thanks !
Had to watch this again as the airlift from Kabul is happening, if you check flight radar you can see the stratotankers constantly in the air around the gulf refuelling c-17’s and c130’s mad respect to these guys!!!
You rock, Steveo. Corporate pilot here, 25+ years in the biz and I have to say, I love your aviation vids and, much more than the others for sure. You have a passion for flying and making your video documentaries and are definitely a natural at doing both. Also love the fact that, even with your busy schedule, you still make time to answer questions or comments on your CZcams channel. I’m pretty sure that I could not do that and I only fly 12-14 days a month! Keep up the great work brother!!
Great video. Approx. 20 years ago I had the pleasure of sitting next to the boom pilot while he refueled one of our F-15's from the 102nd FW, Otis ANGB, MASS ANG. It was a KC-135 from the 121st ARW, Ohio ANG. We were on a 2 week active duty deployment to NAS Kevlavik in Iceland. The F-15 was at Leuchars RAF base at St. Andrews, Scotland and our pilot had to abort his return flight due to an electrical problem on his preflight. After the fix, we returned to Keflavik on the tanker and I shot some awesome videos of the refuel. I'm retired now with 31 years in the Air Guard.
I was a ground crew Sergeant on a C141 back in the Nam days. Almost everyone loved the 135 models. They were known as good flying Aircraft, reliable. I was able to get my A & P license through the AF and they covered the cost. Thanks for the video.
Steveo - My dad retired U.S.A.F. in Columbus, OH... He was head of all maintenance and operated 12- KC 135s refuelers, 12- B52s with Nukes and six or seven F-111 Aardvarks swept wings with Nukes. The USA is committed to preserving your family, your love and your security. Since Patten in 1944... Trust no-one else!
As a 135 Boom Operator this was a pretty cool video to see you do. However you should have interviewed the boom about anything behind the pilots headrest (inside joke among 135 crews). I also wanted to say thank you. Your videos flying around the Caribbean inspired me to pursue my PPL. I only have 15 hours but coming from a flying background I solo'd at 13 hours.
Thanks for serving! Good luck with your flight training. Have fun and enjoy each step!
13 hours. That's impressive. Good job.
when you've spent 13 years sitting behind 2 pilots you pick up on some things ;)
And if you really want to learn about the boom and how it works ask a hydro mechanic. We know everything about whats actually under the panels and what makes it work ;)
@@adaml7103 Lol right! I'm was GAC on the kc-135s from 2013 to 2018 and I could talk a lot more about the avionics. The pilot was correct about the autopilot system though. The block 40 autopilot used old mechanical relays in the single autopilot 'computer'. The new block 45 autopilot uses two different computers and they are all digital.
So cool. It brings back memories of when I was a mechanic in SAC stationed at Loring. Of course, that was 50 years ago and their still flying right along side the B52.
Thanks for your service to our country!
Thanks Steveo! As a former KC-135 crew chief I love seeing people highlight this bird! Always remember this acronym...NKAWTG....thanks again! I love your videos!
Did the Aurora ever exist?
The kc-135 does touch and goes in my hometown every now and then and it's my favorite aircraft of all time.
This brings back memories of my IFR maintenance days on the KC135 at Altus AFB Ok 75-78.
Thanks for another great vid Stevo. My brother flew the KC-135 out of Meridian MS. He's now with the 164th Airlift Wing out of Memphis flying the C-17 and they tank off the 135.
Favorite part of being a KC-135 pilot is flying in the pattern? Spoken like a true bus driver! I don't miss those three hours in the pattern flights after a refueling and a great Nav leg. The rendezvous was the best part of the flight because it meant the pilots and the Boom actually had to do some work. As you might have guessed I was a KC-135 Nav back in the water injection days. Sometimes I even miss alert. Thanks for keeping us safe.
As for getting rid of the Navigator in the 1990's, they may be getting rid of the pilots soon. I hear the Navy is trying out refueling using drones.
Thanks for the tour. I always admired the skill of the boom operator.
Very nice tour. Great memories. From 1976 through 1980 I was a KC-135 Flight Simulator Tech stationed at Loring AFB in Maine. I spent many hours doing upgrades and repairs (replacements) to the cockpit instruments and controls. The cockpit in this video looked very familiar with lots of small changes. The fuel control panel and the auto-pilot controls have changed a lot. Part of my routine every morning at 0800 hours was to "preflight" the simulator to ensure it was fully operational before the flight crew showed up at 0900 hours. After years of practice, I could shoot an ILS landing by myself and do it better than the real pilots (according to them).
It appeared, that the ONLY purpose of the ceiling “above” the boom operator, was to encourage claustrophobia. From the cargo bay, you can see that that section of floor could easily be left open, creating a nice “spacious” area for the B.O. But, in tribute to past bubble gunners, the boom pod space was made nostalgically confined LOL! Great walk through Steveo !
The ceiling holds the secondary gaseous oxygen system
What a treat! I was a comm/nav/Doppler technician on these back in the 80's when they were "A" models. No block 40 for me. Still had navigator in the seat staring at a radar scope. Love this bird! Thanks Steveo!
The KC-135 is one of my favorites! I'm lucky enough to work close to KMKE and get to see the 128th fly the pattern often.
Awesome video and great content as always Steve. When I woke up today my first thought was "I wonder what it is like to fly a KC-135 for the United States Air Force all around the world." and BAM, you post this video minutes later. You are a true mind-reader.
Just you're a future predictor.
dad was a boom in kc-97's and these. retired in 76 from mcconnell. was a stand eval for a long time. 26 yrs as a boom operator.
It never ceases to amaze me something that burns that much fuel would have anything left over to refuel other aircraft. It must be fun calculating endurance. Let's see we have 6 hours of fuel on board or 5 hours and one refuel, but someone else might need fuel so call it 4 hours lol.
That's certainly an instance where it's ok to be selfish haha
When the SIOP (Single Integrated Operations Plan) was created in the 1950s, the idea was for the KC-135s to give ALL of their fuel to the B-52s as they approached the North Pole. The B-52s needed all of the tanker gas to fly deep into the USSR to drop their nuclear weapons and made the KC-135 fuel planning morbidly more simple.
The joke among KC-135s crews is that Tanker TOAD stands for “Take off and die” since your chances of surviving a ditching or bailout at those latitudes was slim. Thank God we never escalated the Cold War!
Nowadays, the acronym NKAWTG is more appropriate.
@@thelert NKAWTG - Nobody Kicks A** Without Tanker Gas
@@Stepclimb They also have some 135s that can be refueled. It has a fuel delivery recepticle right by the old sextant mount.
Just seeing the main cabin section, I can smell it. The 135 main cabin has a distinctive smell to it. And now I know what the extra APUs are for...to start all four engines at once.
Crewed them for over 10 years loved the R models
Captain Dane,,, Thank you for your service as well as the tour of an interesting aircraft.
Can't believe that an aircraft conceived in 1955 is still flying and doing good service today. Congrats to all the crews and maintenance and engineering teams who keep these flying and update engines/airframe and avionics to keep apace with technology.
Thanks, first time to see inside refueling plane.
Thanks for taking the time to make the most awesome aviation videos.
I was a crew chief on 135'S in the 80's, used to lay down in the boom pod during touch and go's it was pretty cool.
I had the opportunity to ride along in one these in high school. Seeing F-22's get refueled was an experience I won't forget.
My dad worked on them for 20 years! Thanks man!!! Video Favorited!
It's a fun job.
Thanks Steveo & Capt. Dane; I certainly don't get to visit the Cockpit of a KC-135 everyday!
Awesome treat; thanks guys!
Thx Steve... I just passed along the link to your video to a good friend who was a command pilot for KC-135s and KC-97s during the Vietnam war.
Way to go Dane, I served with Captain Christinsen when he was just an Airman in the Fire dept
Was a jet mechanic on the KC 135Q at BEALE 72-75.
Fascinating! It’s amazing that the 707 is still flying in various guises with modern tech. I’ve taken private tours of the C-5 and C-17 up here at Stewart with the 105 ANG. Great people. And of course Dane, with all his accomplishments, looks like a GQ model too 😁
AWESOME Steveo!! A big THANK YOU to Captain Dane for his service!
That Captain was darn accurate. Well done.
Thanks Steveo..here in Pittsburgh Pa. we have the 911 air wing that is one of the biggest...they fly all over the world..it`s pretty cool to see these old birds fly all over the area..thanks again..or as we say in the Navy BRAVO ZULU...
Yes you are correct Steve it is tight back there I've been back there once with our A-10's flying out of incirlik Air Base turkey during Desert Shield Desert Storm and operation provide comfort pretty cool back there.
Bucky!!! I am from Wisconsin, and went to graduate school at UW Madison. Thanks for this feature SteveO!
Well done Steveo. Another awesome update. Many thanks going out to Capt Dane, for helping to make this episode possible. Waydago Steveo..!
I was a Tanker Crew Chief from 1975-1994
I remember being assigned to 63-8888 it was my first aircraft as the lead Crew Chief stationed at Ellsworth AFB. Many wonderful memories thru the years then and now. It truly was the best job in the Air Force. Anyone assigned knows what I mean.
Good video... did stop and say HI at Oshkosh and had a GREAT time walking and sightseeing "Osh" for the first time... Thanks for your time and effort in posting these videos.
The heart of the 707!
717!
I was wanting for the Captain to say buckle up for takeoff. Maybe next time. But I really enjoyed the walk around. Love our Military. Thanks Steve.
I met with that kc-135r pilot too at Oshkosh. He was pretty cool.
Thanks SteveO, nice tour of this aircraft with good questions and commentary.
Steveo, when you gonna do a C-17 VLOG??? I'll hook you up!
being an avionics tech on these jets, this video was awesome! glad to see some old jet appreciation!
VFR Pattern 😁 I don’t feel alone anymore
The 707 lives! Keep on flying!
Van Hammer
Trivia time!
The C-135 and KC-135 are direct descendants of the prototype 367-80 “Dash-eighty”. They share the more oval fuselage of the -80 and sit lower than the B-707. The B-707 has a more circular fuselage.
If Steve had shown the Boeing data plate on this aircraft which was built in 1962, you would see that Boeing’s internal designation for the (K)C-135 is........ B717-157. The models which came with TF33 engines were B717-158.
These military aircraft are the original Boeing 717s.
It wasn’t until Boeing acquired McDonnell Douglas in the 90’s that the latest model of the DC-9 got renamed the B-717. Pilots who fly the newer civilian B-717 have DC-9 type ratings.
Flew on one of these during my summer on an air force base. Awesome experience.
My dad flew these in the 70s. I was lucky enough to fly a few flights and be in one of the positions next to boom operator and watch refueling! Also got flight when I was active duty AF.
Awesome video Steve, you get the best opportunities ever, nice interior view of the cockpit of the kc-135. Keep the videos coming.
thank you for your service from the UK!
Awesome video! I got to sit in one of these at an airshow last week. An interesting thing the pilot told me was that they never takeoff with full power. I see them flying around the pattern at my flight school all the time. They have been causing students to wait 30 minutes plus for takeoff.
Nice to see a fresh update from Steveo1Kinevo thank you Steve.
Thanks for the tour and thank you for their service
Those planes came with flight engineer and navigator desks. Then the navigator job disappeared in the late 60s with the introduction of INS. I see that the FE was replaced with avionics.
Wow the boom operator gondola is rather tight and uncomfortable. Kudos to the guy with the big boom. Dont mess with him….
All I can say is WOW!!!!!!!!!!
The military does a lot of cool aviation stuff! I kind of want to join!
Neat video. The 185th ARW flies KC-135-Rs out of the base here. You can usually tell when they're fully loaded because they seem to crawl across the sky.
Wow that was fantastic stuff!!! And the low fly refuel shots spectacular!!! Thank You!
After working with RF-4 pilots for 6.5 yrs ('69-'75) all I can say is Sierra Hotel!👍
VFR PATTERNS! Hell yes haha.. that and going back to watch AR with the booms with an extra Pilot
Another great vignette, SteveO. Thanks for sharing.
This is cool! Interesting to see the inside of these massive things!!
Great one Steve! I've been ATC at Boston Center for a lot of yrs. work those planes interesting
I really enjoy all your videos, keep them coming! Learning how to fly in southern CA.
Very cool! Another quality video from Steveo!
One small correction... You enter the aircraft through the "crew escape hatch" not the "crew entry hatch"... Spent my 4 year career on 55-3118, the very first -135 accepted by the AF...
Have been waiting so long for this
Hey Oshkosh camping neighbor! Hope all is well with you and Pops!
Awesome and informative video, Steveo! Thanks for sharing.
Cool airplane! Thanks for sharing Steveo!
Great work, Steveo!!!
That panel surprised me compared to your TBM 850!
Awww. I thought the boom pod was where they would keep the things that go BOOM! :D
Naw man!...it's where the crew chiefs hung out with the stewardesses.
This is so cool. That the Air Force and Capt Christianson gave you such access. I’m so thankful for our military!!
Steveoooooooo Nailed it !
Hey steveo good to see you again. Wouldn’t it be fun to learn how to fly one of those bigger birds? I’m sure you could get the hang of it if you really wanted to. Looks pretty cool
Great video, thank you for sharing it Steveo.
Love the 135!
Awesome video
My dad actually used to work at the base, supply chain, tech sergeant
Great tour. Most air show tours they don't give out much information. Consider it "secret".
I just discovered your Channel. Nice stuff - keep up the great work.
Man I love planes
If you look closely the tankers carry lots of nitrogen bottles near the boomer position. As the tanker fuel tanks are emptied they pump nitrogen into the fuel tanks to inert them, or make the empty tanks less susceptible to fire.
Very interesting, thanks for sharing!
From my military days, I "space A'd" a KC-135 twice, so I know how cool it is.
But of course, the million dollar question - where'd you get your shirt?!?!?
The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism gave me the shirt when they named me a Flying Ambassador to their beautiful country.
Thanks for the tour
I got to do a civilian orientation flight in a KC-135, one of the most amazing experiences of my life. This was before 9-11, I think they quit doing them after that. Amazingly, we got to wander around the plane at will, and we took turns in the boom pod during refueling. I got to lie in the Boomer's couch as we landed, what a view!
I was lucky to get a flight, I'm not sure if they started doing them again post-911. I need to dig up my photos from that day, not sure what I did with those.
I am in the Air Force and for safety reasons no one is allowed in the Boom pod while taking off or landing. So I am wondering how you got permission, especially a civilian?. You might have been on the aircraft but I highly doubt you were in the Boom pod while landing.
It was 20 years ago... maybe I am misremembering? I remember being in the boom pod while we were approaching, maybe I came out before we landed?
Now I'm wondering! Memory is funny that way.
@@humanbraininrobotbod
I am also gone ask someone older, because maybe rules were different 20 years ago.
I still know the friend who got me on the flight, he's retired now - I'll have to talk to him about that day, just to try and bring some of it back. It must have been in the early '90s? Jeez, so maybe more like 25 years ago?
Real stuff.
I got my Flight Engineer's license on the B-707. Looks like that station was computerized out in the KC-135.
This is amazing steveo big like I enjoyed watching that
very cool SteveO
Pretty cool that Captain is prior enlisted USAF Security Forces.