U.S. Air Force: Maintainers - The Driving Force
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- čas přidán 26. 10. 2016
- 'Maintainers - The Driving Force' pays tribute to aircraft maintenance Airmen and focuses on the dedication and culture of the more than 100,000 Total Force flight line warriors serving today. Maintainers are dedicated, hardworking, mission driven, selfless and epitomize the Air Force Core Values and their virtues.
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Lmao yeah like that Capt about to do some maintenance 😂
probably the guy who wrote the red x in the 781's dead mouse in the galley. Sign off: removed mouse and notified next of kin.
@@mr2tuner136 Classic sign off! I've also seen "replaced flight suit insert" and a real "IFF does not work in OFF mode" (civilians note OFF in caps was written as an acronym).
@@obfuscated3090 or have a flight crew write up bleed air valves do not work in OFFicial position.
We need to let the O's feel like they can do something besides yell at us about meeting 💯 ATO but......we could of done it better
I remember as a dep'r seeing an Airman magazine in my recruiter office showing a 1Lt working on the h-stab anti-collision light on a C-5 (staged pic obviously) and not realizing until after I got in and was in tech school to be a crew chief that the pic was b.s.
"We love the long hours..." said only super
Said any SSgt or any one on up with a failed marriage. Or multiple failed marriages.
They forgot to mention the 12’s, chronic alcoholism, losing your weekends, constant muscle pain, inability to retrain, little to no exportable skills in the civilian sector, and the mission always coming before your self care even though upper leadership always tell you it doesn’t . God Bless the USAF and all the maintainers that keep it running.
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Mnlllll.m u
Don't forget crying alone at night in my hotel room on TDY 👏👏👏
@@bono2213 I support this comment
92oms FAIRCHILD b52g
They actually did mention the 12s though
I was one.from 1986 to 1997. Love this video. Except for the CAPT walking around an engineL. LOL
She like, "Hmm yes.. so this is an airplane! What an eventful Thursday afternoon. Well time to go back to my desk and write some memorandums that have to be signed by COB Friday."
Had to show the Mx OIC actually being connected to the mx that happens. . . to be fair some of them are. .
It’s all fun and games until you hear red ball on the radio
Red ball me a hydraulic cart to Joker 15.
“This is a weird looking Cessna”
-the capt
Without maintainers, pilots are just pedestrians with aviation sunglasses and a cool lookn' leather jacket.just remember....God made mechanics so pilots can have heroes too.
12 years on the flight line and I loved every minute of it
Finally a honest official video of what it means to be a maintainer.
Its all fun and games till you see QA
▪️2018. My son is in the AF. Training to be a Crew Chief. He told me to watch this. Holy smokes. Made me cry. Gives you a whole new outlook, appreciation & respect for those people who maintain everything & keep everything working properly. Missing him is almost too much for me. But I know he's following his dreams & goals since he was a little boy so I just cry my tears, pull up my boots straps & get on with it. I'm so proud of him.▪️☮🇺🇸
hugh GAEEYYYYY
It's mostly a fun job if you're a gearhead or want to be. It's challenging and mind-expanding. I wanted to be involved with aviation since childhood and enjoyed my career. I'd do it again in a heartbeat as would most of my bros.
I was a crew chief and now a flight medic. I made the best memories flying as a crew chief than a flight paramedic does. We always were everywhere. I hope the best for your son. He will also come back knowing how to fix cars as a bonus
I'm sorry for your son...
@@shaunmichael5545 lmao
"This job sucks" - AF Recruiting
Even the recruiter ain't lying...
The airplanes won’t fix themselves
I hate my life
you wont be able to drink like a fish until youre a maintainer
Fact
Everytime.
If it breaks we put it in the Ks and forget about it
S4veTheT4t4s So says the heavy maintainer.
Hold for hsc (iso)
If maintenance was all we did then this would be fine and accurate. Additional duties, pme, getting tasked with extracurriculars to aesthetically please, remedial and redundant training, mandatory fun, being voluntold for functions that hardly anyone wants to go to, and shitty supervision with a severe lack of manning kills the job. Otherwise, I fucking love fixing planes.
You want some cheese with that whine?
Hit the nail on the head.
@@jamesdaugherty7138.
TAKE IT OFF MY HEAD .
MADE FRESH DAILY .
@@abcdef-kx2qt bust him off some of the good stuff.
Fumunda
Thank you for all of you serving/served
Keep this country proud
I was at dover 436amxs and at 1 point I was the only jet engine tech for a 6 month period on graveyard shift 6pm-6am. First day I turned out 7 jets in 1 night. When I came in for turn over dayshift made it out like I was some hero or something. One of the Ssgt's walked up shook my hand and goes. "ive got a new found respect for you. In 1 night alone you managed to turn out more work than the entire day shift crew did with 6 people". That was a hell of a moment. By the end of it I got 4 promotion recommendation letters and was the only SRA that was lead teach. Best job I ever had..Still have that uniform with the SRA stripe on it. Yea its only an e-4 but damned it felt earned.
Finally someone made a video about maintainers who actually gets it! Heads up kids, if you are thinking this job is for you, make sure you know what you're getting into. This job is not for the weak but if you can hack it it'll give you a source of pride like no other.
My thoughts as well. It looks like a lot of the new moto vids are actually good representations of things.
Tim W
Same here!
MSgt Pepe Carrillo
Proud Maintainer
1974-1998
Dad proudly served on the fight from '53-'63 in SAC and 63-89 as a Crew Chief in the 162nd in the AZ / Air National Guard !! Loved what he did so much that as a part time recruiter in the 60's, his F-102, $60981 was flown to Davis Monthan and towed by tug to El Con Shopping center in the early hours to display it all weekend and it was very successful !!
When he retired he formed the 162nd Memorial Committee and in 89 the first of now 3 large black granite stones with the names of retired and members passing while in the unit. Dads name appears next column over to Gen. Morris and they were great friends like everyone else on base. I'm very proud of what we learned about everyone in every field on base and we're very greatful that you're all the best !!
well I didn't think this job was for me. I didn't choose crew chief, crew chief chose me. If it were up to me I would be in the damn plane while it is on mission 🤣🤣
Emphasis on the the suck, the 12 hour shifts, and nights and weekend. With that said, it does not matter what breaks- we will fix it, and the damned thing will work again. You can bet on that.
Very true. God bless you and thank you!
- from a US Air Force Aircraft mechanic and maintainer Veteran's daughter.
Air c
And you won’t get overtime pay.
I spent 4 years as a maintainer. Tough job.
@@123andme i wana join is it a bad job?
I was never allowed to fix one our most prolific problems though. Remove and replace pilot never seemed to get approved!
I was an Aircraft Mech. - F-4's in Thailand, Iceland, and Germany....F-111's in New Mexico and Idaho....SR-71's Okinawa, Japan....
Almost 50 years ago I was a Crew Chief on F-111D's. Good old Cannon
F11's and F4's. I remember working on those sorry pigs. None the less, we had to get them flying.
Man Travis, you worked on some beasts!! Thank you for keepin ‘em flyin!!
loved it so much went to work at the Depot after retirement.....
The Salute......the ultimate expression of respect between the crew chiefs and the aircrews
There is no respect. I do it because I can't flip them off
After leaving MX definitely miss it in the weirdest ways. It was the best of times and the worst of times.
The real champions of the USAF right here.
I don’t trust anyone on the flight line that doesn’t have an article 15 under their belt.
F T F A !!
Absolutely loved the job as crew chief on fighters. F-100D and Fs, F-4D at RAF LAKENHEATH and the T-38A at Webb AFB, Texas. Crew Chief on #3 jet in USAF THUNDERBIRDS, 250 hours in the backseat of #3 (T-38)
I'm glad this popped up on my feed 3 days before I head to BMT, whilst enlisting as Bomber/Refueler maintenance. This got me hella excited
Hope BMT is going good. I cross trained from 2A5 and i do not regret being AMXS. Always be willing to learn and dont be afraid to hunger for aircraft knowledge.
How you feelin now bud?
I loved and hated my time as a maintainer, i wouldn't trade it for anything. F-16's and C-5 MX 1989-2011
MX is the real Air Force
#AMXS
I think the point is made effectively!!
Hell Yeah! That flightline ain't no joke (23yrs)...462 for LIFE! 💣
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING THIS VIDEO AVAILABLE AGAIN!!!
2A453 here. I worked on communications, navigation and mission control systems on J.S.T.A.R.S. Joint strategic target attack radar systems. At Warner Robbins AFB 1996 1999. Loved the work. Hated that we only had two planes when i joined. Both spent massive amount of time in fuel cell. The bull crap details sucked much joy out of job. But would do it again in a heartbeat.
2A6x6 TSgt (Ret) crazy enough I still miss it.
After retiring from the AF I took a job with the Post Office as a walking letter carrier. My soon to be boss said that I need to understand that I would be outdoors in all kinds of weather. I just looked at him and like the beginning of the explained to him that I was a former maintainer and that we only had two kinds of weather ; too damn hot or too damn cold. After I told him that he just laughed and said I guess you do understand.
I did that in reverse order. Was a city carrier then went Air Force MX 💪
Ha! Same here! Never saw as much mickeymouse micromanagement as you get with the P.O.!!
"You think a b52 has a lot of complicated wires?" hit too close to home.
Great GREAT video!!
Gratitude beloved Airmen
Great video!
We all know that us Core Fighter Maintainers, F-15 , F-16 and even the OG A-10 are the real knuckle busters the legit CREW DAWGS!!!!
Hua
Was great until my back herniated from the workload. Now I go to the chiropractor every two weeks.
NEVER lift anything incorrectly! They should beat that into new troops. I used to think I was bulletproof and my MRI shows years of lifting wrongly and wrasslin' external tanks was a bad idea.
How heavy are the objects you were lifting?
Yeah don’t be a maintainer you’re gonna hate your life. Been one for five years & I finally get the sweet release next year.
Why,can you explain?
Totally awesome and it’s not cool to make me tear up. 42 years ago yesterday I signed up and had 8 of the best years of my life. I thank the Lord Jesus Christ for the honor and privilege of serving Him for my country. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
3706BMTS/FLT-W208 25 Jul 78
MX will suck at times but you enjoy the suck. Feels pretty good when a jet is flying because you fixed something no else could or even knows how. If you want to join the real AF do MX. Best thing I ever did.
Unless you’re on swings and never get to see it take off, instead just catching it with more problems than you fixed the night before.
2F0X3, I was a fueler on the flight line, used to pass the nozzle to the crew chief to refuel the aircraft. Hours were bananas. If you decide to get into the operational air get into medical, or Cyber security.
I wish they would make more Air Force planes with the engine in the front like World War II planes I really mis them
I usually hate Air Force videos due to them being corny, but this was well done.
the worst of all the maintenance jobs is hydraulics. but you always be able to re-enlist, go hydro !!!!
Tough jobs, but good times.
and....not ONE mention of helicopters! That's ok, having been a proud 20 year member of the USAF "silent service".
I find it disturbing that the military is trying to downplay, justify, or promote its abuse and overwork of maintainers. You make the same amount of money as someone screwing up your finances on less than 40 hours a week with not even half the accountability.
I also don't know why on earth they showed a MX officer. I've never seen one ever touch a wrench. Or come out to the flightline outside of something going wrong.
PREACH 👏👏👏👏👏
Largely true; however, we got one of the good ones: Our MOO is a former MSgt/Crew Chief and the cat still doesn't mind getting dirty.
That's weird trainee
Sir trainee…
2A531D C 17 Crew Chief 15th AMXS Hickam field. Love this video. There needs to be a modern one. This seems old.
Nope some of my buddies were in this video. It's only a few years old
@@ADHDAquatics what Airframe are you?, I just hate ABUs 😂
@@Mo-Khan I was f16s now I'm f35s
This Video gives me a hard on for Aircraft Maintenance! I Love it !
What is the underlying music which is being played.
Are we going to see an MPF recruitment video?
it takes a high school diploma to fix a plane and a college degree to break it.
I get tons of pats on the head when working on planes but it usually involves the landing gear... and blood lol
😂🤣
best job I ever had...
2006-2012 2a651c working c-5's in delaware. Wouldn't trade it for anything.
MFE baby!
Who is this narrator, not one F bomb. Paid talent I guess
My husband. He wasn't paid a dime. You don't know how bad he wanted to tweak the script. He has been told on several occasions that he uses the F bomb too much. He worked on the B-2 and the C-130 H models.
That's my dad :D
Bruh I should have joined the Air Force 😔
First off. I’m a ten year maintainer. To hell with mission. To hell with all that bs. I work for my brothers and sisters.
Love the memories on the flight line. We are a unique family
2A355B love my job. I mean i hate it, but i love it
Andrew Hall #stockholmsyndrome
👏👏👏👏
Are you trying to say something ?
C-130 Crew Chief (1981-2005) and still miss it after all these years...
They all way blame maintenance
shipping put 17 Jan open mechanical. can't wait.
good luck m8
Your In a long HARD road ahead of you remember NEVER GIVE UP. If you ever need someone remember there is always someone next to you.
Pay attention and do well in tech school, finish your CDCs as soon as possible, then get your CCAF degree. You'll make rank faster and have more options open to you. Also, get your A&P while you're active duty if you can. It opens up a lot of doors in the civilian world once you get out. Oh, and don't fall for the head games in Basic. That's not how the real Air Force is. They're just trying to teach you how to follow simple instructions, and deal with being in trouble gracefully. Good luck Airman.
Thanks to everyone for the support
"Open Mechanical"? Yeah, that's CE (Civil Engineering). Hope you've always wanted to be a plumber.
Don't go maintenance kids, trust me.
Matt why?
Matt crippling depression
This true lol
He's not wrong
Yea if you don't like being in the weather 247 or being busy 247 then yea
My dad worked on B-52, KC-135 and RC-135.
also any PRESENT maintainers of the BUFF, of coourse, to compare notes from 68
hate it and love it same time
Anyone have any information on 2A0X1?
Carl, www.airforce.com/careers/detail/avionics-test-station-and-components
Ray
U.S. Air Force and Space Force Recruiting
any old b-52 guys around? nam arclight menu folks? rolling thunder linebacker too, of course.
Frank mc cann
I worked bombers and tankers, Utapao Thailand, 67, 68. Also worked engine test cell.
Yep- but not quite that old. Been working them since '89, still working them today (Avionics- ECM, Comm Nav). Son just graduated BMT, headed for tech school (NDI).
I got PTSD in the end but it was worth it because the American people gave me a return so profound that the country its self would have to crumble to take it away.
Hydrazine team anyone?
2A654 baybeeee
Bro you ain't lying. I know a staff sergeant that was exposed to it. Dripping from JFS and didn't notice while changing a battery on a falcon. He had to monitored and tested every month because back in day none knew what the hell it would do to you.
Gang gang, got exposed in 2016 👏👏👏
@@ADHDAquatics had suspicion for that, checked up and none :)
My uncle retired from this US Air Force I'm proud Aim High☝
Crew Chiefs
Maintenance is cool….until you pcs to PACAF
Is this true? I really wanna join hehe
Halley, what is your age, highest level of education completed, citizenship status and zip code?
Ray
U.S. Air Force and Space Force Recruiting
And this guy never appeared on the internet again... I heard he is still trying to catch up with those deadlines.
Sheet metal bruh
Sheet metal folks (excuse me, "Structural Repair") are in demand in civilian aircraft manufacturing as it's such a small career field. Worth keeping in mind if you is one.
you mean the same sheet metal that comes out to the plane without their tools. Then takes another 3 hours to come back with their tools or either never come back out because turnover happened and they just didn't bother to mention it sheet metal? lol
AMEZING VIDEO. BEAUTIFUL INSPIRED WORD. I WOULD LOVE BE PART OF THEM. THAT'S ME ALL THEY SAY. DIRTY, COLD, HOT, SLEEPLESS I ALWAYS FINISH MY PROHECTS. LOVE THIS VIDEO AMEZING. GOT IN LOVE TO SEE IT.
I love this! Thank you, thank you, and thank you. God bless all of you.
Everything in this video is the same thing my dad says.
These guys and gals are humble and the hardest, smartest, loyal workers ever.
And for any good person, you never work _for_ them, but you work *with* them.
-from one of these Veteran's daughters.
There's a special place reserved for you all in Heaven in Jesus name!❤🇺🇸💪🙏
Hua
Yes but actually no
Need an F-111 in the video
Don’t do it
why not?
D Ricard it’s a hard and thankless job. The only thing I look forward to after work is getting drunk and passing out only to start the day all over again. It’s not for everyone, including me
@@shew239 Thanks. What job do you wish you had in the military?
@@shew239 what’s your AFSC?
Can i thumb down more than once?
Number 1 USA.🇺🇲🦅💀⚡️⚡️
KEEP SELLING LIES USAF!!!!!
"We were't the kind to go looking for the spotlight. We didn't need our hands held. We did our jobs just fine without getting pats on the head."
Makes 3 minute video seeking TYFYS, head pats, and spotlights.
People who get shot down = heroes. People who change oil = not heroes
lol
I wore a flight suit for the last 13 years before retiring as an MC-130P Instructor Flight Engineer, flying Combat Rescue.
I took my badass Mx bubbas with us on MANY, MANY a hairy, long rnage overwater or over-snowy mountain or over desert or over African Savannah mission.
I don't know too many of my Zipper Suited Su God Brethren that will agree with yuor statement.
I take great pride in my Flightline and Flight Test Mx background (Army Helos) and Infantry 1st hitch (Mechanized...Mortars). Equal pride to my time as Combat Aircrew, without a doubt.
Proud as Hell of my GreaseMonkey wrench brothers and sisters. Especially in Rescue. The maximum range of an excuse is zero meters...they just get it DONE, and get the sortie in the air. Every damned time poor "Jack" was floating alone in the water having hsi worst day ever, NO shortage of Mx bubbas were preflighting a spare while I was kicking tires and lighting 4 fires.
Mad respect given.
Lmao yeah like that Capt about to do some maintenance 😂
Lmao yeah like that Capt about to do some maintenance 😂