The Insane Billion $ Processes of Repairing Thousands of US Air Force Jet Engines

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  • @hectorvargas6452
    @hectorvargas6452 Жыл бұрын

    Good that we have such dedicated men and women.

  • @tawilsquiton9440
    @tawilsquiton9440 Жыл бұрын

    ,,US is good in terms of maintaining there assets as it's required.👍💕

  • @rahuldesai5954
    @rahuldesai5954 Жыл бұрын

    At 02:08 it is a FA 18 super hornet..

  • @BayAreaTraveler
    @BayAreaTraveler Жыл бұрын

    Someone needs to proofread these videos before they go live. You guys have it wrong at 2:08, that's a F-18, NOT F-15

  • @AuntRosieandEllie

    @AuntRosieandEllie

    22 күн бұрын

    I noticed it too!

  • @1heart7seas1moon
    @1heart7seas1moon Жыл бұрын

    This is your health care ladies and gentlemen

  • @ckmoore101
    @ckmoore101 Жыл бұрын

    Still waiting for Hollywood to make _Day of the Cheetah_ into a movie. One of my favorite tech/spy books. Love Dale Brown, his books can be loosely described as, "if Jack Ryan was a USAF pilot, instead of a CIA Analyst". _Flight of the Old Dog_ is a great read too. And 2:00 , thats an F-18, not F-15.

  • @dmsdmullins
    @dmsdmullins Жыл бұрын

    14:55 What the hell is a B-53?

  • @jamesbaldwin2696

    @jamesbaldwin2696

    Жыл бұрын

    That's what I want to know.

  • @Ihaveseenthings577

    @Ihaveseenthings577

    Жыл бұрын

    Don't throw the ball out of the park, just Do it....😊

  • @balaramsharangi9747
    @balaramsharangi9747 Жыл бұрын

    Most valuable engines💚💚💚

  • @yzzxxvv
    @yzzxxvv Жыл бұрын

    Amazing

  • @angeleusebio9451
    @angeleusebio9451 Жыл бұрын

    AWESOME

  • @Trazaluz
    @Trazaluz Жыл бұрын

    Should use metric rather than a local measuring system.

  • @larrymondello8475
    @larrymondello8475 Жыл бұрын

    Another winner , thank you

  • @souleymanetraore9878
    @souleymanetraore9878 Жыл бұрын

    Gloire aux Usa ❤❤❤❤

  • @wiwingmargahayu6831
    @wiwingmargahayu6831 Жыл бұрын

    wow rare video

  • @ruger8412
    @ruger8412 Жыл бұрын

    WP on the F16 stands for Wolf Pack. The United States Air Force 8th Fighter Wing is the host unit at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea and is assigned to Seventh Air Force. Seventh Air Force falls under Pacific Air Forces (PACAF). The Wing's 8th Operations Group is the successor of the 8th Pursuit Group. one of the 15 original combat air groups formed by the Army before World War II

  • @danielhowell1640
    @danielhowell1640 Жыл бұрын

    Billions of dollars worth of cutting edge fighter technology and they use a bottle jack to install the engines.

  • @Vancesez

    @Vancesez

    Жыл бұрын

    Helps keep them fit.

  • @BariumCobaltNitrog3n

    @BariumCobaltNitrog3n

    Жыл бұрын

    That's Insane!

  • @ExiliaN42
    @ExiliaN42 Жыл бұрын

    8:25 The B-53????????? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @Crash-yp7ll
    @Crash-yp7ll Жыл бұрын

    Sounds 'insane' ... until you need 'em ... Hope we don't, but ...

  • @paulwhite5840
    @paulwhite5840 Жыл бұрын

    Did she say B-53 at the beginning of the depot segment?

  • @JD-mm4ub

    @JD-mm4ub

    Жыл бұрын

    Yep, I heard that to.

  • @gangsterism
    @gangsterism Жыл бұрын

    gabzul

  • @sjoerddijkstra939
    @sjoerddijkstra939 Жыл бұрын

    The Boneyard engines?

  • @northofsouth989
    @northofsouth989 Жыл бұрын

    YOU'VE GOT TO STOP CALLING EVERYTHING "INSANE". PLEASE STOP THIS. IT'S ANNOYING.

  • @BariumCobaltNitrog3n

    @BariumCobaltNitrog3n

    Жыл бұрын

    Hallelujah! I agree.

  • @Lights480

    @Lights480

    Жыл бұрын

    to an individual like me, that billion dollar amount is actually insane. it's fun to me hearing that.

  • @BariumCobaltNitrog3n

    @BariumCobaltNitrog3n

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Lights480 Large amounts of money = Severe mental illness and violent pointless rage? Insane asylums are not banks.

  • @Ihaveseenthings577
    @Ihaveseenthings577 Жыл бұрын

    Very cool, Very cool video....

  • @djp1234
    @djp1234 Жыл бұрын

    Just curious. Do they use metric or SAE tools to work on these engines?

  • @jeremyrobbins1571

    @jeremyrobbins1571

    Жыл бұрын

    Interesting question! I'd like to know myself!

  • @mikehawk1673

    @mikehawk1673

    Жыл бұрын

    I’m not fighters but we use sae, I’m sure fighters are probably the same

  • @wally7856

    @wally7856

    Жыл бұрын

    No such thing as a metric ratchet, they are all 1/4", 3/8", 1/2", 3/4" lol. So even the metric guys use sae.

  • @djp1234

    @djp1234

    Жыл бұрын

    @@wally7856 NASA uses metric. I thought all high precision technology uses metric.

  • @wally7856

    @wally7856

    Жыл бұрын

    @@djp1234 The drive ratchets are all SAE no matter what sockets they use :)

  • @justsayingforafriend7010
    @justsayingforafriend7010 Жыл бұрын

    Air force active duty personal do not touch any aircraft ever!!! Civilians do it all for them. Active duty Air Force personnel are busy at the Base Golf course or the Base lunch buffet! When they're not sleeping in their luxury condominiums entertaining friends. Tell me I'm wrong??? BM1(SW/AW/SCW) USN. (ret X-2).....

  • @kennethhummel4409

    @kennethhummel4409

    Жыл бұрын

    Spoken like an army or marine corps vet.

  • @ckmoore101

    @ckmoore101

    Жыл бұрын

    AS a former USAF C-130 ElectroEnvironmental technician in the 90's, you are correct. I joined the USAF and they sent me to golf courses all over the world. We laughed at you rubes baking in tents, or locked up in the submarines...... And a bad day, was when the hotels did not have cable.

  • @kennethhummel4409

    @kennethhummel4409

    Жыл бұрын

    @@ckmoore101 tents are state of the art climate controlled envroments…hot in the summer, cold in the winter and damp in the rain!

  • @SJR_Media_Group

    @SJR_Media_Group

    Жыл бұрын

    God created POG's to repair jet aircraft flown by Gods in the Sky. God created Grunts to clean up all the crap POG's dropped on the floor. God created Gunny's to rule the Earth and keep POG's and Grunts from 'F - ing' so much. Now drop and give me 50... Oorah.

  • @justsayingforafriend7010

    @justsayingforafriend7010

    Жыл бұрын

    Why did I not join the country club? I mean Air Force??? The Space Force must have extra luxury condominiums to make the Air Force blush!!!! BM1 (SW/AW/SCW) (ret X-2)

  • @BariumCobaltNitrog3n
    @BariumCobaltNitrog3n Жыл бұрын

    So "insane" means you couldn't think of a word that actually describes the situation. It looks very organized, rational and well thought out, and that's insane? That's literally the definition of sane. Insane Biology, Insane Engineering (that's an oxymoron) and now Insane $B Processes? This word is soooo tired, it would sleep for a year if you let it.

  • @CNRDRUMMER1

    @CNRDRUMMER1

    Жыл бұрын

    Nobody cares

  • @BariumCobaltNitrog3n

    @BariumCobaltNitrog3n

    Жыл бұрын

    @@CNRDRUMMER1 you don't care, you speak for no one else, pimple.

  • @SJR_Media_Group
    @SJR_Media_Group Жыл бұрын

    *_NASCAR Pit Stop for F/A-18 Super Hornets and F-15E Strike Eagles......_* Pilot to Maintenance Crew Leader: "Check the fluids, change the tires, rebuild the front compressor, replace rear turbine, and please wash my windshield, so dirty I can't see out... Oh Yeah, I need to be back in the air in 45 seconds... now drop and give me 50." Crew Leader: "Sir, roger that, fluids, tires, compressor, turbine, and wash front glass. If my guys don't have to do 50 pushups, we can have you in the air in 39 seconds." Pilot: "Copy that... saved enough time to top her off with your best Jet Juice" Crew: "Copy that... fill her up with our best Jet Fuel..." Pilot: "Wow, you guys are pretty fast... I'll update your review to 5 stars...." Crew: Thanks... tossing in a free air freshener.... Crew: "Sir, your total today is $ 54,768 Will that be Cash or Credit ???" Me: (Former Boeing F/A-18 and F-15E Certified Lean Manufacturing Instructor) Gunny says "Not bad for a bunch of Maggot POG's... now drop and give me 50...." Me: "Rest of you GRUNTS.. get back to your grunt work... don't make any grunt sounds... now drop and give me 50..." *_Need For Speed starts on the Ground... Oorah..._* *_D i s c l a i m e r s:_* 1. Part of this reenactment is Satire, our guys can really do this in less than 30 seconds. 2. Some Boeing Lean Instructors were Marine Drill and Marine Gunnery Sargent's. 3. Don't like my 'Potty Mouth' blame the Marines.... Sempre fi... *POG* = _Stands for 'Person Other than Grunt' referring to literally anyone who is not a boots on the ground soldier._ *GRUNT* = _Refers to those typically a soldier, especially an infantryman. Slang. a common or unskilled worker; laborer. Grunts do grunt work... sometimes they make grunt sounds._ *MAGGOT* = _Name used to degrade somebody, generally used in the military. Used by somebody of higher rank to degrade and/or humiliate somebody of lower rank._ *GUNNY* = _Recruits' worst nightmare. Grunts' worse nightmare. POG's worst nightmare. God's worse nightmare. Chuck Norris's worse nightmare._ *_Gunny says: "Now drop and give me 50..."_* *U.S. Marines* = _A brotherhood of the worlds biggest, meanest, most badass, deadliest killing machines ever devised by God._ _They are the only branch of the military to become an official branch in a BAR. When God made the first Marine, he took one look at his creation, shit himself, turned around, and ran back up to heaven._ _God left this earth because Marines rule it now. Even Chuck Norris fear Marines._ *_Gunny says: "Now drop and give me 50..."_*

  • @michaelrobertson-vz3gq
    @michaelrobertson-vz3gq Жыл бұрын

    God bless us f a Democrat

  • @optimus3305
    @optimus3305 Жыл бұрын

    It is good, hopefully everything Brandon left in Afghanistan becomes useless due to maintenance issues before they can use it to hurt anyone, or sell or trade it to OTHER enemies that shouldn’t have an ounce of American technology.