The Insane Billion $ Processes of Repairing Thousands of US Air Force Jet Engines
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Good that we have such dedicated men and women.
,,US is good in terms of maintaining there assets as it's required.👍💕
At 02:08 it is a FA 18 super hornet..
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
22 күн бұрын
I noticed it too!
This is your health care ladies and gentlemen
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.
14:55 What the hell is a B-53?
@jamesbaldwin2696
Жыл бұрын
That's what I want to know.
@Ihaveseenthings577
Жыл бұрын
Don't throw the ball out of the park, just Do it....😊
Most valuable engines💚💚💚
Amazing
AWESOME
Should use metric rather than a local measuring system.
Another winner , thank you
Gloire aux Usa ❤❤❤❤
wow rare video
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
Billions of dollars worth of cutting edge fighter technology and they use a bottle jack to install the engines.
@Vancesez
Жыл бұрын
Helps keep them fit.
@BariumCobaltNitrog3n
Жыл бұрын
That's Insane!
8:25 The B-53????????? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Sounds 'insane' ... until you need 'em ... Hope we don't, but ...
Did she say B-53 at the beginning of the depot segment?
@JD-mm4ub
Жыл бұрын
Yep, I heard that to.
gabzul
The Boneyard engines?
YOU'VE GOT TO STOP CALLING EVERYTHING "INSANE". PLEASE STOP THIS. IT'S ANNOYING.
@BariumCobaltNitrog3n
Жыл бұрын
Hallelujah! I agree.
@Lights480
Жыл бұрын
to an individual like me, that billion dollar amount is actually insane. it's fun to me hearing that.
@BariumCobaltNitrog3n
Жыл бұрын
@@Lights480 Large amounts of money = Severe mental illness and violent pointless rage? Insane asylums are not banks.
Very cool, Very cool video....
Just curious. Do they use metric or SAE tools to work on these engines?
@jeremyrobbins1571
Жыл бұрын
Interesting question! I'd like to know myself!
@mikehawk1673
Жыл бұрын
I’m not fighters but we use sae, I’m sure fighters are probably the same
@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
Жыл бұрын
@@wally7856 NASA uses metric. I thought all high precision technology uses metric.
@wally7856
Жыл бұрын
@@djp1234 The drive ratchets are all SAE no matter what sockets they use :)
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
Жыл бұрын
Spoken like an army or marine corps vet.
@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
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
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
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)
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
Жыл бұрын
Nobody cares
@BariumCobaltNitrog3n
Жыл бұрын
@@CNRDRUMMER1 you don't care, you speak for no one else, pimple.
*_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..."_*
God bless us f a Democrat
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.