"And all these bases are connected by Airplanes. The price of these flights are determined by supply and demand" - Wendover

@gfjfjufidi2880

4 жыл бұрын

Novella gtfo

@ckr3167

4 жыл бұрын

Shane Thomas ? Ok that’s random

@PHCuber

4 жыл бұрын

No comments??? Lol

@matthewwhite5513

2 жыл бұрын

@@ckr3167 wendover likes to talk about airlines and that stuff

Time it took to show an airplane: 10 Seconds Time it took to mention airplanes: 281 Seconds

@ganlas5155

4 жыл бұрын

And the first 9 seconds were the intro

@gracefool

4 жыл бұрын

Nah he mentioned drones at 0:44

@user-qv5lr1sy9o

4 жыл бұрын

gracefool airplane not aircraft

@MrKratein

4 жыл бұрын

@@user-qv5lr1sy9o Drones are airplanes.

@smonkyduck3248

4 жыл бұрын

@@MrKratein some drones are airplanes.

The US Military is a firm believer of "Better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it."

@CHMichael

3 жыл бұрын

Problem, this could pay for free college. ( edit: as in university funded by research grants - TU Munich model. )

@CaptainAlliance

3 жыл бұрын

@@CHMichael Oh yeah, because a free bachelor's degree in basket weaving is better than protecting the free world from tyrannical authoritarian governments that want to take over the world.

@anupjoseph7368

3 жыл бұрын

@@CaptainAlliance Well struck, sir. Well struck indeed

@evilbunny5

3 жыл бұрын

@@CHMichael actually it wouldn’t but I’m sure you never bothered to run the numbers before coming up with that belief

@gamerdude1246

3 жыл бұрын

@@CaptainAlliance Except that the US gives aid to the majority of authoritarian regimes around the world and commits horrific genocides like the one in Yemen. So yeah, it's better for everyone involved if America spent its money giving its people education and healthcare instead of invading and bombing impoverished countries.

"a navy with more aircraft than some countries air forces" the US Navy has the second largest air force, and guess who has the first.

@r.m2072

4 жыл бұрын

@@brandontimmons3976 that was the joke dumbass...if the second largest airforce in the world is the US Navy...obviously the first is the US airforce...if you enlist you should go infantry

@earlwright9715

4 жыл бұрын

@@r.m2072 yep,I got what you meant!

@JarthenGreenmeadow

4 жыл бұрын

>communist >overweight lmao

@leogonzalez9960

4 жыл бұрын

brandon timmons u dumbass

@Sameoldcash

4 жыл бұрын

Ryan Muldoon thank you for explaining the joke to him lmao. He should def be *marine* infantry. The population of unlicked windows and uneaten crayons is getting dangerously high.

"The US' Overseas Military Base Strategy" ~ Yepp, gonna be planes.

@tzwacdastag8223

4 жыл бұрын

Is it possible for Wendover Production to make videos without mentioning Airplane

@christophervlaskamp7462

4 жыл бұрын

Tzwac dastag no

@tzwacdastag8223

4 жыл бұрын

@@christophervlaskamp7462 Maybe he was born on a plane

@Harshhaze

4 жыл бұрын

Man, I hated planes in Calculus

@tzwacdastag8223

4 жыл бұрын

@@Harshhaze LOL

Next week on Wendover Productions: How The CIA Interrogates People Who Release National Secrets on KZread

@deemood4508

4 жыл бұрын

secrets to whom?

@kyle18934

4 жыл бұрын

I'm the other nations has this information already if he is able to get it.

@evanescentenquirer2684

4 жыл бұрын

I get this is a joke but maybe "How the CIA investigate people who give very hidden facts to over a million people"

@wilsthelimit

4 жыл бұрын

SlightlyCrookedWorkshop 90 ways to use Waterboarding! You won’t believe 69!

@katarishigusimokirochepona6611

4 жыл бұрын

lmao

Iran president: Write that down, write that down!

@erichkaufmann5284

4 жыл бұрын

Iran 🇮🇷 and the USA 🇺🇸 never go to war. Trump wins again, and the democrats win in 2024. Nasa goes back to the moon, I said this in January of 2020 you’ll read my comment in the future and be blown away by how right I turn out to be :).

@erichkaufmann5284

4 жыл бұрын

Anatoly Dyatlov I know, and you’ll come to find I’m beyond right.

@shadowmod3

4 жыл бұрын

i hope not, the damage caused by the US democrats here in the Far East has been irreversible.

@aiwantobuild8011

4 жыл бұрын

They won’t understand English...

@aiwantobuild8011

4 жыл бұрын

Yeshua is ****, sorry but you miss understood a joke for something else as my saying was not a joke what so ever.

"The US has a moon base where it launches rockets powered by cheese and houses SCP-096, which was developed using funds from Steve Jobs' estate, however, according to this list, it doesn't exist."

@TheFattestLInHistory

4 жыл бұрын

lol

@midwayprodz

2 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@Ben.N

2 жыл бұрын

fr? 😳

@googiegress7459

2 жыл бұрын

Gouda vapor, specifically.

7:26 for a second i thought that c-17 was going to enter into the c-5 xd

@TheJasonleong1996

4 жыл бұрын

Lol

@Sophiebryson510

4 жыл бұрын

Benjamin S I did too lol

@prestonang8216

4 жыл бұрын

Fully loaded with c-4

@Thenotfunnyperson

4 жыл бұрын

Docking.

@LaVictoireEstLaVie

4 жыл бұрын

LOOOOL xD

Topic: US military bases Wendover: Let's talk about charter flights

@100joshtowner

4 жыл бұрын

Jonathan Palmquist they talked about it for like 3 mins, chill😂

@Dunning.Kruger

4 жыл бұрын

Are you deaf or just stupid ?

@michaelutech4786

4 жыл бұрын

Charter flights to Trump golf course in Ireland? ;-)

@assfukwut

4 жыл бұрын

Marcus Summers France is an allied nuclear power, it doesn’t matter

@jrechebei

4 жыл бұрын

😂

I'm forever 12 years old... I chuckled every time he said "Djibouti"

@KingNekro

2 жыл бұрын

"Anal Force One: How USA's Base in Djibouti Operates" by Bend Over Productions

@gumpotronic

2 жыл бұрын

I worked there for two years up to this March, and I still giggle like I'm back in Jr High.

Wendover production : US military's secret base in Niger US military : am I a joke to you?

@uhohhotdog

4 жыл бұрын

slimshady they assume most people can’t be bothered to look up things for themselves. And they’d be correct.

@Ajc-ni3xn

3 жыл бұрын

@slimshady I guess it’s a plausible deniability kinda thing

"How many military bases do you have?" US military: "Yes"

@Aamie

4 жыл бұрын

How many civilians have you killed? US military: ''Yes''

@kineticstar

4 жыл бұрын

@@Aamie less than Stalin, Hitler and Mao.

@slyfer5321

4 жыл бұрын

@@Aamielmao

@zucced2087

4 жыл бұрын

haha real funny. you must be the memer haha arent you.

@oberfeldspannerdennis6538

4 жыл бұрын

@@kineticstar Do you really think that?

How to make a wendover productions video. 1.Think of a cool topic, but make it somehow related to aviation.

@antoniolewis1016

4 жыл бұрын

Step 1: Think of a plane Step 2: Try to make an excuse to talk about it

We stopped at Ramstein for a couple days on our way back from Afghanistan. It’s the most beautiful base I’ve ever been to, a massive bx that’s pretty much a shopping mall with stores and food places everywhere and we could go off base and explore Germany. Compared to where we just came from, it was like heaven. I also did wonder why we had such a large base there still, since Europe is normalized since ww2, thanks for answering that.

@canalalex0119

Жыл бұрын

Omg this comment aged well XD

@Afrobriit

Жыл бұрын

Normalised?

Hey!! I was in Djibouti on that base. It's not super-secret what we're doing. Probably people will think I'm lying but the whole 15 months I was there I was force protection for civil affairs teams that were digging wells, building schools, hospitals, and other infrastructure projects. The Saudis and Chinese are running around there too. The big difference is: they are handing out short term fixes that the people want. Food and money. That's just not sustainable. The USA is doing it different. Sure we handed out some food and cash, but the majority focus was on self sufficiency. For example: we would install solar panels to pump water from the well. We would then TRAIN locals how to maintain them and doing other project maintenance. I hope it works out in the end. I am proud of what we did. My profile picture is also from Djibouti in a small town called Tadjoura. Thanks for reading. God bless the world.

@jyotiradityadeka2905

3 жыл бұрын

GOD BLESS AMERICA dear soldier, wish for your good luck and good health, You are doing a great job.

I've been on contingency bases. They are basically a parking lot off of a road or something like an air strip. You fly in, unload a tent, hangout for a week or month, and leave. Nobody stays full time. Bases are permanent.

@gerrychang3807

4 жыл бұрын

And isn't that important if a war broke out around?

@doujinflip

4 жыл бұрын

If it's still available, which it might not be until you clear the place of the local (invariably armed) herder and his dozens of heads of steer... again

@travismayes4547

4 жыл бұрын

Allot of reserve troops go for a few weeks for annual training. I went to the Dominican republic for three weeks one time. I have friends that have been to to Africa.

@ghostofvalor4349

4 жыл бұрын

Wow giving away secrets much

@lohbut2

4 жыл бұрын

@@ghostofvalor4349 not secret, but definitely bad opsec practice because of aggregation.

If you tell the Army "Secure that building!" They will surround it with armor and heavy infantry and not let anyone out of it until told to If you tell the Marines "Secure that building!" They will storm the building, eliminate any resistance, and allow no one to enter it until told to. If you tell the Navy "Secure that building!" They will turn out the lights, close and lock all doors and windows and post a fire watch If you tell the Air Force "Secure that building!" They will take out a 30 year lease with an option to buy.

@Mars057

4 жыл бұрын

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS

@jnurse24

4 жыл бұрын

OORAH

@ls200076

4 жыл бұрын

@@jnurse24 Why do I have outdated equipment officer? Shut it private, you're my way to promotion. Now do your job with subpar equipment. Roger that -asshole-

@My_Alchemical_Romance

4 жыл бұрын

Hunter Tomlin lol

@AuGrrr

4 жыл бұрын

You forget where the marines take a snack break and eat their crayons

Journalist: "Hey US Military, how many bases do you have?" US Military: "Yes."

I love your videos. I also live in a us military installation in Korea. You were very accurate with locals have mixed feelings. Some local Korean nationals love having us and feel safer with us here. But there also a good amount that wish we were no longer here. There’s also a constant give and take with the land the us military uses. Great video

So this is the reason why Ramstein made the song "We're all living in America".

@WhiteThunder121

4 жыл бұрын

*Rammstein

@wp2746

4 жыл бұрын

Nice one !

@cowhatcat8158

4 жыл бұрын

Its about capitalist culture after ww2. Not the bases themself but the world they protect

@user-nf9xc7ww7m

4 жыл бұрын

Ramstein the base or rammstein the band? Good pun, though.

@Zaitekno

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, because we all hate you, you filthy, crafty profiteers.

The US military is like an international real estate company

@callumhiggins8755

4 жыл бұрын

It’s free real estate

@bige2576

4 жыл бұрын

Slaughter houses*

@AndersHenke

4 жыл бұрын

Shahnid Ismail It’s slightly more complicated. The quoted Ramstein Air Base is installed on German territory owned by Germany. However, this “landlord” does not collect any rent from the USAF, pays for any environmental damages due to military activities, provides some extra upkeep and pays part of new or upgraded buildings. For example, the entire planning (about 15% of the total budget) of the new army hospital (replacing an older one) right across Ramstein Air Base has been paid by Germany.

@PwerRanger01

4 жыл бұрын

@@AndersHenke Could have just left Germany to the soviets after the war. I doubt Germany would be 1st world if the USA did that.

@kimobrien.

4 жыл бұрын

@@PwerRanger01 The original plan was to make Germany into a land of farms and milk maids.

We had pro base protests in Korea. A bunch of Koreans with signs and American flags hanging out at our gates and thanking us for being there. Not as often as the anti base protests but they happened.

@felixcsao4184

Жыл бұрын

LMAO thats so pathetic 😂 getting occupied by foreign military and still thanking them, thats such a bootlicking move lol

@thanos1707

Жыл бұрын

@@felixcsao4184 I mean, they were the ones who saved them from being part of North Korea.

@felixcsao4184

Жыл бұрын

@@thanos1707 Not really 😂 the US was killing South Korean civilians as well

@deflategate1297

Жыл бұрын

@@felixcsao4184 better shut up thell come for u next put a puppet dictator

@deflategate1297

Жыл бұрын

@@felixcsao4184 what country hasn't done thaf lol u act like it's bpack and white grow up

I learned everything I need to know about forward basing the enemy from Age of Empires

@ImSquiggs

4 жыл бұрын

@Gaius Wyrden Still fun a decade later too!

7:27 - Definitely thought that plane was gonna go inside that other one for a moment. Wings be damned!

@lurkenskanal405

4 жыл бұрын

haha i thought that too

@aniruddhrao3489

4 жыл бұрын

hahaha lol me too

@andresfeliciano

4 жыл бұрын

Planeception ✈️ 🤯

@thekingofmoab1181

4 жыл бұрын

How you think planes are made?

@benn454

4 жыл бұрын

It's been done. Wings are removable.

-Babe, can I call you African Command? -No. why? -cuz I'm about to deploy in Djibouti

@thunder6730

4 жыл бұрын

César Guevara nice

@dragos-andreidascalu4566

4 жыл бұрын

HGAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA MAN THIS IS THE BEST JOKE IVE HEARD IN MY ENTIRE FUCKING LIFE AHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHA IM DYING THANK YOU FOR THIS MAN

@nobodys_winds6580

4 жыл бұрын

I'm using this, it's just too perfect

@DaBoss-sl3dr

4 жыл бұрын

Wow 😯 This is one of the best jokes ever.

@MaSsiVeGaming1

4 жыл бұрын

Noice one.

It's funny how they have like 2 dozen bases scattered around the suiz canal

@youngvices7938

4 жыл бұрын

Looking for this comment.

@chickenfishhybrid44

2 жыл бұрын

Keeping shipping lanes open is a huge part of policing the world.

Bro I straight up thought that plane was being loaded into a bigger plane lmao 7:27

This video wasn't about planes, but we still see them regardless lol

@losmi3573

4 жыл бұрын

dw4467 ok

@dekaredfire

4 жыл бұрын

As long as the video show planes, however briefly, that's good

@willtheprodigy3819

4 жыл бұрын

Dude this joke is so old, stfu already

@SylviaRustyFae

4 жыл бұрын

I can be watching just his nonplane vids and if I doze off; every time! Every time I wake up to a four hour vid KZread thought I might like of planes taking off and landing >.> So many planes...

Wendover: "...Ramstein Airbase in Germany" My head: play Du Hast

@scheuringerandreas

4 жыл бұрын

Did you know that the title of that song is a play on words with you hate and you have. Funny, right

@zoiuduu

4 жыл бұрын

i thought about we are all live in american

@hoi4noob765

4 жыл бұрын

Why is Rammstein so popular international?

@barbatvs8959

4 жыл бұрын

I exposed Rammstein's Mein Herz Brennt song (which inspired me to learn German which I haven't gotten around to) as talking about satanic child sacrifice in my series with over 3,000 slides: "Proof Satan Rules The World Ergo The Bible is Right" one of the video installments of which got taken down by youtube cowering in fear to Muslim demands since I offended the religion of the black vagina that they kiss in Mecca which represents... well, if you want to know, ask.

@PirateDogAMV

4 жыл бұрын

I first heard that song from the movie How High, good times.

The base in Japan being protested is actually a nature preserve because it is not bothered and protected by the us military so technically it's good for the environment

@googiegress7459

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, the locals asked the nature spirits living there and they all said they'd rather be under the pavement of a noodle shop or a small factory making vinyl anime figurines.

@mcfarofinha134

Жыл бұрын

yes, the problem is mostly social (marines doing idiotic shit around the base), and economic

Well, this video aged pretty well, the international community seems to understand why these bases exist now, especially in NATO countries and the EU.

@richardarriaga6271

2 жыл бұрын

Even before then, when troops pulled US troops from a Kurdish base, Turkey moved in to attack. Allies understand why US presence can work to their advantage. RIP Kurds.

@penskepc2374

2 жыл бұрын

@@richardarriaga6271 it literally means they have to spend less than half on their military.

@jorgejimenez8985

2 жыл бұрын

What are you talking about? US military presence started the war, Ukraine interest in allowing US military bases on its soil is what got them invaded? Do you think US would not invade Mexico if from a day to the other Mexican Government invite China to have military bases on its soil?

@richardarriaga6271

2 жыл бұрын

@@jorgejimenez8985 What military was around before 2014? Ukraine had a Russian naval base with a lease about to expire in Crimea.

@penskepc2374

2 жыл бұрын

@@jorgejimenez8985 delusional 🤣

And Wendover Productions was never heard from again

@WinginWolf

4 жыл бұрын

BraedonP hahaha I was going to say the same!

@ml8018

4 жыл бұрын

Why? The video is informative in nature and doesn't take a political stance. Plus the US has strong free speech laws

@ishaand92

4 жыл бұрын

M L r/woosh

@ishaand92

4 жыл бұрын

M L just saying, he lives in Edinburgh

@tropickman

4 жыл бұрын

@@ml8018 source?

Remember to bring some cookies and milk to the CIA and FBI vans outside your place man. Ya know, say hi, make them feel welcome.

@benjaminlamptey1867

4 жыл бұрын

loool

@justinpipes85

4 жыл бұрын

This isnt the 80s. They dont use vans anymore. They just use the backdoor into your smartphone. Get with the times man.

@IsThisRain

4 жыл бұрын

Lmao reminds me of that one scene in Mindhunter where Wayne bought Bill and Holden some fast food when they were trying to trail him.

@justinpipes85

4 жыл бұрын

@@IsThisRain if I remember right Williams really did that for some cops following him.

@IsThisRain

4 жыл бұрын

@@justinpipes85 Glad they included it on the show. That scene was hilarious lol

And imagine, this was all 2/3rds more massive in scope during the cold war era through the early 90s.

Thank you for being so objective when making these videos! There are other people that would let their biases for or against America skew the video, but you do a good job of presenting all sides of the issue in a fair manner (as far as I can tell). Finally going to sub to you, thanks again!

Wendover - mentions a single airplane Comments section - OMG HE MENTIONED AIRPLANES - WENDOVER LOVES AIRPLANES OMG

@antiussentiment

4 жыл бұрын

~ laughs hysterically ~

@fastflight2494

4 жыл бұрын

Laughs in lockheedian

@byson8628

4 жыл бұрын

@@fastflight2494 haha😂😂😂

@kaixiang5390

2 жыл бұрын

All Americans love airplanes. It’s built into the culture

Wendover: *releases US bases* North Korea: write that down WRITE THAT DOWN

@santinieve1

4 жыл бұрын

HAHAHAHA

@machine15

4 жыл бұрын

Probably one of the agents of North Korea is watching this

@frieza2235

4 жыл бұрын

@@machine15 An agent of north korea watches wendover? Truly a man of culture

I used to live on Ramstein. I worked on the C130 you showed! Its a pretty cool place and this video made me want to go visit Germany again

I’ve just watched John Pilger’s The Coming War On China which includes interesting opinions on US overseas military bases which are pretty convincing and shockingly compelling.

Good video but it missed a couple of points: first, a major purpose of military bases in certain countries (namely Germany and South Korea) are as "tripwires" that would automatically pull the US into a war should that ally be invaded. It's a way of reassuring the ally that the US leadership won't get cold feet should the worst happen. Second, a major factor in why overseas bases are so unpopular in some contries (namely Japan and SK) is that the US personnel based there are not subject to local law enforcement, which stokes local anger when those servicemen sometimes commit serious crimes and are effectively above the law.

@prion42

4 жыл бұрын

I was going to say something about that. Okinawa has had problems with rape.

@amerigo88

4 жыл бұрын

Jurisdiction is worked out through a Status Of Forces Agreement (SOFA) between the local host nation and the US Department of Defense. Courses of action in the event of an accusation of a midemeanor or felony committed by a member of the US military are guided by the relevant SOFA. For example, my understanding was that a military member detained by the German polizei for Driving Under the Influence was entirely subject to German law enforcement and penalties. Members of the US military do not enjoy "diplomatic immunity."

@bumblingbureaucrat6110

4 жыл бұрын

@@prion42 Well in Japan it's mostly because we don't like handing over U.S. citizens to a legal system that has a 99% conviction rate and VERY sketchy legal rights. But you are right in that it causes a lot of problems and people abuse that fact to do bad things, which makes it an issue.

@glitch4583

4 жыл бұрын

@@amerigo88 I was gonna say the same thing. I'm over here at Ramstein and if I do something stupid off-base, I would get slapped around twice. First by whatever German laws are applicable and then once I'd be done with that, the Air Force would have more than a few words to have with me. When you're stationed overseas, you actually have to abide by two sets of laws simultaniously.

@nulnoh219

4 жыл бұрын

@@glitch4583. That includes drinking laws?

In the map of world US military bases the empty spaces are as interesting as the dots.

@jungobango4815

4 жыл бұрын

Yep, I loved how the red dots in Europe almost draw the borders of France like it's surrounded

@phoneInc20

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, weird how germany has dozens of bases, Utaly got the largest us navy fleet parked in napoli, and spain has a couple bases, and france has none.. Same with Algeria.. Bunch of bases around its borders on moroccan, tunisian, Niger lands, but none on it..

@jungobango4815

4 жыл бұрын

@@phoneInc20 not really weird actually by the time lots of these bases were created de Gaulle was president and he would never have allowed the Americans to put a base on the French territory (which included Algeria by that time), France opposed the installation of American nuclear weapons in the late 50's, and de Gaulle made us leave the integrated military command of NATO in 66,which we only rejoined in 2009

@alexisfights5773

4 жыл бұрын

@@jungobango4815 but despite joining NATO once again, our governement still refuse to have American bases on our land. Sinon, c'est sympa de voir d'autres français sur ces vidéos

@jungobango4815

4 жыл бұрын

@@alexisfights5773 oui, je désespérait un peu ^^

Very interesting essay. Thank you for making it for us.

Very useful video, thank you very much

"We're all living in Amerika, Amerika ist wunderbar"- Rammstein Edit: this comment was intended to be a joke about Rammstein and America, not spark a debate about world politics lol

@tristant3662

4 жыл бұрын

A man of culture, I see

@RonaldMcPaul

4 жыл бұрын

You hate me.

@AFFI909

4 жыл бұрын

@@tristant3662 the american culture yes, verry filthy standards, its spreading and getting worse by the day. The world is full of sin, electronic devices allowing children to get indoctrinated with wrong standards at a verry early age. Those apps and devices are made to be addictive too.

@lordofgarbageprogenitoroft4147

4 жыл бұрын

@@AFFI909 No one cares you mouth-breathing boomer, go support israel in shooting palestinian kids

@MrLeovdmeer

4 жыл бұрын

Nazi Amerika these days

Holy shit, Ramstein really looks American af. I tought it was random stock footage until I saw the sign.

@MissDatherinePierce

4 жыл бұрын

@AndrewBrewer917 Is it actually open to the public? However, it just looks so out of place if you know what most of Germany usually looks like. I mean the most German thing I spotted where the houses a clip or two later.

@tmatthews0007

4 жыл бұрын

MissDatherinePierce not open to the public

@MissDatherinePierce

4 жыл бұрын

@AndrewBrewer917 I thought so and was wondering a bit but then it makes sense.

@SDguy3030

4 жыл бұрын

The PX looks nice af.

@krashd

4 жыл бұрын

I remember when the US left RAF Edzell a few miles up the coast from me in 1996 they held a car boot sale (yard sale to you folks) to sell anything they couldn't take home to the US and every appliance on sale had a US plug on it. It seems that when the US goes abroad they decide "Right, let's burn all this local shit and create some America up in this bitch!" Think my dad bought (and subsequently rewired) a circular saw while I almost bought some NTSC games for the SNES.

This was a very good video! So informative and a wonderful presentaion 👏🏼

Excellent and fantastic presentation. Well done. I thoroughly loved it

The reason why there are so many bases across Germany is because that's where the border of West Germany (US ally) was with East Germany (Soviet sphere of influence) during the cold war.

@DirectorBird

4 жыл бұрын

Makes sense.

@thelight3112

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that was literally the "front line" of the cold war. Many bases have been closed since then due to reunification and the end of the cold war.

@gotham61

4 жыл бұрын

Not really. If you look at the map @6.02, you can see that most of the US facilities are in the south and west, and nowhere near the old inner border. After WW2 the US controlled the south of West Germany, the British controlled the north of West Germany, and the Soviets controlled East Germany. The inner border was mostly between the British sector and the Soviet sector.

@fabianreusch4870

4 жыл бұрын

@@gotham61 with a fighter jet at top speed you can fly through Germany from West to East in like 5 mins so no problem still 💁‍♂️

@fabianreusch4870

4 жыл бұрын

@Pieter tbf most of them are older than 30 years so 💁‍♂️

Not seen the video but I’ll eat my cat if there are no planes Edit: Update, the cat is no longer going in my curry tonight

@MohammedIqlasUddin

4 жыл бұрын

Sam saved your cat unless you're from China!

@zhaojinchu9745

4 жыл бұрын

@@MohammedIqlasUddin Racist ass bitc*

@seb3398

4 жыл бұрын

He is literally called Muhammad

@nightthemoon8481

4 жыл бұрын

@@zhaojinchu9745 But Chinese people literally eat dogs And cats it's normal there

@MissesWitch

4 жыл бұрын

How id it taste?

One thing you omit is that US military bases are a large part of income for the locals... American military personnel get a regular paycheck every two weeks, and a lot of that money is spent on the local economy. When I was stationed in La Maddalena Italy, most of my friends and I spent a big bulk of our paychecks in the local restaurants and stores there, not to mentioned that I rented an Italian small house for the two years I was there. So bases have a positive impact economically on the local locations they are placed in...

@FelipeMarques0809

4 жыл бұрын

Fuck usa imperialist cunts

@adamkatt

3 жыл бұрын

@@FelipeMarques0809 Thats one hell of a reply!

@buzzlightyear1010

3 жыл бұрын

also they pay a lease, like for the example in djibouti the us pays the government 300 million every year for them to let them stay there

Do you know how much I love you for putting references under your videos? A LOT 😍❤❤❤❤❤

As a non-native living in Okinawa, I've been able to experience firsthand the effects of the U.S. bases' presence on the people living here. I live in a city where a marine base sits right smack in the middle of it. Looking at an aerial photograph of the city hung inside the town hall and seeing this one ostensible piece of foreign-designated land in the middle of it is somewhat unnatural, to say the least. I'm friends with native Okinawans and Americans from both inside and outside these bases, and the situation truly is a complicated one with no real solution. Thank you so much for highlighting this one example of U.S. base presences affecting local living here in Okinawa, and for portraying it so well.

@Tom-yv9fd

4 жыл бұрын

That base is being shut down and moved closer to the sea for strategic reasons. It was built before the city sprawled out to it's location. Just watched a video on it this week.

@sopadomacaco8470

4 жыл бұрын

@420 420 that can change

@dinnerwithfranklin2451

4 жыл бұрын

@420 420 Yeah, four generations ago.

@kyledavis4202

4 жыл бұрын

@420 420 That was 75 fucking years ago

@captjamus

4 жыл бұрын

Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa - Originallt built in rural farmland. Locals set up bars and small-tent restaurants outside the gates, then other small business catering to the servicemen, and then small homes for the local workers so they could live near their businesses and keep their families.... And that outside community grew and grew until the Air Base became surrounded by a city. And somehow the Marines are at FAULT? Also, the locals complained of the noise (well, they DID decide to live next to an active airfield) and locals complained of drunken/misbehaving Marines (well, they DID open all those bars and girly-joints) and then locals complained that the base occupied valuable farmland (translate: valuable real estate for building construction) so the Marines and US Gov. offered to build an artificial land base along the coast and relocate there - but , no, that wasn't good enough. F*** em. Those locals will be glad enough the Marines are there on-island should the SHTF with China or N.Korea. Semper Fi, my brothers.

A video on the logistics of the Falklands War would be great to see.

@BoarVessel-BCEtruscanCer-xy7et

4 жыл бұрын

I second this. Particularly interesting fact is that the British army consumed supplies at a rate _5 times faster than the amount expected to be consumed in a limited war, and even exceeded the amount anticipated in a full-blown Warsaw Pact invasion_

@hogrideeeeer

4 жыл бұрын

Yes please!!!!

@MatthewAtkinson

4 жыл бұрын

Are there airplanes?

@dynamo1796

4 жыл бұрын

@@MatthewAtkinson Oh mate, there are definitely aeroplanes. The Falklands saw the longest strategic bombing mission ever - the RAF flew a squadron of tankers to refuel both other air-to-air tankers and the lone Vulcan that flew down to the islands to bomb the runway. Look up the Black Buck missions - the ultimate show of just how far the British will go say "get the fuck out".

@v44n7

4 жыл бұрын

@juscurious Funny fact... the US stablished the Military adjunta, the ones who started the war. Then they helped UK to win the war. Ah, life is a joke.

On a couple of the shots (where they showed the new buildings, Xchange, and the Commissary ) I thought, "Those buildings look like newer versions of what I used to live in". Pulled up google maps and Yep. The expanded Camp Humphreys. Man, I remember when that place was small that their sponsored officers had to slum it with us at Osan.

In the late '90s when I commuted through Camp Futenma to work, I happened upon a local bookstore that had a few books in English/Japanese. I read the account of a local Okinawan from WWII that detailed how the Japanese used to shoot Okinawans if they spoke Okinawan rather than Japanese. The local Okinawan High School refused to fly the Japanese flag. When Okinawans protest foreign presence they are including the now majority Japanese along with the much smaller presence (by isolated population) of Americans - equally.

Me hearing "Rammstein" in the first 30 seconds: *oh shit*

@Tesserex

4 жыл бұрын

Same, then I saw "Camp Hansen" in Japan and imagined uniformed guards standing calmly while the PA systems blast "Mmm-bop" around the base.

@nallid7357

4 жыл бұрын

I just get PTSD from the air show disaster there. Good band, though. Saw them 2 years ago in Chicago.

@wiruwaruwolz

4 жыл бұрын

@AndrewBrewer917 The Air Base: Ramstein. The Band: Rammstein. The difference is intentional

@StrokeMahEgo

4 жыл бұрын

ICH WILL

@shotgunmary

4 жыл бұрын

Du

Next: how to win against the US Military *Skillshare*

@Paws.of.Justice

4 жыл бұрын

Vietnam

@RandomboiSam

4 жыл бұрын

Just place some oil and use it as a decoy

@ramkumarsuresh

4 жыл бұрын

Cripple their monetary currency manipulation in their own game.

@techfreak1182

4 жыл бұрын

@@Paws.of.Justice actually you're completely right, Have two larger nations backing you with nukes so the us can't invade and insted has to rely on bombing, So nukes

@MrFlatage

4 жыл бұрын

My 7yo just called Avengers assemble and defeated Captain James Kirk. Even kids can beat the weak to very weak US military.

10:50 Okinawa, U.S.A.

@jonsong4592

3 жыл бұрын

Funny how the Okinawans want independence too but western media cover precisely none of it.

@yu7842

3 жыл бұрын

@@jonsong4592 Don’t say crap. None of the people in Okinawa want independence.

@jonsong4592

3 жыл бұрын

@@yu7842 according to the Ryukyu Independence Movement, you're full of shit.

@yu7842

3 жыл бұрын

@@jonsong4592 I was born and raised up in Okinawa, so I can say with certainty that political movement you said isn’t going on in Okinawa.

@jonsong4592

3 жыл бұрын

@@yu7842 Yasukatsu Matsushima would disagree. Im not saying ALL okinawans want independence, but the sentiment is definitely there for some of them.

Excellent video.

I would like to see a video on intercity buses and how they work. And how codeshare agreements and airline alliances work.

@brynmcdougald2418

4 жыл бұрын

Nice Try NSA yes

Drinking game: Take a shot everytime you see a C-130

@Crankiebox99

4 жыл бұрын

Seve Garza ded

@atomics1356

4 жыл бұрын

Im sober. Because i didn't see one. Those were C-7's

@thegruffalo5383

4 жыл бұрын

Soooo this game fun yeahhhh huh nooo i only hahd 2 shots (heavily slurred and dead)

@X.Y.Z.07

4 жыл бұрын

Take a shot everytime the narrator say "The US .."

@roymarshall_

4 жыл бұрын

Take a shot every time he says "you see"

The World: We exist too America ! America: You're all America, you just don't know it yet...

@dayton2vx

4 жыл бұрын

They don't have a base in my country.

@dayton2vx

4 жыл бұрын

@Benjamin Cunningham Ah yes I know this Comrade putin and our leaders will never allow this

@DatlTAE

4 жыл бұрын

@@dayton2vx havent you heard Trump and Putin are best friends so yes we do. Unless i was lied too. 😂😂😂

@adamkatt

3 жыл бұрын

@@dayton2vx What no base in Durkistan?

@hvhhvvggg8663

3 жыл бұрын

China: evil laughing

great video, explanation of US drone base in Germany was my fav part! The current morality and economics with overseas military bases is dauntingly complicated. Every country(even city) has its own reasons, controversy and economy to consider while the US mulls its own specific reasons.

Broke: The Earth has 5/6/7/whatever continents Woke: The Earth has 6 Commands.

@youisa1

4 жыл бұрын

North-Com, South-Com, Pa-Com, Cent-Com, Euro-Com, and Afri-Com.

@Woffenhorst

4 жыл бұрын

@@youisa1 Forgot X-Com.

@yourethatmantis5178

4 жыл бұрын

Nobody lives in Antarctica, therefore it is imaginary

@evildead9708

4 жыл бұрын

Your mind is so small it confuses geo-politics with geology.

@yirash47

4 жыл бұрын

@@evildead9708 Your mind is so small it takes jokes seriously.

For those who wonder... yes, Rammstein's (the band) name is based on Ramstein Air Base, more precisely, on the 1988 Ramstein air show tragedy (they even describe it in the song Rammstein). The double "m" was first a mistake that lead to a double entendre (as it translate to "ramming stone", a perfect way to describe their style).

@dixonbuhtz8555

4 жыл бұрын

@juscurious And we all know what happens when Germans tremendously increase defense spending.

@Ludwig1954

4 жыл бұрын

And the style of US foreign policies.

@xymonvillapando9129

2 жыл бұрын

@@dixonbuhtz8555 This may have been jinxed

Wow This is an impressive list! 🤩

The more stable the world, the better for economies. We can work on common threats and challenges. We can all work to bring the best of us as humans.

Everyone's saying how Wendover loves planes when he also sure loves a good legal document.

Next Video "Why Wendover Productions is addicted to aviation"

@Knightofderse

4 жыл бұрын

wow i kind of noticed that with the last few videos but I didnt realize it was a thing lol

@remenencenda768

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah... it is so sad how someone as smart as Wendover got addicted to planes, the world we live in...

@deadpirateroberts9937

4 жыл бұрын

Kepler Burger It gets the best of us, unfortunately.

@zacharymohammadi

4 жыл бұрын

It’s been 3 years and there have been no signs of the situation improving

@remenencenda768

4 жыл бұрын

@@zacharymohammadiIn fact it has gotten worse.

The Philippines was a former US Coloney from 1902 to 1947, but the US Based stayed. One of my grandfather who was a Colonel said that during the Cold War the US built 2 nuclear silo but after the Cold War ended there was no news on whether it was removed or not. My grandfather died 8 years ago he never told us where it was built though. I'm not sure if it's real or not, and even if it's real I don't know if it's still there but from what I noticed there's a good chance it is still here.

Am I the only one dying when he says ja bootie

I lived on ramstein air base it is basically a little America. Every picture you used is so nostalgic.

@josephbargo5024

4 жыл бұрын

Ramstein was always weird to me; everyone I met from there said they never left the base. My dad was at Lakenheath for 12 years and we lived 20 miles off base. Not sure how common this is, but living on base always seemed weird to me.

@purplefabian

4 жыл бұрын

Estex stfu u lil bitch

@Legitpenguins99

4 жыл бұрын

@Estex if it wasnt for the US, youd be a territory of russia by now

@brendanarmstrong9716

4 жыл бұрын

Just talking about things about life on these overseas bases makes me miss when I lived in Vicenza, Italy a few years ago

@Jack3md

4 жыл бұрын

Estex Too bad, we’re not leaving.

-Country other that US: *EXIST* -US Military: "It's free real estate"

@PwerRanger01

4 жыл бұрын

Thats what the chinese do. Ohh you have houses, they are ours now. Happened here in New Zealand, now we have a massively inflated housing markets that citizens can't afford to buy in. The USA have never been a problem though.

@PlannedObsolescence

4 жыл бұрын

E Hold The Chinese build big, stupid replicas of Western cities in their own country.

@glorious_help

4 жыл бұрын

lebaron1939 if they got oil

@Saadlolwhy

4 жыл бұрын

@oyeahyeah Racists prefer blaming the Chinese for fairly participating in their capitalist market but not the greedy developers and agents instead.

@thornupsb550

4 жыл бұрын

LEBENSRAUM oh sorry, I meant to say manifest destiny

I would like to see a breakdown of which branch of the service has these bases. The ones at ports are probably Navy, of course. You can’t always tell the others. It would also be interesting to know related info: maybe U. S. bases.

Ever interesting, thanks

US Military: Hippity hoppity... your lands are my property...

@jacobisaacs600

4 жыл бұрын

Napoleon I Bonaparte these countries want the US there...

@leavesinautumn5959

4 жыл бұрын

@@jacobisaacs600 Correction: The governments of these countries want the US there, it's an important distinction since it's the citizens that have to live with it while the governments only stand to reap the benefits.

@jacobisaacs600

4 жыл бұрын

ベッドから出たくない。 to reap the benefits of defense? Actually the people benefit because their governments can focus on infrastructure and healthcare so I’m not sure where you’re going with that.

@leavesinautumn5959

4 жыл бұрын

@@jacobisaacs600 Meaning no offense but I take it politics isn't an area you deal with all too often. Okinawans, in large part, have been unhappy with the US base for longer than I've been alive. This situation is hardly an exception to the rule, just a little light reading will reveal that it's a fairly common occurrence across the board. Whether or not people benefit in an abstract or indirect manner is irrelevant to the point I'm making. My point was and is that the locals, the people who actually have to live in the area of a foreign base aren't always happy to and for a number of reasons. Regardless of whether you're in support of or opposed to these bases it's a reality that should be kept in mind.

@carolring4410

4 жыл бұрын

@@leavesinautumn5959 "This land is your land. This land is my land." 😢 This song should refer to mainland US. We've taken it to mean "we dominate everywhere". What citizens of each country think never matters. The US must be ready to kill anywhere at anytime. Disgusting thought when this money could be used to help others.

Just letting you know that the Chinese government used this video on their news 2 weeks ago.

@Mustacheman17

4 жыл бұрын

Andrew S dam he snitched out his own country

@robertkamenoff3918

4 жыл бұрын

@Helios Sphere No they want somebody else to take the heat!

@Zom_Bie

4 жыл бұрын

Yurii Cherkasov so not gonna talk about the west copying China’s grenades made literally in 1400

@marshallscot

4 жыл бұрын

Not that they could do anything about it. They have zero force projection compared to the US.

@aussieboy4090

4 жыл бұрын

Source please

This video is a masterpiece.

"The US Military would like to know your location"

@user-nf9xc7ww7m

4 жыл бұрын

The CIA already knows 🇺🇸. 😉

Congratulations, you just won a free spot on the FBI Watchlist.

@kgw72

4 жыл бұрын

He just need another video about bricks.

@deemood4508

4 жыл бұрын

this tells a lot about your country

@RandomboiSam

4 жыл бұрын

Im not american

@deemood4508

4 жыл бұрын

@@hypetrain9159 Italy

you are correct about many other hidden bases. In fact I used to work for google a few years ago. One day an engineer came by to inspect the new server building that they had built on the site that I was at. I got a chance to talk to him about how each facility is customized to its environment. Each one is environmentally friendly as possible and they try to use the area to help cool the systems. Case in point, the facilities that are located along the ocean usually use ocean water to help cool the servers while the facility I worked at processed sewage waste and used that to help cool the servers then cleaned the water and put it back in the local river, which was cleaner than the actual river water lol. So this engineer and I got to talking about all the unique bases and he said the coolest one by far is a joint military/NSA google facility in the middle of that african desert. He said it was 3000 miles away from anything and all supplies had to be helicoptered in. Highly trained staff work there in case of problems because no one is going to be able to come and help you if there is one. Remember it's a google facility so its a internet hub as well. In the middle of that freaking desert. Insane.

@zxaj

4 жыл бұрын

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@John_Conner222

4 жыл бұрын

@@xievub6200 I'm not sure. I'm just repeating what he said. When he said it I was stunned. I was not expecting that from him. He was quite proud of the installation. The focus of the conversation was the various facilities and how each one was custom designed for its environment. I'm assuming it was clandestine and out of reach of any jurisdiction and not military would ever look there.

@AwesomeSauce7176

2 жыл бұрын

Were you supposed to say this

good for you!

4:27 Your map is showing a US base in Newfoundland (Eastern Canada), that base closed in 1994.

@rexmundi3108

3 жыл бұрын

US military personnel regularly visit Argentia. What remains of the original base, mostly under ground, is being maintained at a minimal level in case it's needed again. Harmon Airforce Base, Stephenville? That's closed. Nothing left there but toxic waste.

“Little or no _permanent_ U. S. personnel presence” - the key word here is “permanent”, as it’s an open secret that the way they get around that is by not having _the same individuals_ stay too long at the base. Ørlandet in Trøndelag, Norway, is such an example of a host-country base with a large US presence.

10:51 Damn 1.5 million people on that tiny island. And I thought my house was crowded

@mitchellalexander8508

4 жыл бұрын

welcome to asia

@sfojulius

4 жыл бұрын

I mean it’s like 90 miles across, so its not really tiny but when you factor in that so much land is used by the US, that’s still quite impressive

@Evenst3vn

4 жыл бұрын

It's not really that dense, Manhattan is denser than that.

@joao13soares

4 жыл бұрын

Macau: Am I a joke to you?

@MattyV2929

4 жыл бұрын

Been to Oki a bunch...no more dense than typical US cities tbh. Don’t let the video full you though...while there are a few groups that protest our presence, I have never encountered any resentment of our presence there from the local population. Great island with awesome people...Oki rocks!

I was at Ramstein AFB for 3 years it wasn’t too much fun but it was huge

Good Afternoon 😀

Kinda wanna become an engineer?: Real Engineering or Practical Engineering Wanna become a mathematician?: 3Blue1Brown or Mathologder Wanna become a political/business analyst?: Caspian Report or Polymatter Wanna become a .... Spy?: Wendover Productions

@alexandrub8786

4 жыл бұрын

Oh, a men of culture i see.

@zjaeriqsanders1731

4 жыл бұрын

Tbh, 10/10 Channel recommendation

@hetakusoda2977

4 жыл бұрын

Bringing up math channels and not saying Numberphile

@theflyingmylle

4 жыл бұрын

IHateNumbers234 They said 1+2+3+4+...=-1/12 And you call them mathematicians? 🤣🤣🤣

@yacobgugsa2524

4 жыл бұрын

The Spy Who Came in from the Plane

You should do a video of places/logistics if Air Force One/Space Shuttle has to do an emergency landing outside of the continental United States

@alrightydave

4 жыл бұрын

Good idea I’ll tweet wendover that

@golling3334

4 жыл бұрын

That sounds like it could be really interesting.

@haweater1555

4 жыл бұрын

The Wiki article on the Shuttle says there were several military/civilian airports around the world that the US equipped with basic needs for emergency shuttle landings. However, in dire emergencies, any runway that can handle a jumbo jet could be a possibility. The shuttle was the world's heaviest glider, the final approach is the only approach, with no possibility of aborts or go-arounds.

@vimalalwaysrocks

4 жыл бұрын

what a great idea!

@RustyPetterson

4 жыл бұрын

Great idea! One item on that: there's a tiny airport here in Scotland called Machrihanish, right on the west coast. It has a massively long runway, and rumour has it that's because it was extended to be an emergency strip for the space shuttle. I'd love to see if there's any truth in that. One thing that is for sure, when it was an RAF base it used to be used as a base for Navy SEALs.

I live very very close to Ramstein in Air Base, and I have a few things to say. 1: they replaced Johnny Rockets with Wahl Burger 2: screw Ramstein High School 3: it's pretty cool seeing huge airplanes fly two feet above our heads

@idkman861

3 жыл бұрын

1: RIP Johnny Rockets 2: K-Town is lowkey worse 3: That is very much true

@snil3464

3 жыл бұрын

Ramstein is a better base, but im supposed to have school pride or whatever, so yeah. Kaiserlautern High School is better. (its bad please help me)

Thanks for telling everyone

I'm a simple man. I see a Wendover Production video, I drop everything and watch it.

@riveraJG

4 жыл бұрын

And it better have Airplanes in it

@christophervlaskamp7462

4 жыл бұрын

Boo boo unoriginal!

@TheSunMoon

4 жыл бұрын

Dropped your pants too? 🤔

@-SUM1-

4 жыл бұрын

Yes you are a simple man. It shows in the unoriginality of your comment.

Well-researched and clearly, smoothly presented. In a time when the public is denied access to management information about its own government, this type of journalism is vital. A great public service-- thank you!

@Pyrus425

4 жыл бұрын

Calling wendover journalism is an insult to wendover. This is far more informative

@honkhonk8009

3 жыл бұрын

Lmfao journalism nowadays is garbage. its sad how youtube videos can do more in depth and accurate research with 10x more integrity than CNN. No wonder these larger cable companies relies on clickbait for news. Its also public knowledge, just not publicized that much. The military is surprisingly transparent with its strategies and aircraft tho.

@bobgreene2892

3 жыл бұрын

@@honkhonk8009 "Corporate journalism" is almost an oxymoronish term, meaning corporate profit interest frequently trumps the public interest (ie the truth). CBS under Edward Murrow was quite a contrast with CBS under Les Moonves. CNN has improved much in recent years, and compares well to all the others (leaving PBS aside). As you point out, some of this information is "public", but that often requires a Freedom of Information request (with weeks or months of delay). For most citizens, that is the signal to give up the effort to know more.

@bobgreene2892

3 жыл бұрын

@@Pyrus425 Journalism is a generic term for professional news reporting, not a reference to those who refuse to practice it.

Definitely worth it

"Loss of Strength": the gradient may be attributed to the unnamed document. but "bases" as force projection goes back thousands of years. Base, Fort, Castle even some cities in history exist for these offensive operations.

You should do an H.A.I. video on the transatlantic fiber optics cable, the history of transatlantic cabling, and how they do it now.

Never thought I would see myself in a Wendover video while me and my buds were in Djibouti @ 5:08. We were from Dyess AFB, Texas.

@thetexastickler5698

4 жыл бұрын

Viva la Texas

@santawithsponge

4 жыл бұрын

I literally just saw 5691 being towed into our fuel cell hanger. Cool to actually see it in a wendover video. 2:10

@whoisjose95

4 жыл бұрын

@@santawithsponge I always forget it's a small world in the military space

@liam10000888

4 жыл бұрын

Dude, I'm on my way to djuboti right now to deliver a shit ton of grain.

@mlgprussian7115

4 жыл бұрын

Why so many niggas saying they finna head in my booty. Chill out leave some men for the rest

Ayyy @12:49 is Camp Humphreys, and the closest building on the left is actually my barracks that I am in right now.

your best video ever