Ok. I'm a navy brat and an army vet. But. Even after a base is decommissioned, the military still tests it's readiness just in case it's needed. A weather event that requires everything to be relocated provides an example of a decommissioned facility to still function if needed

@StonerBear420

Ай бұрын

i know that McClellan has been turned into a business park and commercial airstrip for FedEx and UPS planes, Mather on the other hand has been sitting neglected and in disrepair the last time i was there

@fathead8933

Ай бұрын

I’m also a Navy Brat and army vet. I remember the man gates just to get on the piers. I would be more concerned this is a Sabre rattle situation or a major readiness training. If you start seeing more refuelers at the old SAC bases for thunderstorms, we’ve walked back into the 80s. This tells me one of two things 1. We’ve reached a point where the airframes have become to valuable to properly insure. This means we don’t have enough. We’ve let entire training groups of aircraft go through hurricanes, drive ships through typhoons, and leave soldiers in the field for tropical storms, so moving a squadron for a thunderstorm that is happening in a state that doesn’t really cooperate very well with the receiving state is definitely a new one for me. 2. They’re trying their absolute hardest to Cold War 2.0 without telling anyone.

@jimfesta8981

Ай бұрын

Really? Try that with Fort Ord.

@glytchd

Ай бұрын

​@@fathead8933 more like Red Dawn / Civil War 2.0

@fathead8933

Ай бұрын

@@glytchd right. Not really sure how flying gas tanks are used against the American people but you do you homie.

As a teen living in El Dorado Hills in the 60's and 70's, We were in McClellan's flight path. I remember B 52's coming in half an hour apart for 8 hours at a time.

@mikehatch2114

Ай бұрын

More than likely they would have been landing at Mather at that time. Mather had a B-52 squadron and a reserve tanker squadron, the 904th. McClellan was primarily a maintainence facility mostly for F-111's at that time.

@richardpedersen9189

Ай бұрын

B-52's were at Mather AFB !!!

@sekabkilo22rangedog8

Ай бұрын

Wrong base... that was Mather

@Paleorunner2

Ай бұрын

Do you remember the radar planes with 4 propellers? My grandfather was flying those at the time.

My dad use to work at McClellan AFB as a Fireman. He retired when the base closed. I miss the firehouse on the runway. Good times. I remember when the F-117 Stealth Fighter first did a flyby at McClellan after they finally made it public. RIP dad.

@FrostyTheSnowman12321

Ай бұрын

I miss my Dad everyday too! Sorry to hear. But GOOD THING we will ALWAYS carry their MEMORY / MEMORIES with us! ❤️ & ✌🏽

@dualsportdiary1150

Ай бұрын

@@FrostyTheSnowman12321 Absolutely. Thank you. Have a wonderful day

Another reason to choose a former air force base to park your very large aircraft is weight considerations. Not a lot of air fields were designed to carry the weigh of those planes, many of them over 500,000 pounds!!!

@c17nav

Ай бұрын

C-17A maximum gross weight is 585,000 pounds. C-5M over 800,000 pounds. BIG BOYS 😲

@RM-nd7gn

Ай бұрын

I was stationed on Guam during vietnam. A monsoon was predicted moved all aircraft off island. That was the first time you could think without jet noise in the background. It only lasted one day and then it was business as usual.😃

The sound? Those are all high bypass turbofans. They sound pretty much like airliners.

@TheBigkal201

Ай бұрын

Well duh sound might be kicked up a few notches when u have 15 give or take american military widbodies moving....does Sac even have any widbodies?

@FirstLastOne

Ай бұрын

Those four CFM56s under the wings of the those 707s basically makes them sound like two 737-400 landing at the same time. Cool sounding but not the coal burning roar of what those 707s came with from the factory before they were re-engined with those CFM56s.

@SpectreNight

Ай бұрын

I live next to the Charleston Joint Airforce base, an Airforce base connected to the Charleston international airport. In my experience, a C-17 flying over sounds much more impactful than a civilian airliner, C-17's and other military planes can sound like 2-3 civilian airliners combined. It's crazy, but also really cool.

@gunfreak9mm

Ай бұрын

I don't think you are correct with the sound. If hear a military cargo plane from inside I can tell the difference instantly.

@jamesl2388

Ай бұрын

C-17 engines are the same as Boeing 757's

I live 3 miles from Pearl Harbor. Everyday is a major airshow, Sub show, UAV show, Navy show...

i still think that it was a mistake to decommission McClellan and Mather

@bill2066

Ай бұрын

Agreed. Its all about the $$$

@iplayfoofee3547

Ай бұрын

@@bill2066 more like politics than money

@arnenelson4495

Ай бұрын

clinton Did It.

@c17nav

Ай бұрын

@@arnenelson4495 Not without recommendations from Congres' Base Realignment Commitee (BRAC).

@MeneTekelUpharsin

Ай бұрын

@@arnenelson4495 Do you have enough brain cells to accomplish anythiing else besides the blame game?

Being someone who works with these military aircraft at Altus AFB, I knew the planes were taking off and flying out to other bases for severe weather.

@oppressedspeakeroftruth6558

Ай бұрын

Congratulations.

@KG-xt4oq

Ай бұрын

So the AF evacuates planes halfway across the country because of severe weather these days? Seems a bit ridiculous, but that's the military for ya....lol.

@6by6by6

Ай бұрын

Here’s your 🏆 because everyone gets a 🏆in the military…

@ChrisLyon567

Ай бұрын

@@6by6by6 I'm not in the military. I work along side the military as a civilian.

@brickonyou

Ай бұрын

@@6by6by6 sounds like someone didn't get a

Nice reporting. A report with actual explanation rathern than speculation.

@patriotforhumanity7174

Ай бұрын

Well at least they're trying to tell us something but that doesn't mean it's the truth. Things are warming up in the Pacific region around Taiwan so they could be moving them to that old Air Base in preparation to head out that way.

@davidmuttillo2806

Ай бұрын

@@patriotforhumanity7174 seemed reasonable and accurate rather than propoganda.

@user-io9ie5cs8j

Ай бұрын

​@@davidmuttillo2806 They gave a somewhat objective report based on what they were told. They should've dug deeper. The Pacific is heating up. I live in NEOK and the weather isn't that bad.

Interesting how we closed all those bases and forts thinking the cold war was over when in fact it never ended.

@iplayfoofee3547

Ай бұрын

Not just that, the loss of local jobs and economy from it too.

@MDLC424

Ай бұрын

Hindsight is 2020. At the time, our arch rival had just collapsed and we were in a period of unprecedented peace and prosperity. We didn’t need it.

@arnenelson4495

Ай бұрын

clinton Did It.

@SalSanchez-dy6cn

Ай бұрын

Keep voting for newsom

@williamalfonso1373

Ай бұрын

@@SalSanchez-dy6cn SMH Newsom doesnt have the authority. This can only be done at the Executive level.

My grandfather was a Fire Captain on McClellan in the 1950's.

I was stationed at Mather AFB, just down the road in Rancho Cordova from 1976 - 1977.

It's not only about damage - but their ability to mobilize.

Actually good reporting. That's rare to come by these days.

I was in Okinawa with the Marines in the late 1960s and we had a typhoon. Aircraft at Kadena Air Force Base were damaged and some smaller ones torn loose from their tiedowns. One guy who was there said one smaller plane had enough lift from the wind on its wings it came loose and flipped completely over.

The sound of freedom, good quote!

@ZIGZAGBureauofInvestigation

Ай бұрын

Lol its a False Quote and U Know it Silly

@JoeFlation

Ай бұрын

@@ZIGZAGBureauofInvestigation I know you are a troll that likes trashing other peoples comments.

@martinricardo4503

Ай бұрын

No, it is just noise. Silence is more appropriate.

@JoeFlation

Ай бұрын

@@martinricardo4503 blah blah blah

Saw two C-17s from Altus AFB last morning and last night. Both flying VERY low.

Thanks, admittedly, all the Best to our Service Peoples.! Always, good to see our Military……..!

Oh man i ised to love going to this base as a child had so much fun looking at all the old planes

That’s a smart move because it cost a lot of money to fix those planes when they are damaged

@user-io9ie5cs8j

Ай бұрын

I live in Oklahoma, and the weather is normal for this time of year. Something else is going on. Mark My Words

That may explain the F-22s I saw today.

This isn't the first time Oklahoma has had tornadoes...why now?

@mattm2687

Ай бұрын

Probably because there was a threat to the base

@Joe_Brown99

Ай бұрын

@@mattm2687 Seems most likely

@tombolo4120

Ай бұрын

US is in free fall...

@KeepinItCrispy

Ай бұрын

And EVEN IF the weather is bad enough in OK…we can’t find ANY good parking spots closer than Sacramento?! Ok.

@c17nav

Ай бұрын

@@KeepinItCrispy Strategic requirements also play a part. There's no sense in relocating to military bases or civilian airports that are also vulnerable to the usual spring severe storm paths - generally west to east over the plains and eastern states and the hurricane paths from the Gulf and Atlantic.

20+ is unusual yes but there’s everything from cargo to fighters flying over Sacramento all the time. I used to live next to Mather recently and saw pretty much every plane in the military minus the F-22 fly in there

I wish I could of served but I fell 115 feet on to shale rocks in GreenLand, buillding a NORAD tracker dome ANY WAY OLD MAN, I see America pumping up and it brings tears to my 67 year old eyes with the love and pride I have for all you guys. Kevin from sunny Mexico, just in case you need to have some one tell how much I love you guys.

@doonhamer252

Ай бұрын

I feel your pain , I fell 60ft off of a scaffold swing stage.. 6 months in a wheel chair and 4 yrs walker

I've noticed that civilian airlines do the same thing. The other day Iowa had a series of tornado's push through and about 20 min's before one nasty cell was due to roll over the Des Moines airport the wife and I witnessed a half dozen large planes flying low and outside of their normal approach and departure lanes.

We're on camp 9 road in calaveras county and we heard him fly over it was really loud

So why only Altus, according to the weather radar shown, many other bases would've been affected, like Sheppard in Wichita Falls, TX We always rode out all the storms when I was stationed in various Tornado alley bases. I missed being able to work on the C-17 and the KC-46. I was certified on 16 different aircraft, by those were older KC-135 , KC-10, and C-130's among others. My only NorCal base for TDY was Beale but did many in SoCal, George, Edwards, March, and Norton. It's a shame what's being done to the military now, both in personnel AND bases.

Those C17’s are massive

@martinricardo4503

Ай бұрын

Compared to a C-5 it is not.

@c17nav

Ай бұрын

@@martinricardo4503 Your point?

had 12 B52's fly in from Guam to Kadena due to a typhoon in '86/'87.... that was a great sight too....

As a young teen and military brat, my Dad let me explore one of the bases airplanes the EC121 Constellation. Years later after working a staff job, I got requalified as a tanker pilot instructor at Altus. Every one of those aircraft were piloted or supervised by instructors. Having been on numerous typhoon evacs in the Pacific, you can’t be overly picky about where your planes go. Sure, load bearing is critical to safe storage especially if you’re tankering gas. But safe havens from storms don’t have a lot of options for mil pilots.

Wow. Very cool. I used to live in Davis and Sacramento in the 70's and early 80's, and visited Mather and McClelland when I was a dependant but the last base my dad was stationed at was Travis. My dad was a navigator about KC135's back in the 60's and finished his Air Force tour of duty in the early 70's abord C141's. ; I'm told navigators have no longer been needed what with GPS and other aids. That would be a treat to see them there.

@c17nav

Ай бұрын

The navigator's role on many aircraft has been more than just basic navigation. Navs have been combat/weapon systems officers that operate sensors for aerial warfare, bombing, and special warfare. These CSOs are now trained at NAS Pensacola, vice Mather.

A full air wing is staging in Sacramento area. Most likely as a stop before they head off to the Pacific command. Hmm hmm

“It’s the Sound of Freedom” and “Thank You for Your Service”. Two statements often spoken that keep the Military Industrial Complex inshrined.

It’s called Safe Haven,, it’s a military airfield operations plan every air base has one..also any base that has any fixed wing aircraft also have a plan. ie marine air wings navy air wings etc..😊FYI its worldwide not just conus..😊

Excellent informative video! Good job!👍🏻🎅👍🏻🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

All I have to say is flight trackers that you can look at for FREE, tell a much different story than "weather" issues...

@nbaoldgirl

28 күн бұрын

Do tell pleaseeee

Standard procedure for weather that may damage the aircraft, but still pretty cool nonetheless. I've always wondered why they put a base in Altus to begin with, having been there myself, I feel like there are all kinds of stories of aircraft damaged by severe winds and hail (and even a tornado). The other thing that surprises me is so many went to one location - don't they usually divest them to multiple locations?

@c17nav

Ай бұрын

There was nothing in the report that said McClellan was the only airfield used for dispersal. Other aircraft from Altus may have been parked elsewhere.

Staging areas using base to pre deploy equipment and re activate systems there for Pacific duty.......

Weather is going to suck here in the Midwest this week again. Just keep them there for a while.

Oklahoma is getting hammered with tornados and storms. I remember all thise jets from being stationed at Altus. I will always be able to recognize the tails of the C17's

You know why

That’s like reviving the exempt railroad track through my backyard. It’s been 30 years since a single train or locomotive went by on those tracks.

We lost 2/3rd's of our B-36 fleet in 1952 because of a Carswell AFB tornado. I was at Ellington when the F102's and the C130's were flown out because of an approaching hurricane. The Super Guppy for NASA was still there because they couldn't find the pilot. Yes, we do not want a repeat of Carswell and will move the planes. Common sense.

what country is next to Sacramento ?

@Ma660t5andw1ch

Ай бұрын

Chicago.

They flew out there from Altus fab because of severe thunderstorms and tornados in Oklahoma, nothing else.

I hope these birds be safe during the storms ahead. Good job ❤

I get to see this type of aircraft every week at the Stockton Airport

More flew into SMF today too

Just like hurivacs when I was stationed in Charleston.

I loved living near an air force base ,at one time. It's always an air show! 🇺🇲

My first AF assignment was Altus AFB. Nice to see them come to Sacramento. Welcome to California. Enjoy your stay.

We also ship aircraft off the peninsula when hurricanes approach Florida.

There is no such thing as a “Tarmac!” Only a runway, taxiway, and an “Apron,” or “Ramp.”

@ericwright1840

Ай бұрын

Tarmac sounds better than apron.

@vsucountryboy

Ай бұрын

Exactly! Why does news media do this?!

@loose-arrow-garage

Ай бұрын

In the USAF we always called it the Flightline!

@c17nav

Ай бұрын

@@vsucountryboylaziness

@bill2066

Ай бұрын

@@ericwright1840 I know. I hate wearing those in the Kitchen.

Caution is good but I can't see a 75 MPH wind hurting a plane that flys over a hundred.

Something huge is coming!!! It's scary

Hmmm military cargo jets 2 days after we approved a giant military package to 3 different countries 🤔 no idea!

@RealComp5

Ай бұрын

If these were doing something war related they would be at the military airbase that's very close be instead, not parked at a civilian base with no war supplies.

@chimneyswift11bro

Ай бұрын

lol people like you need to be studied

@7Little701

Ай бұрын

@@RealComp5 True but they still do repairs on military aircraft there also. Those planes are probably here just to get service and ready to roll. I'm old enough I went to a couple air shows there when it was still in use as a air force base.

@kenclark9888

Ай бұрын

Take off the foil hats people. They were evacuated due to weather in the area it’s ok nothing out of the ordinary. McClellan is closed anyway

@shawnmann9491

Ай бұрын

And yet, it’s hard to understand that these billion dollar assets can’t risk being harmed at their home base from expected severe weather?

Mobility!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Don’t forget when they evacuate the planes and crew their families are NOT evacuated.

@martinricardo4503

Ай бұрын

Your point is?

KC-46 in action? I thought they still had problem with those planes

Do people take dumps on the side of the runways in San Diego like they do on the sidewalks ?

Doesnt the midwest get tornadoes and strong wind with hail every year?

@Joe_Brown99

Ай бұрын

Yes it does But if military bases are threatened by another military force … where would be the next best place to use …

We're actually at war, we just haven't been told.

@lkd06

29 күн бұрын

those who are awake don't need to be told

It looks like those planes can float in the water. They should make them with water landing platforms like some planes made in the 60's. They can take off and land in the water. Then attach water propellars on them, so they can operate as a boat too.

Military jets fly over Sacramento constantly especially around Mather. No big news. Yes 20 lined up in a row to land is different but these are common planes around here.

It's an apron. Not a "tarmac".

@ernestdesimone2234

Ай бұрын

Tarmac is short for tar MacAdam, which is asphalt paving, so it's a moot point.

@gort8203

Ай бұрын

@@ernestdesimone2234 Not moot at all. Tarmac (not "a tarmac") is just a material used to pave lots of places. An apron is a designated area of an airport for parking and operation of aircraft.

@vsucountryboy

Ай бұрын

Exactly! Lazy reporting. Drive me nuts how every story is compelled to use this verbalism.

@martinricardo4503

Ай бұрын

@@gort8203 "on the tarmac" is just buzz speak for people trying to sound like they know aviation but don't.

@gort8203

Ай бұрын

@@martinricardo4503 Yes, that's what we're saying.

Played golf at Haggin Oaks, right next door

Thats a lie aa. Former USAF vet we can lock down air craft to the tarmac on a military base we have powerful steel beams to lock down aircraft for storms and we have massive huge hangers to house military aircraft along the midwest. Hmm

Hey they get to try In-N-Out burger!

God bless America!

❤❤❤❤ love to have them here God Bless America and the military😊

Hopefully they are not dropping off illegals from Gaza.

@user-qc3oe5di7x

Ай бұрын

No, they're saving those people for Texas , right in your yard 🤣🤣🤣

@Ac_a

Ай бұрын

F texas.

@anotheryoutubechannel4809

Ай бұрын

@@user-qc3oe5di7xam from sac ya knuckle dragger.

@user-io9ie5cs8j

Ай бұрын

​@@Ac_a Not cool

@user-io9ie5cs8j

Ай бұрын

I'm in Oklahoma and the weather is normal for this time of year. They probably did, and they're prepping for more or for the Pacific. It's heating up

The question is why do we have an Air Force Base in Tornado Alie ?

Something’s up.

Ill take the sounds of these birds any time of the night.

WE see Military Jets doing Touch and Goes at McClellan Occasionally, but not this Many. Pretty Cool. Im over the Approach Zone. I just heard one now. But its beginning to get sortof annoying.

........ no speculation about why

1:15 severe weather in Oklahoma

@martinricardo4503

Ай бұрын

April thru June is generally tornado season in OK.

Hmmm also makes for a good mobility training exercise!

@martinricardo4503

Ай бұрын

NO.

Right down the street from my house I didn't hear or see a thing...

Apron is the proper name for aircraft parking areas. Tarmac is a misnomer.

Them planes delivering 1,000 military sized pizzas for me?!? Geez, I've been waiting for so long🤨

airplanes dont like weather, but cope quite well with earthquakes...

Rapid Dragon test flights, lol.

Prepping for an Air Show...lol

Actually the sound of freedom is kids playing but I get where he was coming from

@sjp35productions6

Ай бұрын

It really is an Air Force-ism. Any aircraft passing by whether in the air or taxiing under power generates the ‘sound of freedom.’

*Oh Grandpa Buff you big beautiful plane*

👀

I can assure you this movement is not because of “thunderstorms”.

@martinricardo4503

Ай бұрын

OK expert. What is the reason?

@kjj26k

Ай бұрын

Are you lot denying the existence of thunderstorms now?!

The loss of Mather, McClellan, and other military bases just killed Sacramento for 20 years. If the Air force leaves Beale, Marysville/Yuba City are finished.

🙏🏻🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸 America UNITED TOGETHER 🌎☮️

We expect nothing less from our armed forces. Decommissioned spaces should still be in a good state, just in case there is an emergency and civilian airports can’t handle everything

Cool

That was an old 707. from the 60's but now a kc135,still old

@stuartdavis798

Ай бұрын

Actually a 717's, Boeings name for the KC-135, if you want to be technical. They were built in the late 1950's and early 1960s.They were never 707 airliners. NKAWTG! (Nobody Kicks A** Without Tanker Gas)

@mzimm460

Ай бұрын

Well it’s the same plane it’s like saying the m-37 and the dodge power wagon weren’t the same truck

@stuartdavis798

Ай бұрын

@@mzimm460 don’t know anything about the Dodge but the 717 is narrower than the 707. Look up Dash-80. I have about 1600 hours in a tanker. I might know a little about them.

@sjp35productions6

Ай бұрын

It may be old, but it’s NEW and IMPROVED with the CFM-56 turbofan engines. Re-designated as the KC 135R.

@mzimm460

Ай бұрын

Well at the end of the day you have to do a parts sharing breakdown of what precentage of parts are shared. But in loo of that if it walks like a duck sounds like a duck and looks like a duck shes a duck.

1:17 Answer

Or Maybe they had to pay a toll to Gavin for flying over Ca.

You left out a word. Military “Transport” aircraft…

For a reason you will never tell us.

Back in the 70's this was an AFB.

@user-gc2kk9mz8b

Ай бұрын

Liar

@geraldvandewal5788

Ай бұрын

@@user-gc2kk9mz8b Opened in 1936 and closed in 2001. Was created during the cold War era Do some research.. I had friends stationed there. We were from Beale AFB.

That’s really dumb to show the world what our defenses look like

😅 OMG 😅 We ❤ when out of state come to visit us here in the valley of the sun Arizona! TDY 100% on point!