It's impressive to see young men and women working on aircraft that were originally built before any of their parents were even born. Their professionalism gives me great hope for the future of this country at a time when our leaders lack any of these qualities!
These men and women are refurbishing planes built by their great grandfather or grandfather. Carrying on the legacy as the new air crews do. Protecting our nation from harm by ensuring the peace, until the day when man will not make war against his brother.
I have worked in maintenance of heavy machinery, buses, trucks. As a car body repairer, welding with TIG, mig, migmag, also as a computer scientist and I have also been in aircraft workshops. and I looooove that work environment, it makes me feel at home, those workers are lucky.
Great vid, and produced showing us whats going on, no inane talking by a fuckwit, no annoying music, just vids of crews working, and related noises , thanks!
I left Guam in early 1972 after Line Backer II and my last view of the Anderson AB flight line was a shell of a cannibalized B-52 that I would have guaranteed you was just a scrap metal pile. I passed through Anderson again in 1974 and the B-52 was gone. I asked what happened and they said they brought a team in and rebuilt it. They flew it out.
Prior military but no way an aviation "expert" by any means, but the wildest thing about the really BIG planes is how slow they look taking off. It's incredible to watch. I swear like a helicopter. The high caliber of skill is something I miss being around. Including where I work now. The days of performing perfectly are gone. God Bless America and all of our brave armed forces heroes. 💯❤️🇺🇸
I knew those b52s had some level of rebuilding but I never knew it was such a deep and comprehensive restoration such as this. I mean it's essentially a new aircraft when it rolls out of there. Absolutely amazing. Just amazing.
Скоро вам откроют глаза как и всему миру . Это сделает один человек . пУТИН фашист . Скоро гражданские недовольства произойдут как и у вас и у нас. И все правительства всего мира ужаснутся . И мы приведем этого человека к экрану ТВ всего мира .
🤔 well done sir 💯..I was raised in the, 60's & 70's my daddy was in "AAFES as an accountant & grew up watching air Force and Navy aircraft and always admired their dedication of excellence & bravery 🇺🇲☮️🙏🌎
Thank you for the informative and interesting video showing the inside of this Massive repair and rebuild Facility. The B-52 developed in the 1950s and is still part of the backbone of America's Airforce. I guess you can call it a feel good proud Nostalgia I have for the Iconic B-52. Up graded and modernized weapons and electronics so they are still able to meet the demands if the US ever gets into another major conflict, they have stood the test of time.
Well, after 20 years in the bone yard, and arriving on many trucks in kit form with empennage and wings completely missing, broken is probably the politest way of saying that it was completely FUBAR
Every time I see a video like this I think of that metal strip which fell off an American Airline plane taking off from Paris airport…sending whole Concord fleet to oblivion!
It is great to see women working in this repair facility using their training and skills, after all, women manned the factories and built aircraft bombers and fighters during WW2 and it is refreshing seeing women here now well doing their bit with their knowledge and skills.
Tinker is one of the largest employers in the state of Oklahoma. 835 homes and a neighborhood school north of the main runway were condemned and removed about 25 years ago to guarantee safe approach and take off corridors for the facility. This was after the Air Force threatened to close the base because it presented too great a hazard to its neighbors if they remained.
Now, fortunately, much of the property surrounding the installation is government owned, federal or state, to prevent future safety issues and allows for expansion. Having four other major bases/installations nearby doesn’t hurt either.
Great Outstanding clip Guys, Outstanding top work you guys are doing there to keep the American Aviation history alive for many flying years to come,. 💯👌💪
Great film. Used to work on usaf bases in England in the eighties. Loved usaf fairford. Got to make some good friends there. Watching the b52 planes landing and taking off by the flight line. Got invited by some technicians I was friendly with into the engine test building when they were testing a jet engine. When it was on full power in there, it felt like you were standing on marbles. Brilliant experience. Many thanks.
Ah good old TAFB. Worked as a parts pusher on the TF33 engine line during the nineties. Major flashback seeing this video. Still see the B-52s fly out from there occasionally.
Army air corp built a facility similar to this in 1942 at Austin Texas to repair B-17 bombers. My father worked there as a civilian employee. After the war it became Bergstrom AFB. When the USAF closed it in the early nineties it became Austin International airport in 1999.
Former ANG here. It also appears that the airmen are actually focused on their tasks to accomplish something worthwhile: the enormous project of repairing a large aircraft. With all the mandatory distractions from core tasks that there are in the current military environment, it's amazing that anything that actually matters can get done.
My mom lives about 3 blocks north of Tinker AFB just off Air Deport Road in Mid-West City. Always enjoy the jets flying over when I go to visit, & took my grandson to an air show there a few years ago.
I gotta hand it to someone, they are on the ball with this type of maintenance and upgrade, love to see Americans working on American machinery, in an American factory, now, if we could only restore our private sector industry, and make it strong and competitive, the steel industry, and related offshoots, the aircraft industry, the Auto industry, and new industries like rockets, armored vehicles, heavy machinery for mass industrial applications, ie: the machines that build other machines.
A lot of old school work takes place in here hand manufacturing parts for the outer skin and even internal framing its bloody amazing what they can achieve
Is there anything more American than an 80 year old jet! Being worked on by a couple big ol’black dudes couple big ol’ bearded white boys and everyone in between! I saw a couple of Oriental decent all working under the Stars and Stripes hanging from the roof! We are along way from being perfect but we are by far the BEST nation on earth! Gosh, I love the USA
I love how they fix up these older planes and make there are still dependable still usable and the right thing is being done if it isn't broken and it works don't fix it
I kinda understand the need for ads, but youtube crapping on your viewers afterwards? Might wanna see to that. BTW, excellent video, when I can keep up. :)
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I can handle ads, but since youtube is liberal lovers, and bernie pops up, can darwin help?
Sería maravilloso que vuestro canal tuviera la opción de escuchar doblado al español. Creo hablar en nombre de mucha gente que os estaría eternamente agradecida.
For clarity, they pulled "Damage Inc II" out of storage so that that can demonstrate it can be relatively easily upgraded to a J model from an H model. This isn't a return to flight status? Quite an investment in time and labor for a demonstration rig.
How does one get a job working on the airframe and related fuselage components ? Do you have to have your aircraft maintenance certification or be a CNC machinist ? - I mean I’m super mechanically inclined and could do many of these positions shown in this video.
They have both DoD and contractors on site depending on the plane and/or engine, but the bulk of the workforce is DoD. Any "newer" engine or airframe will likely have the contractor, like RR, Pratt & Whitney, GE, etc. onsite as well since there might be a warranty or some other agreements in place.
I was at Barksdale AFB a few years ago watching the Blue Angels. One of the B-52's there was so badly damaged that I think it was taken OTS and retired from service. Maybe this facility restored one that was at the boneyard in AZ because I'm quite sure it was replaced.
Tinker? Isn't that the facility that once blocked the pressurization outflow valves on a KC-135 and pumped it up until it exploded like a cheap party balloon?
It's impressive to see young men and women working on aircraft that were originally built before any of their parents were even born. Their professionalism gives me great hope for the future of this country at a time when our leaders lack any of these qualities!
Gucci gang Taylor made our kids we're baked with love .. 4:14
Delivery driver no bueno
These men and women are refurbishing planes built by their great grandfather or grandfather. Carrying on the legacy as the new air crews do. Protecting our nation from harm by ensuring the peace, until the day when man will not make war against his brother.
Thats the cheesiest comment I have ever had to read on RUclips. You get a thumbs up for that.
That day will never come until we evolve again
I have worked in maintenance of heavy machinery, buses, trucks. As a car body repairer, welding with TIG, mig, migmag, also as a computer scientist and I have also been in aircraft workshops. and I looooove that work environment, it makes me feel at home, those workers are lucky.
So what.....
U guys and Gals are awesome THANK U FOR YOUR SERVICE AND DEDICATION
Cool story bro
ضحشحشحشحشحشحشحشحشحشححششحضححشششحشحششحضخ
I miss the work. My body doesn't.
The men and women who turn the wrenches are some of the most valuable assets for our military God bless them all.
We admire and endorse U.S military forever as we are patriotic americans forever.
What a mighty repair facilities USA has for the air forces 👍💪
Great vid, and produced showing us whats going on, no inane talking by a fuckwit, no annoying music, just vids of crews working, and related noises , thanks!
I left Guam in early 1972 after Line Backer II and my last view of the Anderson AB flight line was a shell of a cannibalized B-52 that I would have guaranteed you was just a scrap metal pile. I passed through Anderson again in 1974 and the B-52 was gone. I asked what happened and they said they brought a team in and rebuilt it. They flew it out.
Keeping America Great and Free, one bolt at a time. Thank you Ladies and Gentlemen, military and civilian for your service!
Also keeping a large part of the rest of the world free, as well - including me! I echo your thanks.
Patriots keep the USA free
Brown people aren't going to bomb themselves after all.
Появится скоро человек который откроит всему миру глаза .
LOL. Neither great or "free" anymore.
The greatest conventional bomber ever conceived and built in quantity.
Enjoyed watching brought back good memories I worked the B-52 the F-111 kc-135 and C9 retired USAF electrician
Prior military but no way an aviation "expert" by any means, but the wildest thing about the really BIG planes is how slow they look taking off. It's incredible to watch. I swear like a helicopter. The high caliber of skill is something I miss being around. Including where I work now. The days of performing perfectly are gone. God Bless America and all of our brave armed forces heroes. 💯❤️🇺🇸
The facility is so tidy and clean. I’m envious.
Got to love how the B52 civilian workers are free to wear any kind of attire working as a team, and outstanding professionalism. Good luck
Thanks Air Force! Masters of the Air!
Thanks y’all 🤙🏻🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
I knew those b52s had some level of rebuilding but I never knew it was such a deep and comprehensive restoration such as this. I mean it's essentially a new aircraft when it rolls out of there. Absolutely amazing. Just amazing.
it is pretty amazing... when one crashed awhile back they yanked one from the bone yard refurbed it and off it went.
BUFF never dies.
God Bless you all for keep us safe, you are all just as important as the crew that flying this planes and keep us all safe....a HUGE THANKS
Скоро вам откроют глаза как и всему миру . Это сделает один человек . пУТИН фашист . Скоро гражданские недовольства произойдут как и у вас и у нас. И все правительства всего мира ужаснутся . И мы приведем этого человека к экрану ТВ всего мира .
🤔 well done sir 💯..I was raised in the, 60's & 70's my daddy was in "AAFES as an accountant & grew up watching air Force and Navy aircraft and always admired their dedication of excellence & bravery 🇺🇲☮️🙏🌎
Thank you for the informative and interesting video showing the inside of this Massive repair and rebuild Facility. The B-52 developed in the 1950s and is still part of the backbone of America's Airforce. I guess you can call it a feel good proud Nostalgia I have for the Iconic B-52. Up graded and modernized weapons and electronics so they are still able to meet the demands if the US ever gets into another major conflict, they have stood the test of time.
Development actually started in the mid 1940s
With these kinds of capabilities, it suggests they could keep those planes in the air indefinitely.
Not fond of the "broken B-52" term. I worked these for sooo many years. They are amazing!
Well, after 20 years in the bone yard, and arriving on many trucks in kit form with empennage and wings completely missing, broken is probably the politest way of saying that it was completely FUBAR
Beautiful people doing beautiful things, God bless America 🇺🇸
Every time I see a video like this I think of that metal strip which fell off an American Airline plane taking off from Paris airport…sending whole Concord fleet to oblivion!
God Bless America
It is great to see women working in this repair facility using their training and skills, after all, women manned the factories and built aircraft bombers and fighters during WW2 and it is refreshing seeing women here now well doing their bit with their knowledge and skills.
Love the Buff!
All the great performers I have worked with are fuelled by a personal dream.
To get out of the military ASAP?
Tinker is one of the largest employers in the state of Oklahoma. 835 homes and a neighborhood school north of the main runway were condemned and removed about 25 years ago to guarantee safe approach and take off corridors for the facility. This was after the Air Force threatened to close the base because it presented too great a hazard to its neighbors if they remained.
Now, fortunately, much of the property surrounding the installation is government owned, federal or state, to prevent future safety issues and allows for expansion. Having four other major bases/installations nearby doesn’t hurt either.
I grew up around b52's as a kid. They are huge!!! The skill alone to back that into a warehouse is insane.
Great Outstanding clip Guys, Outstanding top work you guys are doing there to keep the American Aviation history alive for many flying years to come,. 💯👌💪
Anyone notice the alien 👽 in the cockpit? 😂
I thought he was the test pilot
@@markh3279 same thing right?🤣
😀🤭 mana ada Alen ngimpi kali yeeh..🤦
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Migrant... get with it...
This is what I'd like to see in America. Stop depending on other countries to bring up parts, build your own.
Great film. Used to work on usaf bases in England in the eighties. Loved usaf fairford. Got to make some good friends there. Watching the b52 planes landing and taking off by the flight line. Got invited by some technicians I was friendly with into the engine test building when they were testing a jet engine. When it was on full power in there, it felt like you were standing on marbles. Brilliant experience. Many thanks.
You did lol 😂
By going beyond your own problems and taking care of others, you gain inner strength, self-confidence, courage, and a greater sense of calm.
Ah good old TAFB. Worked as a parts pusher on the TF33 engine line during the nineties. Major flashback seeing this video. Still see the B-52s fly out from there occasionally.
The Old Man, in for a wash & brush-up.....EXCELLENT....another few DECADES of Service!!! LONG may they SOLDIER ON!
VERY COOL VIDEO!! 👍💯🇺🇲♥️♥️♥️
So much work and care in maintaining the aircraft. 🇺🇸
Army air corp built a facility similar to this in 1942 at Austin Texas to repair B-17 bombers. My father worked there as a civilian employee. After the war it became Bergstrom AFB. When the USAF closed it in the early nineties it became Austin International airport in 1999.
my plane! 0021 was mine in 86-87, ki sawyer mi... its two years older than me and its still flying. that's crazy.
Very cool and amazing.
Stationed there for 2 years. The base is HUGE!
Oh ok 😂😂
There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.
That M984 Wrecker is no Foden. Bring on Mr. Hewes and supervisor Ted!
I was crew cheif on the B-52G this aircraft is greatest ever built.
Ex USAF here.. sheetmetal.. and i can say , there are a lot of Airmen in this video, that do not appear to meet weight
Not as fat as most raf women!
Yup...fat boys everywhere....sad
Is that all you live for is to insult people? Grow your ass up!
👀
Former ANG here. It also appears that the airmen are actually focused on their tasks to accomplish something worthwhile: the enormous project of repairing a large aircraft.
With all the mandatory distractions from core tasks that there are in the current military environment, it's amazing that anything that actually matters can get done.
A G Model. Nice. I was a Crew Chief on one for six years. 58-0173, 320th Bomb Wing (h) SAC.
Incredible precision at work.
My mom lives about 3 blocks north of Tinker AFB just off Air Deport Road in Mid-West City. Always enjoy the jets flying over when I go to visit, & took my grandson to an air show there a few years ago.
I gotta hand it to someone, they are on the ball with this type of maintenance and upgrade, love to see Americans working on American machinery, in an American factory, now, if we could only restore our private sector industry, and make it strong and competitive, the steel industry, and related offshoots, the aircraft industry, the Auto industry, and new industries like rockets, armored vehicles, heavy machinery for mass industrial applications, ie: the machines that build other machines.
A lot of old school work takes place in here hand manufacturing parts for the outer skin and even internal framing its bloody amazing what they can achieve
I always wanted to be an A&P I love this video man love to work at that facilities
I love the BUFF! bombloader here
I'm suprised the airframe is still good after 70 plus years
Lo sappiano che nei film siete i più forti😮😮😮
The B52 my second favorite bird. The first is the F14A. I worked on Tomcats when I was a sailor.
Great video.
Very interesting about the B-52
3:06 Buddy didn’t know they were filming this day 😹🖖🏼🇺🇸
Or maybe he did and did it on purpose.
Very impressive.
I live in moore, and see the buffs coming in and out, along with B1's...nice change from the constant E3's😂
Is there anything more American than an 80 year old jet! Being worked on by a couple big ol’black dudes couple big ol’ bearded white boys and everyone in between! I saw a couple of Oriental decent all working under the Stars and Stripes hanging from the roof!
We are along way from being perfect but we are by far the BEST nation on earth! Gosh, I love the USA
I bet the majority of those shown working on the B-52's were born after the air-frame they're working on was first in the air... pretty amazing.
It wouldn't be hard I think the last one was delivered in Oct 1962 which if it's still flying makes it just over 62 years old
I love how they fix up these older planes and make there are still dependable still usable and the right thing is being done if it isn't broken and it works don't fix it
I kinda understand the need for ads, but youtube crapping on your viewers afterwards? Might wanna see to that.
BTW, excellent video, when I can keep up. :)
I can handle ads, but since youtube is liberal lovers, and bernie pops up, can darwin help?
Amazing and impressive
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
The women with the blue tshirt and black hair is 🔥🔥🔥
why are they restoring old b 52???
Are the replacement B-52 engines to be installed in the restored plane?
Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him.
You heard of that show, "this 'ol house", well this is "this 'ol airplane".
Man, an unlimited budget sure is neet!
It's hardly unlimited, Mr. I don't know how to spell 'neat.'
We use to go pick up our KC-135s at Tinker after the aircraft received depot overhauls. I worked engines and spent an lot of time in “Engine Country”.
1 screw at the time everything is new ,great looking fortress they are here to serve another 30 years.
Sería maravilloso que vuestro canal tuviera la opción de escuchar doblado al español. Creo hablar en nombre de mucha gente que os estaría eternamente agradecida.
For clarity, they pulled "Damage Inc II" out of storage so that that can demonstrate it can be relatively easily upgraded to a J model from an H model. This isn't a return to flight status? Quite an investment in time and labor for a demonstration rig.
Im from 🇪🇹 Ethiopia
3 aliens 👽 👽👽
The U.S. military stores alot of stuff yet the things they should be storing are the JIGS for aircraft. To make duplication of parts easier.
They do???
I'm surprised that mechanic had to ask if a "leak and ops check " were required to be written up in the 781A...it certainly is, Olie!
How does one get a job working on the airframe and related fuselage components ? Do you have to have your aircraft maintenance certification or be a CNC machinist ?
- I mean I’m super mechanically inclined and could do many of these positions shown in this video.
Awesome covereage of this project. Are the workforce members DOD civilian employees or are they working for a contractor (Rolls-Royce or otherwise)?
They have both DoD and contractors on site depending on the plane and/or engine, but the bulk of the workforce is DoD. Any "newer" engine or airframe will likely have the contractor, like RR, Pratt & Whitney, GE, etc. onsite as well since there might be a warranty or some other agreements in place.
The canteens there seem to offer energy-dense food in oversized portions....
The Oklahoma facility looks incredible.
Is that the first B-52 to be fitted with the new Rolls Royce engines?
No.
Those are Pratt & Whitney J-57-43-WP's. (Water injected turbojets). Ask and ex crew chief how easy it was to change a water pod valve.
No those are rolls the video even said so
olha um carburador de B52. Nunca tinha visto um na vida 7:52
wow
Thankfully those guys aren't getting too much PT....don't wanna wear 'em out.
PT? What is that... Pizza Time??
@@N75911_ HA! That's a good one.
Civilian contractors
It’s such a small plane in person compared to commercial jets.
Turn on the electronics.Screen reads,”All Your Base Are Belong To Us.”
Where's the voice over? Can't read txt and watch video. So yesterday.
It's better than the obnoxious AI narration that's becoming so prevalent.
سبحان الله العظيم يصنعون اسلحة فتاكة ولا يستطيعون ان ينجو من الأعاصير كم تخلف ورائها من دمار سبحان الله الذي لا اله غيره
That's nice, but that fuselage on the truck was delivered to a Boeing facility, not one that belongs to the Air Force or OC-ALC. I was there.
Evey single time I see a B52, I find impossible not to visualize Slim Pickens piloting one in Dr. Strangelove.
I was at Barksdale AFB a few years ago watching the Blue Angels. One of the B-52's there was so badly damaged that I think it was taken OTS and retired from service. Maybe this facility restored one that was at the boneyard in AZ because I'm quite sure it was replaced.
Oh wow ok didn't know that.. 😂😂
I think the old Warthog is a awesome piece of flying equipment that should stay around even though they built a new version of the A-10 , ? Really !
Yeah Depot maintenance is incredible
The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.
I saw that on an inspirational poster in the Walmart breakroom.
Tinker? Isn't that the facility that once blocked the pressurization outflow valves on a KC-135 and pumped it up until it exploded like a cheap party balloon?