Why A Military Chinook Was Called In To Conserve This 'White Horse' | Forces TV
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- Опубликовано: 29 июл 2019
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The military's Joint Helicopter Command unit has been called in to restore a 200-year-old icon of the Wiltshire landscape. The Alton Barnes White Horse has presided over the hills there since its creation by a farmer in 1812, and local residents in Wiltshire decided it needed some restoration. The military was called in to help transport the 46 tonnes of chalk needed for the job.
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"Get your pom poms out"
Never change Forces TV, never change
That look he gives 😂
@The British what?
@The British oh riiiight.
As it is perfectly illustrated, their are no bounds to which our Great Armed Forces can respond to as and when needed. Great job boys........keep up your good work and Godbless you all.
*there
Funny how you have soldiers going around in camouflage and then one bloke in a hi-vis vest 😂😂
Do you mean to say there's more than one guy in the video. I could only see the guy in a vest 😅😅😅😅😅😅
The Belfast Viking Martin Brown oh I don’t think that joke will ever get old 😂😂
Who's idea was it to put it at the bottom of the hill now they will have to rake it up hill instead of down.
Never knew the army were such big Deftones fans
Thats the RAF
@@soulnatorium222 cheers dad
Well done, all of our chalk carvings should be brought back to life . Especially the Fovant Badges near Salisbury, in memory of all the Soldiers that were camped here in Wiltshire on their way to the front in 1914 1918 , it's up to us the younger Generation to keep their memories alive, and tell our Grandchildren ( me I'm 60 years old ) the Sacrifice their Great Great Great Grandfather gave for King and COUNTRY. God Bless the Forces.
Perfect example of why we need heavy lift capability (not the chalk but the Sgt)
0:22 Bro eating good 😂😂
"Vehicles not permitted on the site..." Literally a fleet of vehicles in every shot...
They were in the valley. No vehicles are allowed up on the hill.
Great flying WELL DONE. :)
My god look at his gut
Aight Chad settle down behind that screen
The Privates and Lancers must have been so thrilled to be chosen for this...detail. 😉
Nice to help the civi population from time to time. That said, I hope it did not interfere with war role training. Would it have been easier/ less expensive to lift the vehicle access rule for a few days and use 4x4, 6x6 trucks.
They've already said they couldn't drive, and it's mainly a civilian outreach program, I'll guarantee you this didn't take away from any other training.
@@troyweatherford2428 Couldn't drive due to an imposed "no vehicle access" by-law." I'm just a little angry that the already slashed budget is being used for none military use.
This veteran thanks you for your service Tony.
@@troyweatherford2428 They couldn't drive in due to the local by-law restriction.
I'm just annoyed that the already slashed budget is being wasted on non military use.
This veteran wishes you well Troy and thanks you for your service. (The Americans say that and it's a nice thing to do. Here, people burn poppies in sight of the police who do nothing. I propose that the two things are linked, poor funding and no respect for our military personnel, past and present.) BTW I'm British and moaning is my hard won birthright.
@@gusgone4527 Ha believe me we share the same national pastime as moaning and griping about stuff, I think maybe we're just a little bit more argumentative.
Believe me, we do things like this all of the time around our bases, the more exposure we get the better of a light people see us in, ultimately that helps us.
Aside from that I can see this as being excellent training for a multitude of things, both for the pilots and you ground personnel! Your tax dollars are not being wasted here, rest assured.
@@gusgone4527 It'll have been put down under training expenses. And it was training. If anything, it added value.
'Chinook Weapons System Operator?!?! Me thinks you mean 'Loadie' or 'trolley dolly'!
millycarrington chinooks have window mounted m134 miniguns
@@airsoftsniper59r56 Well aware of their capabilities having worked on them for many years. Was more a quick jibe at the green suited master race for over-egging their job description! :-)
Best army in the world.
No army in this vid
mike fishwick ah yes the RAF, the best army in the world
Wait a minute......
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
When u got nothing to do
RAF to the rescue again! Per Ardua Ad Astra!
Wouldn't it have been cheaper to rent a couple of donkeys and just carried it there?
That belly! Oof
The Beer Belly Brigade @ 00:26
AIR ASSAULT
Meanwhile in the RAF
Horse is white ! I think we should protest
It should be a mixed horse
*COMRADE 1 : WE ARE OVER BUDGET WHAT SHOULD WE DO?*
*COMRADE 2 : LETS MAKE HORSE MADE FROM CHALK WITH A CHINOOK*
Use paint da
Halo madam amirul mukminin focus training .in one publik my caution out delegation international.
Typical "Crab" (RAF) operating? Dropping the feckin bags at the bottom instead of The Top of the carving! It's easier to rake the chalk downhill to spread it! LMFAO (from a former aviator of the "Real Air Force"? The Fleet Air Arm of The Royal Navy. ;-)
Funny I was thinking about why they was doing it that way. Maybe just more room to dump the bags below. But as you said it would have been easier to to work top to bottom
depending on the slope of the hill surely some bags depending how high and fast they were dropped could end up rolling or splitting down the hill, but the latter would of been useful anyways.
i know lads now who are leaving in masses in the RAF and Infantry, because of how things are done and represented.
Albatros.
Lol you're gay
@@callumw1597 uses "lol", mate you're the gay one, go grab a cod playlist and calm down.
"Military Chinook".... Yeah... As opposed to a civvie Chinook.... Jesus... You guys are a joke without the punchline.
H3R3T1C what u saying I own one
@@kash7553 Sure you do lol.
So peoples homes flood and theres no chinooks. A random hill in the middle of nowhere needs chalk, no problem heres a chinook
Where is the flood with no Chinook??? Anyway just think of this as a training exercise which they do all the time anyway. Why not help out the community in the process.
why would they help floods in the US when theyre across the world
@@amplesity7766 who mentioned the US
@@amplesity7766 you know theres floods in britain, right? Somerset has awful flooding and areas around Cornwall are also prone to flooding.
@@PB-hr3hy North Yorkshire mate.