Absolutely amazing planning. Every exigency has been thought of including in the air refuelling, specific terrorist landing airports, 2nd wave pilots ready for action when the 1st lot are up etc.etc. Kudos to the Brits!! Respect!!
I do enjoy watching these vids when there is a level headed American who appreciates and understands that the UK is just as well equipped and as skillful as his own country. Well done sir you're attitude made me subscribe to you're channel
Just like yours.. my mind is blown💥💥 The UK has a unique responsibility in so much as we protect the United States Eastern and northern flanks and fellow European air forces cover other approaches to Great Britain 🇺🇸.. shoulder to shoulder 💪🚜🦬👍👍👍
protect the skies of Britain from what ! angry wombles ! flying spaghetti monsters ! everything theses days can be controlled by a remote i.e. ( missiles drones sams ) from basement in a South Pole shed by an idiot with an IQ if 3 ! yet we spend billions every year on shit like planes and nuclear subs ! theres nothing for anyone to attack us for lol we don't own anything or make anything lol except expensive toys for idiots !
@@fraserconnell21 test them ? with a maths question ? maybe a word puzzle ? its a joke ! nothing ever comes of it look how shit Russia has done against the ukraine ! the only reason why no one has jumped in to help is because all the taxes the government's are claiming due to the price increase by that wanker ! if anyone or any country give a shit and if it benefited them he'd be gone by now !
The relationship between the UK and US is shown perfectly here, "It turns out to be a US Air Force plane with radio problems, nothing to worry about.".
I met a pilot who flew those missions, he was proud and sad at the same time. The power of the blast shook his soul when he realised what could be the end of us all
In 2019 I was outside a hanger at Coningsby, I'd had a text message to collect a Typhoon and deliver it by road to the RAF museum in Hendon. I couldn't figure out why they were putting a current, up to date fighter in a museum! Turned out to be a WW2 Hawker Typhoon I was collecting. The only complete original Typhoon in the world, had been on loan in Canada, and had been returned to the Battle of Britain Memorial Flights hanger. I spent a very pleasant afternoon sat in my cab drinking tea and watching the modern Typhoons, while I waited for them to load me.
This has been done ever since the end of WWII. We launched a few in the eighties, in fact, one can still see our Q Shed at the museum at Bruntingthorpe just outside Leicester. It has been moved from its original location where it was built to house a pair of Lightnings (the English Electric/BAC version) and then the F4s that I worked. We had accommodation in a brick structure immediately adjacent to the shed. I was split into two halves. The two Aircrews in one bit and us Groundcrew in the other. This accommodation could be self contained but we could visit the various messes for meals. For this and any other purpose that would require any of the personnel to be away, we had two Landrovers, one for the aircrew and one for the groundcrew. I remember that the respective callsigns for these vehicles were particularly non-military in form and a source (well at least to me) humour. These were Lupin-One and Lupin-Two respectively and if you received the call, it was blue light on and return a soon as humanly possible. You would be unlikely to be back before the aircraft would be launched, though, which happened within minutes. The shed had a special taxiway which led, arrow straight to the runway and the circuit (pattern) would be, if necessary, cleared, as these aircraft would not stop once released from the shed. You always knew if there was such a launch even if you were nowhere near the airfield because the aircraft always cut the reheat over the village under the glide slope of the runway. During a Q Launch, the reheat was maintained, so I guess the villagers knew too, as they were rudely awaken. This was during the Cold War so there not too many complaints. There were one or two, mind and in the local pubs you would occasionally get a local whinge about the noise. I used to ask them how long they had lived there. invariably the answer would be a few months or years. I would then remind them that the station had been operational since WWII and that they chose to buy whatever house they had - argument over! Oops! I have digressed, typical! Right, that exercised the nostalgia muscle - thanks.
I FUCKING LOVE genuine content like this. Shit with genuine reactions. Keep pumping content bro I'm serious you're going far. And as a brit, i'm glad you're fascinated by our military / military history :)
To answer your question, yes they can refuel in the air. The Royal Air Force utilise the same model of Air-to-air refueling tanker used by the us air force, the KC-135. It allows them to stay in the air for as long as possible during an incident such as this. In some cases dependent on the situation, an AWACS may be deployed. It entirely depends however.
I live near Coningsby, and you know when they are reacting to Russian probing aircraft. The sound is incredible, there’s a big difference from the normal Flyby to there reaction flyby.
Not sure about nowadays but with the tornado f3's on qra the aircraft had to be airborn in under 7 mins from bell dropping. I must say im proud of you and the respect you are giving them and Not just because you find it interesting. Thank you from an ex RAF airman
Yea they refuel in the air..... For a small island we aint to be underestimated, we nearly conquered the world, we made it better and gave it back, we bombed America twice in exercises (they can't keep up with our tech), we basically front line stopped Hitler, our navy houses the most advanced submarines the world has ever seen (lets ignor that one beaching 😏), I could go on but you gotta admit, nay bad for a lil island. Damn this stuff makes me proud, I'm ex ABRO (global defense Ltd) and my grandad was RAF during the battle of Britain 🇬🇧 ❤️ 🇬🇧💪 One final thing to say..... "Cum an av a go if u think ur ard enuf"
I live in Lincolnshire and hear the RAF out every day. Always good to know they are there. Respect! You mentioned about refuelling in the air, take a look in to the Falklands war about refuelling in the air. Rather impressive tbh.
It's great to see how American people are interested in our little Island and it's history. Keep up the great content mate. There are a lot of things the Brit's aren't aware of from the past. Especially the younger generations and it's important to remember the recent past. So we don't make the same mistakes again.
Loved your reaction to this, i spent 9 years in the RAF back in the 90's and was for a while posted to a base that had QRA aircraft, this was back when they used Tornado aircraft. It was an interesting experience and highly secret, we weren't allowed to talk about the building they were in and most of it was underground and hidden. They do refuel in the air and have been doing this for many years. It really is amazing how technology has advanced compared to the WWII era. Thanks for doing these vids, it brings back a lot of memories.
The best flight crew in the battle of Britain with most nazi downed were polish,if you get the chance there is a video on you tube good watch, I'm English and I learned a lot I did not know, great channel keep it up
Also watch flight radar around Ukraine, you will see a lot of aircraft that look like they are just going in circles. They are in place refuelling fighters that are in the air so they can respond at a moments notice should the nutter in Russia do something stupid.
Take a look at something on the history of The Spitfire, truly a beautiful aeroplane. + check out some Fred Dibnah, totally different pace, but if you like crazy British stuff, a fascinating guy RIP.
We live between RAF Waddington (now home to the red arrows and previously home to the awacs, and site of many international Air Force training exercises) and RAF Coningsby (home to the Eurofighters and the Battle of Britain Memorial planes, such as the Lancaster and spitfires). It is an exciting place to look at the skies. You can go and stand and watch both runways. At Coningsby, you can stand just where they taxi and queue to take off. You’re so close, the pilots wave to the kids. It’s very cool - very noisy too! They take off unbelievably fast and almost vertically.
im sure your boys are doing just as good a job defending your airspace too, you might be further away from any enemy, but im sure airspace must be monitored just the same. take a moment of thought and give the lads who man those aircraft and posts defending us. bloody good show ol' chaps!
Aircraft can refuel in the air and it is a tactic that can be used for long range operations. During the Falklands conflict we sent Vulcan bombers along with Victor tankers which flew all the way from the UK to the Falklands (Islands off the coast of Argentina), the range of a Vulcan bomber is 2,500 miles but the distance between the UK and Falklands is about 8,000 miles Two great videos about the Vulcan are: When Britain nuked America... Twice ua-cam.com/video/-Wx6npt421c/v-deo.html Operations Black Buck Falklands' Most Daring Raid ua-cam.com/video/jcEhZ2p4s9o/v-deo.html
This is the first time I have seen this program/show and I am impressed by the technology too. Thank you for this uploaded video. Rock on dream team Neal, God Bless the USA.
Awesome reaction!! Just wanted you to know for your analytics I live in Scotland and was suggested this video through the algorithm, watched it all and subscribed, love your enthusiasm man, keep it rolling!!
Britain has always maintained rapid response squadrons since WWII and the British aircraft that were operated by them were some of the best designs in the world. My personal favourite ( having seen the last one to fly ) was the Vulcan strategic bomber, a highly capable and a quite beautiful nuclear capable bomber that was designed and built only about 8 years after the end of WWII. ua-cam.com/video/DvFvBbsQVI4/v-deo.html The pure primal howl of seeing this thing fly past was incredible.ua-cam.com/video/sREH4CKyuE8/v-deo.html
I was Stationed at R.A.F Coningsby in the mid 80's on 29 Sqn Ground Support when we changed from Phantoms to F4 Tornados, and even back then 29 Sqn had QRA Duties
Awesome video. I had the pleasure of flying the Grace spitfire two months ago. A Couple weeks later, I was told to park my little plane next to the Tyfoons and Lancaster bomber at blackpool airport here in the UK. Thanks for posting.
The British were the first to achieve in air fueling the first air tanker was a converted Lancaster Bomber the method used is called a drogue shoot the USA use a boom its like a ridged pole with a set of wings the boom operator can steer the fueling nozzle into the aircrafts fuel receptical the British use a drogue shoot where the aircraft pilot has to place the refuelling probe into the basket the the ruel operator gets a lock confirmed before he she pumps the fuel most NATO aircraft use the drogue method as its less expensive
Typhoon is like a dart with an engine. SO maneuverable... they say its quick alert, but the second a plane gets in to air space (which is a very wide margin outside of land) they are good to go. Giving them plenty of time before they could reach the uk. Infact with today's technology, they would have our pilots meet them as they enter, watching them well before they got in to airspace.
Air to air refueling is a thing from decades ago. When we (England) went to South America to retake the Falkland islands we had a valcon bomber refuel 6 times over the Atlantic ocean to get there and back
Was on holiday couple weeks back that neck of the woods and was watching them take off every 20 seconds for hours on end was only a mile or two from the end of the runway ..
I was in my boat on the canal near Leeds when two typhoons broke the sound barrier as they passed over head. Scared the shit out of me I thought we had been bombed.
Look up Douglas barder he was a fighter pilot in the second world war ..also languard Fort in felixstowe suffolk was built in 1540 and has seen invasions from the Dutch in the 1600s has survived both world wars and played a big role in all of them use to dig up bullets as a kid there .. people found bombs , medals , grandads all sorts over the years but is protected land now..
Hello from England, and thanks for your interest in our country, and it's services. Hopefully you can get to visit one day, as you will be blown away by some of the places you see. You should watch a video about "13 hours that saved Britain" ww2. All the best mate.
Aerial refueling is super common. A fighter needs fuel every couple of hours during regular flight and even more frequently during combat flying. Higher speeds mean more fuel usage and using the afterburner to get up to the jets top speed can burn up a jets entire supply of fuel in a very short period of time. Bombers are usually slower but if they're flying from the middle of the US to the middle east, for example, they could be in the air for between 30 to 48 hours. During long flights bomber pilots take turns flying and sleeping and have to refuel from a tanker aircraft several times. US Air Force planes use a "flying boom" method where a boom with a adjustable length fuel pipe in it is deployed from below the tanker and the boom is maneuvered into the receiving aircrafts fuel port by using winglets on the side of the boom. The flying boom method can transfer fuel faster which is important for larger air force planes as they want to spend less time directly underneath the large tanker aircraft, and all the nasty turbulent air that occurs when two large planes get so close. Navy and Marine aircraft as well as helicopters use probe and drogue refueling where the tanker aircraft reels out flexible fuel lines with cone shaped baskets called drogues on their ends. The receiving aircraft fly their probe into the drogue which funnels the probe into the end of the fuel line. Probe and drogue is safer as the fuel lines extend further away from the tanker aircraft but it transfers less fuel per minute, conveniently Navy and Marine aircraft are usually smaller since they operate on a boat with limited space. Most NATO countries use similar methods although some countries use only one method for all their planes. Most often the probe and drogue method is used by NATO planes and flying boom tankers can be converted to use the probe and drogue method. The tanker aircraft are often modified cargo planes with very long range and a lot of fuel allowing them to support a whole squad of fighters on a long trip. Although probe and drogue fighter planes can operate as mini tanker aircraft, which typically means flying without external weapons due to the weight and size of the extra fuel tanks and fueling line, and transfer fuel to another fighter. After refueling is over the tanker fighter can return to the carrier or air base to refuel its tanks in order to refuel more fighters or be refitted for a different mission.
My old dad in ww2 lived at knockholt near.biggin hill fighter base and saw air battles first hand now you wouldn't see any thing too high too far much too fast.
If I heard correctly the speed of the typhoons in the exercise was point 9 so 900 miles per hour? In the real exercise he said supersonic so over 1000 per hour?
Don't forget once detected if an interceptor leaves say Scotland once he is up to height and speed he must be half way down England before he finally even sees the item of interest not a big country .
Two words for you in the US pearl harbour two years into global conflict and commented we didn't see it coming ,really.poor command decisions at time.and contempt for others.
Tracking aircraft coming over from the west isn't so bad, it's mostly American traffic, Commercial or military, but what comes over from the East is the one to watch and mainly from Russia not just now but always. They are constantly testing the UK response and defense.
What they did not mention is nato continually test Russian airspace. Last year 2023 American naval ships sailed over the coastal line of Russia to test their response. They also do this by air and sea around China on a regular basis. Thousands of miles from our own shores
When you see them overhead, you just instantly know what they are!…. Their shape is so distinctive! Ive always hoped for a Red letter day too ride along in one! (#1 on my Bucket-list) But as for the defence side of things, il say this Brother……. The same was said about the capabilities of NORAD & how Nothing could ever stand a chance getting over the USA. However, even that was somewhat Proven wrong on the Morning of September 11th 2001. 🤷🏻♂️ As much as I love the Typhoons & their insane response times… When 💩 goes down, anything can happen. 👍 The SpitFires got so much of the glory of WW2. But the Hurricanes Won the Ariel side of the war! 100%!
The original typhoon was canon and rocket armed and very very fast for a propeller driven aircraft whilst not quite as nimble as spitfires and hurricanes but if you were agerman tank or such like you see on coming at you at over300.mph.a bad day was real prospect trains gun emplacements and peach targets enemy officers staff cars on open roads
I live few miles down the road in Scunthorpe and the UK is the best place on earth I understand its hard for Americans to admit but it is kids are safe black people are safe the law won't kill you when you get traffic stopped you don't have a cop pointing a gun screaming mf racism is against other whites ie eastern Europeans not blacks its just better it really is healthcare is free
One need not worry about heads of state when one has her boot on their neck. My girl and I aren't worried about sweaty try-hards. We're here to get this party started.
Absolutely amazing planning. Every exigency has been thought of including in the air refuelling, specific terrorist landing airports, 2nd wave pilots ready for action when the 1st lot are up etc.etc. Kudos to the Brits!! Respect!!
I do enjoy watching these vids when there is a level headed American who appreciates and understands that the UK is just as well equipped and as skillful as his own country. Well done sir you're attitude made me subscribe to you're channel
*your
Just as skilful ? 😂
@@nishiki7047 More so in many departments.
As well equipped ? Have you seen the sheer amount of Airforce the USA can put up in the sky ? They probably have more in a pair of Aircraft Carriers
@@ryanstawell equipped doesn’t mean ‘quantity’
There is a video called "The 13 hours that save Britain" which gives you a good understanding of the Battle of Britain
Yes, and brilliantly done. Especially the rolling clock and the excellent voice over. 👍
Great recommendation!
I have recommended this also via patron so at some point it will be done I’m sure
We might not be very big and we might not have a massive airforce , but don’t fuck with us
Just like yours.. my mind is blown💥💥
The UK has a unique responsibility in so much as we protect the United States Eastern and northern flanks and fellow European air forces cover other approaches to Great Britain 🇺🇸.. shoulder to shoulder 💪🚜🦬👍👍👍
I’m from the UK. You know it brother. We’re brothers in arms
protect the skies of Britain from what ! angry wombles ! flying spaghetti monsters ! everything theses days can be controlled by a remote i.e. ( missiles drones sams ) from basement in a South Pole shed by an idiot with an IQ if 3 ! yet we spend billions every year on shit like planes and nuclear subs ! theres nothing for anyone to attack us for lol we don't own anything or make anything lol except expensive toys for idiots !
@@cockapockets Tupelov tu95 and tu160 both are Russian strategic bombers and they often test UK and NATO airspace.....🤦♂️
@@fraserconnell21 test them ? with a maths question ? maybe a word puzzle ? its a joke ! nothing ever comes of it look how shit Russia has done against the ukraine ! the only reason why no one has jumped in to help is because all the taxes the government's are claiming due to the price increase by that wanker ! if anyone or any country give a shit and if it benefited them he'd be gone by now !
The relationship between the UK and US is shown perfectly here, "It turns out to be a US Air Force plane with radio problems, nothing to worry about.".
RAF nuked America twice with Vulcan bombers in a exercise lol
That was a great training exercise! Heard all about that
I met a pilot who flew those missions, he was proud and sad at the same time. The power of the blast shook his soul when he realised what could be the end of us all
@@Sailingon ...the power of a non-existent blast? Sounds like we had some remarkably lily-livered RAF chaps in the 60s.
@@charleshowie2074 I think he was being metaphorical in the sense of if it was real he could of ended america
@@charleshowie2074 He was probably referring to the nuclear testing Britain carried out on Christmas Island.
In 2019 I was outside a hanger at Coningsby, I'd had a text message to collect a Typhoon and deliver it by road to the RAF museum in Hendon. I couldn't figure out why they were putting a current, up to date fighter in a museum! Turned out to be a WW2 Hawker Typhoon I was collecting. The only complete original Typhoon in the world, had been on loan in Canada, and had been returned to the Battle of Britain Memorial Flights hanger. I spent a very pleasant afternoon sat in my cab drinking tea and watching the modern Typhoons, while I waited for them to load me.
You lucky git. The Typhoon is my favourite WWII aircraft. Absolute brute of a plane.
I live down the road bbmf and the red arrows are the only thing that makes me homesick
This has been done ever since the end of WWII. We launched a few in the eighties, in fact, one can still see our Q Shed at the museum at Bruntingthorpe just outside Leicester. It has been moved from its original location where it was built to house a pair of Lightnings (the English Electric/BAC version) and then the F4s that I worked. We had accommodation in a brick structure immediately adjacent to the shed. I was split into two halves. The two Aircrews in one bit and us Groundcrew in the other. This accommodation could be self contained but we could visit the various messes for meals. For this and any other purpose that would require any of the personnel to be away, we had two Landrovers, one for the aircrew and one for the groundcrew. I remember that the respective callsigns for these vehicles were particularly non-military in form and a source (well at least to me) humour. These were Lupin-One and Lupin-Two respectively and if you received the call, it was blue light on and return a soon as humanly possible. You would be unlikely to be back before the aircraft would be launched, though, which happened within minutes. The shed had a special taxiway which led, arrow straight to the runway and the circuit (pattern) would be, if necessary, cleared, as these aircraft would not stop once released from the shed. You always knew if there was such a launch even if you were nowhere near the airfield because the aircraft always cut the reheat over the village under the glide slope of the runway. During a Q Launch, the reheat was maintained, so I guess the villagers knew too, as they were rudely awaken. This was during the Cold War so there not too many complaints. There were one or two, mind and in the local pubs you would occasionally get a local whinge about the noise. I used to ask them how long they had lived there. invariably the answer would be a few months or years. I would then remind them that the station had been operational since WWII and that they chose to buy whatever house they had - argument over! Oops! I have digressed, typical!
Right, that exercised the nostalgia muscle - thanks.
Never underestimate the British
I FUCKING LOVE genuine content like this. Shit with genuine reactions. Keep pumping content bro I'm serious you're going far. And as a brit, i'm glad you're fascinated by our military / military history :)
Like the U.S the Brits have a superb defense system with pilots second to none bro ,respect!
We think same for USA
SMS they don't ,the film was good entertainment ,but the reality is very different
@@sopissedoffno it’s not 😂 ever been on the military?
This is a reminder that Great Britain invented the Jet Engine and the radar👏
Brilliant stuffed 👌
To answer your question, yes they can refuel in the air. The Royal Air Force utilise the same model of Air-to-air refueling tanker used by the us air force, the KC-135. It allows them to stay in the air for as long as possible during an incident such as this. In some cases dependent on the situation, an AWACS may be deployed. It entirely depends however.
And we are so proud of these guys for protecting us 🙏❤
I live near Coningsby, and you know when they are reacting to Russian probing aircraft. The sound is incredible, there’s a big difference from the normal Flyby to there reaction flyby.
Do you hear the sonic boom? I'm in Cambridgeshire, never see too much 😔
@@J4CK4TT4CK95 no I can’t say that I’ve heard boom.
Not sure about nowadays but with the tornado f3's on qra the aircraft had to be airborn in under 7 mins from bell dropping. I must say im proud of you and the respect you are giving them and Not just because you find it interesting. Thank you from an ex RAF airman
Yea they refuel in the air.....
For a small island we aint to be underestimated, we nearly conquered the world, we made it better and gave it back, we bombed America twice in exercises (they can't keep up with our tech), we basically front line stopped Hitler, our navy houses the most advanced submarines the world has ever seen (lets ignor that one beaching 😏), I could go on but you gotta admit, nay bad for a lil island.
Damn this stuff makes me proud, I'm ex ABRO (global defense Ltd) and my grandad was RAF during the battle of Britain 🇬🇧 ❤️ 🇬🇧💪
One final thing to say.....
"Cum an av a go if u think ur ard enuf"
I live in Lincolnshire and hear the RAF out every day. Always good to know they are there. Respect! You mentioned about refuelling in the air, take a look in to the Falklands war about refuelling in the air. Rather impressive tbh.
I am 70 years old Brit and I love our air force and our cousin's in the USA we joke with each other but we will always have your back
Makes me proud to be British!
It's great to see how American people are interested in our little Island and it's history. Keep up the great content mate. There are a lot of things the Brit's aren't aware of from the past. Especially the younger generations and it's important to remember the recent past. So we don't make the same mistakes again.
You show great respect to the British 😊
They fly above my city regularly ❤❤,, watching them dogfight with each other, the sound is incredible.. especially when they break the sound barrier
Not something you would ever get bored of I imagine.
Loved your reaction to this, i spent 9 years in the RAF back in the 90's and was for a while posted to a base that had QRA aircraft, this was back when they used Tornado aircraft. It was an interesting experience and highly secret, we weren't allowed to talk about the building they were in and most of it was underground and hidden. They do refuel in the air and have been doing this for many years. It really is amazing how technology has advanced compared to the WWII era. Thanks for doing these vids, it brings back a lot of memories.
What base
The best flight crew in the battle of Britain with most nazi downed were polish,if you get the chance there is a video on you tube good watch, I'm English and I learned a lot I did not know, great channel keep it up
Mid air refueling: see the Vulcan bombers in the Faulklands' war
Also watch flight radar around Ukraine, you will see a lot of aircraft that look like they are just going in circles. They are in place refuelling fighters that are in the air so they can respond at a moments notice should the nutter in Russia do something stupid.
Take a look at something on the history of The Spitfire, truly a beautiful aeroplane.
+ check out some Fred Dibnah, totally different pace, but if you like crazy British stuff, a fascinating guy RIP.
We live between RAF Waddington (now home to the red arrows and previously home to the awacs, and site of many international Air Force training exercises) and RAF Coningsby (home to the Eurofighters and the Battle of Britain Memorial planes, such as the Lancaster and spitfires). It is an exciting place to look at the skies. You can go and stand and watch both runways. At Coningsby, you can stand just where they taxi and queue to take off. You’re so close, the pilots wave to the kids. It’s very cool - very noisy too! They take off unbelievably fast and almost vertically.
im sure your boys are doing just as good a job defending your airspace too, you might be further away from any enemy, but im sure airspace must be monitored just the same. take a moment of thought and give the lads who man those aircraft and posts defending us. bloody good show ol' chaps!
These guys will pull the trigger.
Fascinating, loved how you were completely immersed in this.
My Dad & Uncle were in the RAF & mum in the War Office. I'm so proud of them. Thank you for your review. xxx 💕
If you look up,, flying up close with the euro fighter,,You'll be impressed how skilled our flier's are,,(ex(, Tornado pilot out if lossiemiouth.
You have to understand most flights from the usa, ireland or canada to most points in europe have to fly over the uk
Yeah especially east coast & northern states of America
Enjoyed this thanks 🙏
Hi Neil...It's gtreat to see your interest in our Air Force. I'm English and I'm so proud.
Keyword: English. I agree.
Aircraft can refuel in the air and it is a tactic that can be used for long range operations. During the Falklands conflict we sent Vulcan bombers along with Victor tankers which flew all the way from the UK to the Falklands (Islands off the coast of Argentina), the range of a Vulcan bomber is 2,500 miles but the distance between the UK and Falklands is about 8,000 miles
Two great videos about the Vulcan are:
When Britain nuked America... Twice ua-cam.com/video/-Wx6npt421c/v-deo.html
Operations Black Buck Falklands' Most Daring Raid ua-cam.com/video/jcEhZ2p4s9o/v-deo.html
This is the first time I have seen this program/show and I am impressed by the technology too. Thank you for this uploaded video. Rock on dream team Neal, God Bless the USA.
I'm blessed to have an apache fly over my work everyday its awesome 👌 🇬🇧
Awesome reaction!! Just wanted you to know for your analytics I live in Scotland and was suggested this video through the algorithm, watched it all and subscribed, love your enthusiasm man, keep it rolling!!
Great reaction thanks for that.
Britain has always maintained rapid response squadrons since WWII and the British aircraft that were operated by them were some of the best designs in the world. My personal favourite ( having seen the last one to fly ) was the Vulcan strategic bomber, a highly capable and a quite beautiful nuclear capable bomber that was designed and built only about 8 years after the end of WWII.
ua-cam.com/video/DvFvBbsQVI4/v-deo.html The pure primal howl of seeing this thing fly past was incredible.ua-cam.com/video/sREH4CKyuE8/v-deo.html
Design for the Vulcan began in 1947 mate. ;)
The RAF and the Royal Navy and the Army have always saved Britain and always will.
That was until they introduced DEI, which is yet to take effect.
Love his reaction to air refeuling.
the UK are different
Imagine a Spitfire that saw WW2 combat??! Gotta be worth 20,30 million pounds❤
I was Stationed at R.A.F Coningsby in the mid 80's on 29 Sqn Ground Support when we changed from Phantoms to F4 Tornados, and even back then 29 Sqn had QRA Duties
Yeap did that in the early 80’s
Awesome video. I had the pleasure of flying the Grace spitfire two months ago. A Couple weeks later, I was told to park my little plane next to the Tyfoons and Lancaster bomber at blackpool airport here in the UK. Thanks for posting.
The British were the first to achieve in air fueling the first air tanker was a converted Lancaster Bomber the method used is called a drogue shoot the USA use a boom its like a ridged pole with a set of wings the boom operator can steer the fueling nozzle into the aircrafts fuel receptical the British use a drogue shoot where the aircraft pilot has to place the refuelling probe into the basket the the ruel operator gets a lock confirmed before he she pumps the fuel most NATO aircraft use the drogue method as its less expensive
It's called Hose and Drogue, drogue chutes are something different. And the refiling probe engages into the drogue basket.
We have been at this readiness since WW I - 1914! (Gt Grandfather served, WWII Grandfather served, Cold War Father served, now my cousin does)
Next you have to do a review of the Battle of the Atlantic. Royal Navy vs. Kriegsmarine U-Boats.
Typhoon is like a dart with an engine. SO maneuverable... they say its quick alert, but the second a plane gets in to air space (which is a very wide margin outside of land) they are good to go. Giving them plenty of time before they could reach the uk. Infact with today's technology, they would have our pilots meet them as they enter, watching them well before they got in to airspace.
Air to air refueling is a thing from decades ago. When we (England) went to South America to retake the Falkland islands we had a valcon bomber refuel 6 times over the Atlantic ocean to get there and back
loved this reaction keep it up😁
Was on holiday couple weeks back that neck of the woods and was watching them take off every 20 seconds for hours on end was only a mile or two from the end of the runway ..
I was in my boat on the canal near Leeds when two typhoons broke the sound barrier as they passed over head. Scared the shit out of me I thought we had been bombed.
Yes, yes that did refuel midair
I remember seeing the typhoons going supersonic to intercept that cargo plane
Flew over my home village and was the talk of the area for a while
Look up Douglas barder he was a fighter pilot in the second world war ..also languard Fort in felixstowe suffolk was built in 1540 and has seen invasions from the Dutch in the 1600s has survived both world wars and played a big role in all of them use to dig up bullets as a kid there .. people found bombs , medals , grandads all sorts over the years but is protected land now..
I love the bunker at RAF Uxbridge, mind you I’m biased I was born with 1/2mile of it.
God bless the RAF past and present
Hello from England, and thanks for your interest in our country, and it's services. Hopefully you can get to visit one day, as you will be blown away by some of the places you see. You should watch a video about "13 hours that saved Britain" ww2. All the best mate.
Yeah they fueled in the air.
Yup mid air refueling,but that's pretty standard for Frontline units ,those birds burn through the fuel pretty quick
Respect bro 👊 cool video
Thefirst pilot that spoke,Flt Lt Jon is Jon Bond ,at the moment a pilot with the RAF aerobatic team the Red Arrows
You could always watch 'The Battle of Britain' or for a shorter time '13 hours that saved Britain'
Aerial refueling is super common. A fighter needs fuel every couple of hours during regular flight and even more frequently during combat flying. Higher speeds mean more fuel usage and using the afterburner to get up to the jets top speed can burn up a jets entire supply of fuel in a very short period of time. Bombers are usually slower but if they're flying from the middle of the US to the middle east, for example, they could be in the air for between 30 to 48 hours. During long flights bomber pilots take turns flying and sleeping and have to refuel from a tanker aircraft several times.
US Air Force planes use a "flying boom" method where a boom with a adjustable length fuel pipe in it is deployed from below the tanker and the boom is maneuvered into the receiving aircrafts fuel port by using winglets on the side of the boom. The flying boom method can transfer fuel faster which is important for larger air force planes as they want to spend less time directly underneath the large tanker aircraft, and all the nasty turbulent air that occurs when two large planes get so close. Navy and Marine aircraft as well as helicopters use probe and drogue refueling where the tanker aircraft reels out flexible fuel lines with cone shaped baskets called drogues on their ends. The receiving aircraft fly their probe into the drogue which funnels the probe into the end of the fuel line. Probe and drogue is safer as the fuel lines extend further away from the tanker aircraft but it transfers less fuel per minute, conveniently Navy and Marine aircraft are usually smaller since they operate on a boat with limited space. Most NATO countries use similar methods although some countries use only one method for all their planes. Most often the probe and drogue method is used by NATO planes and flying boom tankers can be converted to use the probe and drogue method.
The tanker aircraft are often modified cargo planes with very long range and a lot of fuel allowing them to support a whole squad of fighters on a long trip. Although probe and drogue fighter planes can operate as mini tanker aircraft, which typically means flying without external weapons due to the weight and size of the extra fuel tanks and fueling line, and transfer fuel to another fighter. After refueling is over the tanker fighter can return to the carrier or air base to refuel its tanks in order to refuel more fighters or be refitted for a different mission.
Respect sir
Yes the raf can refuel in the air
My old dad in ww2 lived at knockholt near.biggin hill fighter base and saw air battles first hand now you wouldn't see any thing too high too far much too fast.
Jon was a Red Arrows pilot on the North American tour
And yes they refuel mid air , wait till you hear a fighter jets alarms going off for low fuel as its trying to refuel mid air
If I heard correctly the speed of the typhoons in the exercise was point 9 so 900 miles per hour? In the real exercise he said supersonic so over 1000 per hour?
'Point 9' is 90% of the speed of sound which at 20,000 feet is 707 mph. So 'Point 9' would be 636 mph.
Yes, they are refuelled mid-air.
Don't forget once detected if an interceptor leaves say Scotland once he is up to height and speed he must be half way down England before he finally even sees the item of interest not a big country .
Been to RAF BOULMER as a cadet
Yeah, they were refuelling mid air to keep them on station …
if you liked this you should check out 13 hours that saved Britain
Yes they have been able to refuel in the air since WW2 I think but for many many decades anyway 😊 it’s clever stuff but very dangerous
Two words for you in the US pearl harbour two years into global conflict and commented we didn't see it coming ,really.poor command decisions at time.and contempt for others.
Good video
Watch them training on the Mach loop
Tracking aircraft coming over from the west isn't so bad, it's mostly American traffic, Commercial or military, but what comes over from the East is the one to watch and mainly from Russia not just now but always. They are constantly testing the UK response and defense.
2 minutes and they are airborne mate
mate id love to be your pal.. i love your love for the uk.. and vise versa...
What they did not mention is nato continually test Russian airspace.
Last year 2023 American naval ships sailed over the coastal line of Russia to test their response. They also do this by air and sea around China on a regular basis. Thousands of miles from our own shores
When you see them overhead, you just instantly know what they are!…. Their shape is so distinctive!
Ive always hoped for a Red letter day too ride along in one! (#1 on my Bucket-list)
But as for the defence side of things, il say this Brother…….
The same was said about the capabilities of NORAD & how Nothing could ever stand a chance getting over the USA. However, even that was somewhat Proven wrong on the Morning of September 11th 2001. 🤷🏻♂️
As much as I love the Typhoons & their insane response times… When 💩 goes down, anything can happen. 👍
The SpitFires got so much of the glory of WW2. But the Hurricanes Won the Ariel side of the war! 100%!
Btw RAF is pronounceed Are Ay Eff, not raf :)
We just built different
The original typhoon was canon and rocket armed and very very fast for a propeller driven aircraft whilst not quite as nimble as spitfires and hurricanes but if you were agerman tank or such like you see on coming at you at over300.mph.a bad day was real prospect trains gun emplacements and peach targets enemy officers staff cars on open roads
I live few miles down the road in Scunthorpe and the UK is the best place on earth I understand its hard for Americans to admit but it is kids are safe black people are safe the law won't kill you when you get traffic stopped you don't have a cop pointing a gun screaming mf racism is against other whites ie eastern Europeans not blacks its just better it really is healthcare is free
But the weather is crap
@@StephenButlerOne not today was ok today but 99% of the time yep its crap
And this country ( england) is still on high terror alert
Yh in the air the refuel
One need not worry about heads of state when one has her boot on their neck. My girl and I aren't worried about sweaty try-hards. We're here to get this party started.
You should perhaps look at a video called when America was bombed twice by the RAF.
Quick Reaction with a picture of an F 35, anything but Quick.
Neal - have a look at Mach Loop and see some real jets doing low level stuff along with virtually every other military airframe
Putin thanks you for pointing out the exact location of the Q shed.