Fun fact: in March of 2019, a California Highway Patrol officer was stopped on the side of the road in the desert of Southern California to stop and watch F-16s flying overhead, when a particularly low F-16 made his speed radar in his patrol vehicle flicker in and out, displaying 250 mph. An F-16 has been caught doing 250 mph by the CHP.
That was a good F-16 pilot, setting his "cruise control" to the aircraft speed limit of 250 kts below 10,000 feet. 😁 I'm guessing he wasn't near the big-city airports' Class B airspaces, or he would've been clocked at 200 underneath them.
@@pat9353correction, FAA regulations* my bad, I was being special when I said FCC, but to answer your questions, most FAA regulations still need to be followed when conducting war games due to air traffic in the surrounding area, and especially still true if over land whatsoever, because supersonic flight is not permitted at all anywhere near land unless, 1. Something is identified as a threat and needs to be intercepted, or 2. Is given permission by the president, as such for air shows in California’s deserts.
this concept of using roads as runways has always been so cool to me like the swedish viggens. the VTOL exhaust also introduces a new complication which hadnt been an issue before
@@forzaelite1248The F35A can't do rolling landings Unless you mean using an F35B in a rolling landing is equivalent to a standard landing, in which case, I don't know I'd imagine not but I don't have sources
@@andresmartinezramos7513 yeah I worded that a little weird, I meant the Finnish were landing on roads with their As and the Bs should be able to as well
5:05 in Australia they call this the "Bare Base" concept, where they built a bunch of runways in the desert and everything else you need goes in the back of a truck.
This reminds me of the Swedish Grippon Fighter, which is specifically designed to be small enough that they can basically land and take off anywhere in the country, and have mobile crews that are easily able to locate and refill and restock the fighter for the next mission. Of course it was largely designed with defense in mind and so being smaller while still packing a punch is easier if you're not potentially needing to send it long ways off into the unknown.
Hi, we do that with our F-18's and our future F-35's here in Finland. Every large highway is ready for fighter jet operation and the pilots train for it. We should have bought Swedish Gripen instead of F-35, because Gripen is ready for this kind of operation, but F-35 needs an army to maintain.
Hi, I'm Swedish. There's plenty of prepared dual purpose roads ready to be converted to runways. In the city Hjo, there's a speed camera on that runway. Imagine catching a plane on such a photo.
@@Thomas-41234Man-hours per flight hour is at like 4-5 usually so it needs only like 3 people per plane. Compare to the F-16 which can take anywhere from 17-22, it's not that difficult to deal with. Only thing that might be cause for concern is the just-in-time parts supply LM seems to be trying to apply everywhere but the DoD is throwing it out next year
@@Thomas-41234 having F35's is an incredible asset, its just also good to have smaller aircraft that can operate under different circumstances. The US also doesn't know how far their battles will take their planes and so the larger craft like the F35 can offer the best of a lot of worlds, even if not the best at everything.
As a service member in Marine Aviation, I love watching these videos and even see some aircraft from my home squadron/station! Very cool to learn more about how our air forces are operated.
Yes, as Mr. Septon and PvtDuckling point out the Swedish have mastered the art of landing somewhere in the wild, refuel, rearm and take off again. Very impressive. In Switzerland and Germany there are still stretches of the Autobahn capable of supporting such an operation and during the cold war maneuvers were conducted. The Swiss even have (secret, secret, secret) a runway in a mountain
You know what is causing the pilot shortage? The idiocy of the military 10 years ago. I tried to sign up for the airforce in 2014 and they dug through my application with a fine tooth comb and rejected me because I saw a councilor as a kid after my parents divorced. Never on meds, never hospitalized, nothing bad but that was all they needed to reject me. Then, because they formally rejected me, none of the other branches would touch me, even after Trump loosened the requirements. I met a guy in college who was in the airforce in 2014 who said they were discharging a ton of people which led to a bunch of people leaving rather than letting themselves get discharged and the military never recovered.
There was a large draw down back in 2014. I know about someone who went through 4 years of ROTC on a full scholarship and then never commissioned (which was convenient). I think it was caused by congressional funding problems. It was obviously very short sighted.
And DUE to COVID also, alot got kicked out or others just retired.... didn't want anymore. My son who is 18rys old, wanted to join he is all i don't want to join under this president!
You will not know why you were rejected - they did not reject your application because of counselling! Obviously they are interested in how you coped with adversity. In fact having received counselling & being from a broken home can INCREASE your chances, IF you've shown that you coped well & adjusted. It is interesting that you blame an outside source [the military] rather than considering other possibilities...
In Finland this is NOT an experiment. We do that normally, pilots are trained for it and road segments exist for it. It is literally part of how our air force works. It just isn't something exceptional even. Most won't flop the eye, cause it is not new news or unusual for us.
Well the U.S has lots of experience taking off from all sorts of surfaces. WW1,WW2 Korean War, Vietnam none of those runways where super great. Also there is also landing on the moving ship thing probably harder than landing on a road
@@dominic6634 yes and no, there is a catch cable to stop the planes on carriers if you miss it you do a go around, if you miss judge the length of the road in forested areas like most of the areas in scandinavia where these things are regularly performed. but then again we have special stretches of road speciffcly to do this and its probubly way harder to catch the cable then to land on the designated road. im no pilot tho so i cant say for sure
Sweden has done this since the cold war, all fighters since JA37 Viggen (J35 Draken had limited capabilities) were designed from the getgo to operate from roadbases across the country. The roadbases are extremely simple and mostly unmaintained with a hidden hangar (sometimes inside mountains/hills) and a bunch of "re-arm" platforms along the road. They are easy to spot from satellite, but there are so many of them and the planes move all the time so it's impossible to track. JAS 39 Gripen has a road turnaround time of ~15 minutes (which includes inspection, re-arming, refueling, etc.).
Hallo from Finland, we just bought 64 F-35's We should have bought Gripens, not F-35's. American jets are so labor intensive and rely the fact that they can fly back to the are where there isn't war.
@@Thomas-41234 having both is the real edge. The F35 does offer functionality that the Gripen otherwise doesn't carry, so I think having the combination is beneficial. The F35 is a bit of a beast.
I recall the first time I saw a Harrier. A truck drove out of the woods into a small clearing and dropped metal matting which was spread out as a landing pad. A Harrier appeared and landed. Then a fuel truck drove out of the woods to refill it. Next another truck full of bombs/rockets came out of the woods. The Harrier then took off. Lastly the first truck reappeared and collected the metal matting. The whole process took maybe 15 minutes.
The tires on top of that Russian Tu-95 are intended to keep it from tipping backwards onto the tail because all the engines and props have been removed. It has nothing to do with protection from drone attacks.
As someone who just learned agile concepts for work less than a year ago I can see how they can be highly effective and am glad they are being used in the service.
Great to see an Australian C-17 unloading HIMARS in that. I knew we’d ordered them but didn’t know we had the already. Or perhaps they were American here on exercise.
There are plenty of people willing and able to fly for the military. The problem is, the application process to become a military pilot takes years. If you start civilian flight training at the same time you start the military application, you will be 2 - 3 years from a 6 figure airline salary by the time you hear back from the military. The money and time calculus just doesn't add up
There's a shortage of pilots in general... mostly because there's a shortage of willingness in the private sector to invest in OJT in general. The military and government being the few places left training new hires from near scratch are then even under more pressure to retain such rare talent while also not "wasting taxpayer money".
@@andrewyork3869 most civilian pilots don't want to go to the military because they have already payed for flight school. Airlines are a better return on investment. If the military reimbursed for previous flight training, they might be more attractive
2-3 years to a 6 figure salary. Check the published payscales for NA airlines. It is a myth that most pilots make very large salaries. Also everytime you change aircraft you jump back to the zero experience payscale on the type. It takes many years to get to those 6 figure payscales if you want to be a commercial pilot its much more a question of passion then pay.
@alexadornato9492 I was thinking of a monthly stipend. If you agree to fly X hours for us per month, you get X number of dollars. Idk if that makes sense. FAA would have to make some adjustments for such to not be in conflict with airlines and max monthly flight hours, which, let's be honest, will never happen.
This reminded me of the ski-equipped variant of the C-130, LC-130. It's used to resupply Antarctic scientific bases. I was wondering how they swapped out skis for tires .. Apparently, the landing gear has retractable skis.
First of all, Thanks for the video!... then.. I have to say, I am very impressed by the work behind.. (story line, research, production, etc..).. please keep going! Best!
10:50 I'll be damned, that shot was taken from my home city and out onto a old monastery located on a island outside the city. (It was converted to a fortress after the monastery was closed due to the reformation, it's also been used as a prison at times and a execution location, and the Germans also used it, these days it's just a tourist location though)
This points to large units and uncommon vehicles as being more risky for detection than soldiers with small drones. Small sizes, generic units, and ubiquity are useful for blending in, as you pointed out with camo. I suspect we will see more mobile forces with smaller footprints distributed over larger areas, constantly moving to avoid detection. Defeating large, high value assets will transform from what people have thought to an asymmetric war, using a special operations approach to destroy key targets and then retreat to resupply.
One way to reduce the "Facebook Threat" is to put out tons of fake ones so that the enemy will have trouble determining which ones are real and which ones are fake.
Removing the requirement for BA degree to become a military pilot would greatly benefit the US military as it would make the job more attractive and recruiting easier as well as quicker
Growing up I was told that when the US Interstate Highway system was first thought of they had this mind. A multi-use road system for both motor vehicles and planes. I don't think it stuck though, and I believe this idea is still spread around today because in emergencies planes do land on roadways. But this new experiment is a good step imo. This would be a very difficult thing to pull off, better start testing it now and not when SHTF. But I am not too sure this will work that well in actual use, these highways will be full of vehicles that would need to be cleared. And then the rest of the traffic would need to be diverted. This could be a big heads up to the enemy that a temporary airbase is being established there. I think if America wasn't so dependent on these roads for daily use this would be far more feasible.
The A10 Warthog was originally created to destroy Russian tanks should the Cold War become hot in Europe. Their refuelling and rearming were achieved using the extensive European freeway network. The idea for their original use was to land on a freeway and stop underneath a road overpass, thus the aircraft was able to be refuelled and rearmed undercover, even during rain, thunderstorms and snow storms, and out of sight of enemy aircraft which would have been using the current technology of those days.
I’m surprised that any haven’t been sent to Ukraine or other NATO nations. Since Russia’s been reduced to sending mostly older tanks, the A-10 should have no issue shredding them, and Ukrainians have proven capable of disrupting Russian AA be destroying them outright and/or exhausting them beforehand with mass drone strikes or logistics disruptions. And related to the point above, they COULD probably get away with flying A-10’s on a battlefield within Russia’s Air Force range, mostly because there’s a good chance Russia’s own jets will be shot down by their own AA. Again.
@@ButFirstHeLitItOnFire You are right that they could be used in Ukraine, but when A10s are strafing ground targets they usually have US fighter jets running top cover. This may draw in Russian fighters who may become involved in dog fights, and the US government may not wish to up the ante at this time of the war. The Pentagon's strategy may be to wait and see how the present situation develops, this being the first conflict that drones have played a huge part in offensive operations. Having said that, I would love to see and hear that gun with a plane attached doing what it was designed for.
The behaviour of the US forces here exactly show why they are so far ahead of everyone else. They constantly train in complex war games. Also while the US army already has by far the best logistics of any army, they still are constantly improving and trying to find new better strategy.
Issue with the us forces is that they are to complex to work in these makeway setups, As for these mobile airfields, its nothing new. Sweden build its airforce around it.
This must be on Camp Pendleton by my house in Oceanside. The Marine Corps is using a stretch of former US 101 by the intersection of I-5 and Las Pulgas Rd. When not in military use, anyone can bicycle through here on their way between Oceanside and San Clemente. In fact, the old road is used as a parking area for people that want to drive their bikes up here. This explains why this piece of abandoned highway was re-paved so recently, when it was bypassed by the 5 Freeway decades ago.
I think some of the comments misses the point. It’s not just about landing on a road. It’s being able to move and rapidly deploy the logistical sustainment across thousands of miles in the pacific theatre. That’s what’s make the US military exceptional. Not the landing in a street (as people have pointed out, Sweden and Finland do this). But the ability to operate and entire task force thousands of miles from home and help
I'm from France (Français). And this is is really the only channel about "American Power" I can watch. Or about U.S Army in general. Because it's well made, and subtile. Enormous respect to the best military in the world. 🇫🇷🤝🇺🇸
I worked EMS in Phoenix years ago and was told in addition to Skyharbor Airport, Interstate 10 was an emergency landing strip for the shuttle in case of emergency coming for a touchdown.?
The pilot shortage is directly related to requiring them to have a 4 year degree to fly. If some one already has a pilots license but no degree they should be allowed to bypass the school requirement as that takes a ton of effort to get.
The original use of the interstate It was copied from the auto Bahn It was meant to serve as as auxiliary landing strip for the current planes. It also was meant to allow quick, accurate, and easy access to mil bases. The mil would take over the interstate to move men, machinery, and materials fast and efficiently.
0:22 @NotWhatYouThink you have your “Standard” & “Minimum” miles per hour graphics wrong. Standard should be 80 KPH/92 MPH, not 57 MPH; minimum should be 50 KPH/57 MPH, not 92 MPH
9:06 Even I was thinking in my mind about using sea planes instead of land war airplanes as sea planes could land anywhere and to my astonishment just after 10 seconds in the video you also had shown that
The dual part being the ability to handle constant traffic of fully loaded wheeled military supply convoys, in addition to the trucks and commuters that dominate the freeways today. Its use as an airstrip though wouldn't be evaluated until the civilian governments securing the rights of way and paying for the actual construction commit to the final build.
How can there be a shortage of Pilots, that is like one of the top tier "cool" jobs that every child wants. Astronaut, EMS trio, fighter pilot, dragon rider & princess.
The tyres obscure the thermal signature & will reduce shrapnel damage from proximate explosions. It makes it slightly harder to hit a critical wing internal fuel tank. Effectiveness near zero, but if you're Russian it's essential for your health to be seen to be doing something no matter how absurd. It's one of the many inefficiencies normal to authoritarian & top down regimes.
@@sidewinder3422 I took the trouble to honestly answer your query. My answer is gleaned from what is being said by experts - my own opinion is they have no better response to a drone threat so they make do with the tyre nonsense.
I don't know if there is an actually confirmed connection or theory at all. Could also just be an attempt to demonstrate "Russian desperation" and "Ukraine's military capabilities" in the news - or its an innocent misinterpretation that people picked up. Maybe the tires are completely unrelated to the fact that planes are attacked by drones. But who knows... (E.g. I saw a comment claim the tires are just for keeping the plane balanced while its heavy engines are removed for maintenance or whatever reason.)
Is this why I've always noticed specific straps of highway I always travel in the past years are always the typical black top tar looking road and some are always maintenance and poured sections kf what looks like clean concrete. Are these specific sections designated landing zones that are always maintenance on purpose
That story about certain strips of U.S. highways being one mile of straight road goes back at least to the early 1970's during the cold war. This is long before there was an internet.
Excellent podcast with special attention to logistics wins wars. You did overlook the branch that delivers the elephant in the room, Military Sealift Command. Bullets, beans, bombs, fuel, parts, clothing, and anything else to big, bulky, heavy, or hazardous is delivered by Military Sealift Command. Which is crewed by civilian members of the US Merchant Marine (MMC). MSC also delivers into war zones and gets occasionally shot at. Mark Fay MMC Jr. Engineer STCW QMED AS-E
Idea for fixing the Social Media problem: Post fake photos using fake accounts, flooding the site with misinformation so the enemy won’t know which posts are real and which are fake
Not only dispersed air forces would need to be refueled but aswell reloaded as fast as possible. You cannot fight only with a full tank. in order to keep bombing pressure on opposing force a fast reloading technique with moving ammunition fast through the road that is not constructed for easy fit to ammunition transporters
The big problem is not the plane or the road. The big problemis to have the maintinance, rearming and refueling able to be mobile and swithch from place to place. It helps if the plane system has been designed for this from the start.
Cop:" Do you know why I pulled you over today sir?"
F-35:"... because I let you".
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“Excuse me sir, did you know you were going at Mach 2 on a 15 MPH road?”
He was going 80 knot not mach two
@@uptowndunker6346it's called a joke
Look it up
uh actually a f-35 cant go mach 2 🤓🤓🤓
"Dispatch, show me out on a traffic stop with an F-35"
Dispatch: uuuuh what?
Good joke but F35B can only go Mach 1.6
Fun fact: in March of 2019, a California Highway Patrol officer was stopped on the side of the road in the desert of Southern California to stop and watch F-16s flying overhead, when a particularly low F-16 made his speed radar in his patrol vehicle flicker in and out, displaying 250 mph. An F-16 has been caught doing 250 mph by the CHP.
That was a good F-16 pilot, setting his "cruise control" to the aircraft speed limit of 250 kts below 10,000 feet. 😁 I'm guessing he wasn't near the big-city airports' Class B airspaces, or he would've been clocked at 200 underneath them.
@@games1004 200kts is roughly 230mph, and he was well under 10,000 feet, so yes, he was complying with FCC regulations
Now I’m no expert, but don’t military war games not need to follow fcc regulations?
CHP may have recorded the F-16’s speed but I doubt they caught it!
@@pat9353correction, FAA regulations* my bad, I was being special when I said FCC, but to answer your questions, most FAA regulations still need to be followed when conducting war games due to air traffic in the surrounding area, and especially still true if over land whatsoever, because supersonic flight is not permitted at all anywhere near land unless, 1. Something is identified as a threat and needs to be intercepted, or 2. Is given permission by the president, as such for air shows in California’s deserts.
this concept of using roads as runways has always been so cool to me like the swedish viggens. the VTOL exhaust also introduces a new complication which hadnt been an issue before
If they do rolling short landings it probably won't be much different to normal fighter exhausts; the Finnish are doing it with their -As
@@forzaelite1248The F35A can't do rolling landings
Unless you mean using an F35B in a rolling landing is equivalent to a standard landing, in which case, I don't know I'd imagine not but I don't have sources
@@andresmartinezramos7513 yeah I worded that a little weird, I meant the Finnish were landing on roads with their As and the Bs should be able to as well
5:05 in Australia they call this the "Bare Base" concept, where they built a bunch of runways in the desert and everything else you need goes in the back of a truck.
This reminds me of the Swedish Grippon Fighter, which is specifically designed to be small enough that they can basically land and take off anywhere in the country, and have mobile crews that are easily able to locate and refill and restock the fighter for the next mission. Of course it was largely designed with defense in mind and so being smaller while still packing a punch is easier if you're not potentially needing to send it long ways off into the unknown.
Hi, we do that with our F-18's and our future F-35's here in Finland. Every large highway is ready for fighter jet operation and the pilots train for it. We should have bought Swedish Gripen instead of F-35, because Gripen is ready for this kind of operation, but F-35 needs an army to maintain.
Hi, I'm Swedish.
There's plenty of prepared dual purpose roads ready to be converted to runways.
In the city Hjo, there's a speed camera on that runway.
Imagine catching a plane on such a photo.
@@Thomas-41234Man-hours per flight hour is at like 4-5 usually so it needs only like 3 people per plane. Compare to the F-16 which can take anywhere from 17-22, it's not that difficult to deal with. Only thing that might be cause for concern is the just-in-time parts supply LM seems to be trying to apply everywhere but the DoD is throwing it out next year
@@Thomas-41234 having F35's is an incredible asset, its just also good to have smaller aircraft that can operate under different circumstances. The US also doesn't know how far their battles will take their planes and so the larger craft like the F35 can offer the best of a lot of worlds, even if not the best at everything.
@@lofis07a yeah i joked about that, but wheres hjo is like a ö or a ä on or just a hansius jååå
As a service member in Marine Aviation, I love watching these videos and even see some aircraft from my home squadron/station! Very cool to learn more about how our air forces are operated.
Yes, as Mr. Septon and PvtDuckling point out the Swedish have mastered the art of landing somewhere in the wild, refuel, rearm and take off again. Very impressive. In Switzerland and Germany there are still stretches of the Autobahn capable of supporting such an operation and during the cold war maneuvers were conducted. The Swiss even have (secret, secret, secret) a runway in a mountain
Yeah very secred
The base is in the mountain, not the runway
You know what is causing the pilot shortage? The idiocy of the military 10 years ago. I tried to sign up for the airforce in 2014 and they dug through my application with a fine tooth comb and rejected me because I saw a councilor as a kid after my parents divorced. Never on meds, never hospitalized, nothing bad but that was all they needed to reject me. Then, because they formally rejected me, none of the other branches would touch me, even after Trump loosened the requirements. I met a guy in college who was in the airforce in 2014 who said they were discharging a ton of people which led to a bunch of people leaving rather than letting themselves get discharged and the military never recovered.
There was a large draw down back in 2014. I know about someone who went through 4 years of ROTC on a full scholarship and then never commissioned (which was convenient). I think it was caused by congressional funding problems. It was obviously very short sighted.
And DUE to COVID also, alot got kicked out or others just retired.... didn't want anymore. My son who is 18rys old, wanted to join he is all i don't want to join under this president!
You will not know why you were rejected - they did not reject your application because of counselling! Obviously they are interested in how you coped with adversity. In fact having received counselling & being from a broken home can INCREASE your chances, IF you've shown that you coped well & adjusted. It is interesting that you blame an outside source [the military] rather than considering other possibilities...
What a bullshit answer! And when the DRAFT happens, you tell them to GO FUCK OFF!@@nightjarflying
You weren’t rejected because of your parents divorce and getting counseling. There’s definitely something you’re leaving out.
In Finland this is NOT an experiment. We do that normally, pilots are trained for it and road segments exist for it. It is literally part of how our air force works. It just isn't something exceptional even. Most won't flop the eye, cause it is not new news or unusual for us.
Also, every pilot has to be able to take off and land both day and night.
Well the U.S has lots of experience taking off from all sorts of surfaces. WW1,WW2 Korean War, Vietnam none of those runways where super great. Also there is also landing on the moving ship thing probably harder than landing on a road
@@dominic6634 yes and no, there is a catch cable to stop the planes on carriers if you miss it you do a go around, if you miss judge the length of the road in forested areas like most of the areas in scandinavia where these things are regularly performed. but then again we have special stretches of road speciffcly to do this and its probubly way harder to catch the cable then to land on the designated road. im no pilot tho so i cant say for sure
Very clever of the Finnish people to do that. If the enemy destroys your runways, they have no roads to travel on...
one of those videos that deserves a double-like! great job man thanks
Sweden has done this since the cold war, all fighters since JA37 Viggen (J35 Draken had limited capabilities) were designed from the getgo to operate from roadbases across the country.
The roadbases are extremely simple and mostly unmaintained with a hidden hangar (sometimes inside mountains/hills) and a bunch of "re-arm" platforms along the road. They are easy to spot from satellite, but there are so many of them and the planes move all the time so it's impossible to track.
JAS 39 Gripen has a road turnaround time of ~15 minutes (which includes inspection, re-arming, refueling, etc.).
Hallo from Finland, we just bought 64 F-35's We should have bought Gripens, not F-35's. American jets are so labor intensive and rely the fact that they can fly back to the are where there isn't war.
@@Thomas-41234 having both is the real edge. The F35 does offer functionality that the Gripen otherwise doesn't carry, so I think having the combination is beneficial. The F35 is a bit of a beast.
Yes, but the Gripens are ok with highways with the people who come there by trucks. The F-35 needs an aircraft carrier.
And the USA planes have never operated on war zone. They have always had a safe plase to land.
@@Thomas-41234The swedes themselves said, it would be a mistake not to buy the F35
I love you guys keep up the good work
I recall the first time I saw a Harrier.
A truck drove out of the woods into a small clearing and dropped metal matting which was spread out as a landing pad. A Harrier appeared and landed. Then a fuel truck drove out of the woods to refill it. Next another truck full of bombs/rockets came out of the woods. The Harrier then took off. Lastly the first truck reappeared and collected the metal matting. The whole process took maybe 15 minutes.
Nice informative episode ! Love that u took the time to read the manuals and found out detailed points
The tires on top of that Russian Tu-95 are intended to keep it from tipping backwards onto the tail because all the engines and props have been removed. It has nothing to do with protection from drone attacks.
Modern wars are won before they're begun.
"[With enough] prep time there really is no fight I can lose." -Sun Tzu Wayne, The Bat of War
It’s cool to hear that a new GEV (ground effect vehicle) is in the works. I need to see an Ekranoplan before I die!
3:06 theyre building an airbase already, i live in the philippines p-8 poseidons are active in mcia
As someone who just learned agile concepts for work less than a year ago I can see how they can be highly effective and am glad they are being used in the service.
Great to see an Australian C-17 unloading HIMARS in that. I knew we’d ordered them but didn’t know we had the already. Or perhaps they were American here on exercise.
Technically some dude could land one of these at a 7 Eleven, pick up a 6 pack of beers and fly back to the carrier 😂
"Sir, you were going 1000x over the speed limit but I'll just leave you off with a warning".
There are plenty of people willing and able to fly for the military. The problem is, the application process to become a military pilot takes years. If you start civilian flight training at the same time you start the military application, you will be 2 - 3 years from a 6 figure airline salary by the time you hear back from the military. The money and time calculus just doesn't add up
There's a shortage of pilots in general... mostly because there's a shortage of willingness in the private sector to invest in OJT in general.
The military and government being the few places left training new hires from near scratch are then even under more pressure to retain such rare talent while also not "wasting taxpayer money".
Why we don't have reservist recruited from the air lines or even general avation private pilots is beyond me.
@@andrewyork3869 most civilian pilots don't want to go to the military because they have already payed for flight school. Airlines are a better return on investment. If the military reimbursed for previous flight training, they might be more attractive
2-3 years to a 6 figure salary. Check the published payscales for NA airlines. It is a myth that most pilots make very large salaries. Also everytime you change aircraft you jump back to the zero experience payscale on the type. It takes many years to get to those 6 figure payscales if you want to be a commercial pilot its much more a question of passion then pay.
@alexadornato9492 I was thinking of a monthly stipend. If you agree to fly X hours for us per month, you get X number of dollars. Idk if that makes sense. FAA would have to make some adjustments for such to not be in conflict with airlines and max monthly flight hours, which, let's be honest, will never happen.
One of the best channels on UA-cam. Because it's not what you think!
10:42 the way he says it, made me chuckle more than I should've
Yooo bladed
This reminded me of the ski-equipped variant of the C-130, LC-130. It's used to resupply Antarctic scientific bases. I was wondering how they swapped out skis for tires .. Apparently, the landing gear has retractable skis.
First of all, Thanks for the video!... then.. I have to say, I am very impressed by the work behind.. (story line, research, production, etc..).. please keep going!
Best!
10:50
I'll be damned, that shot was taken from my home city and out onto a old monastery located on a island outside the city.
(It was converted to a fortress after the monastery was closed due to the reformation, it's also been used as a prison at times and a execution location, and the Germans also used it, these days it's just a tourist location though)
Love this episode
This points to large units and uncommon vehicles as being more risky for detection than soldiers with small drones. Small sizes, generic units, and ubiquity are useful for blending in, as you pointed out with camo. I suspect we will see more mobile forces with smaller footprints distributed over larger areas, constantly moving to avoid detection. Defeating large, high value assets will transform from what people have thought to an asymmetric war, using a special operations approach to destroy key targets and then retreat to resupply.
I like your content and upbeat English! I learn a lot from you!
Great episode. Interesting as always. Thanks!,
Another excellent explainer - top quality.
One way to reduce the "Facebook Threat" is to put out tons of fake ones so that the enemy will have trouble determining which ones are real and which ones are fake.
“Beans, bullets, & Bandaids”…ahhh, “The 3 B’s, aka the essentials for warfare…or the zombie apocalypse”😂
This reminds me of the casualness of online media talking about future force projects on open source media....
So Wise , Thank You . A fine reminder of some of to not so ovious threats on the modern battle field
Excellent Video !!!
Good show!
Removing the requirement for BA degree to become a military pilot would greatly benefit the US military as it would make the job more attractive and recruiting easier as well as quicker
It’s a silly requirement.
Growing up I was told that when the US Interstate Highway system was first thought of they had this mind. A multi-use road system for both motor vehicles and planes. I don't think it stuck though, and I believe this idea is still spread around today because in emergencies planes do land on roadways. But this new experiment is a good step imo. This would be a very difficult thing to pull off, better start testing it now and not when SHTF. But I am not too sure this will work that well in actual use, these highways will be full of vehicles that would need to be cleared. And then the rest of the traffic would need to be diverted. This could be a big heads up to the enemy that a temporary airbase is being established there. I think if America wasn't so dependent on these roads for daily use this would be far more feasible.
I think in war the highways should be pretty empty ?
or are u talking about people fleeing through the highway
Pilot: My F-35 can destroy concrete roads using only jet exhaust!
SpaceX: Hold my rocket beer.
The A10 Warthog was originally created to destroy Russian tanks should the Cold War become hot in Europe. Their refuelling and rearming were achieved using the extensive European freeway network. The idea for their original use was to land on a freeway and stop underneath a road overpass, thus the aircraft was able to be refuelled and rearmed undercover, even during rain, thunderstorms and snow storms, and out of sight of enemy aircraft which would have been using the current technology of those days.
I’m surprised that any haven’t been sent to Ukraine or other NATO nations.
Since Russia’s been reduced to sending mostly older tanks, the A-10 should have no issue shredding them, and Ukrainians have proven capable of disrupting Russian AA be destroying them outright and/or exhausting them beforehand with mass drone strikes or logistics disruptions. And related to the point above, they COULD probably get away with flying A-10’s on a battlefield within Russia’s Air Force range, mostly because there’s a good chance Russia’s own jets will be shot down by their own AA. Again.
@@ButFirstHeLitItOnFire A10 couldn’t spread m48 from the 50s so meh.
@@ButFirstHeLitItOnFire You are right that they could be used in Ukraine, but when A10s are strafing ground targets they usually have US fighter jets running top cover. This may draw in Russian fighters who may become involved in dog fights, and the US government may not wish to up the ante at this time of the war. The Pentagon's strategy may be to wait and see how the present situation develops, this being the first conflict that drones have played a huge part in offensive operations.
Having said that, I would love to see and hear that gun with a plane attached doing what it was designed for.
With all the manpads over there they would get torn up, no need to fly low and slow when you can fly high fast and still be accurate
@@kenharris5390
I mean Ukraine is already getting western jets anyway, so those dogfights ARE going to happen either way.
It's always interesting to see the meta change in warfare and how it can be countered.
The behaviour of the US forces here exactly show why they are so far ahead of everyone else. They constantly train in complex war games. Also while the US army already has by far the best logistics of any army, they still are constantly improving and trying to find new better strategy.
Too bad they constantly get wrecked by rice farmers and goat herders.
@@DoctorMandible Wtf?😂
Issue with the us forces is that they are to complex to work in these makeway setups,
As for these mobile airfields, its nothing new. Sweden build its airforce around it.
The civilian sector do logistic much better though, and China is on a whole other level.
In Finland, we have had this kind of setup all around for 30 years lol
2:09, what's that clip from? and are those planes Mirages of some kind?
imagine being that people on the train, "dude i watched a f-35 land on the road next to me"
This must be on Camp Pendleton by my house in Oceanside. The Marine Corps is using a stretch of former US 101 by the intersection of I-5 and Las Pulgas Rd. When not in military use, anyone can bicycle through here on their way between Oceanside and San Clemente. In fact, the old road is used as a parking area for people that want to drive their bikes up here. This explains why this piece of abandoned highway was re-paved so recently, when it was bypassed by the 5 Freeway decades ago.
I think some of the comments misses the point. It’s not just about landing on a road. It’s being able to move and rapidly deploy the logistical sustainment across thousands of miles in the pacific theatre.
That’s what’s make the US military exceptional. Not the landing in a street (as people have pointed out, Sweden and Finland do this). But the ability to operate and entire task force thousands of miles from home and help
*Speed limit enforced by aircraft* signs taken on a whole new level 😂
Loving that Iron Eagle footage 👏🏽 👏🏽👏🏽 Douge Masters > Maveric
*"Are you from the United States Marine?"* -Yes.
*"So why are you driving a air vehicle on land?"* -Yes.
That's quite the thought, the sea operating air from land.
Small islands are basically earth's aircraft carriers, so it checks-out. 🙂
This is so cool
"what are you in for?"
"I went mach 1 past the speed limit. "
I'm from France (Français). And this is is really the only channel about "American Power" I can watch. Or about U.S Army in general. Because it's well made, and subtile. Enormous respect to the best military in the world. 🇫🇷🤝🇺🇸
Have you tried Sandboxx?
"Huh, so that's where my mechanic dropped my personal jet off at. Across the bloody map!"
I worked EMS in Phoenix years ago and was told in addition to Skyharbor Airport, Interstate 10 was an emergency landing strip for the shuttle in case of emergency coming for a touchdown.?
The pilot shortage is directly related to requiring them to have a 4 year degree to fly. If some one already has a pilots license but no degree they should be allowed to bypass the school requirement as that takes a ton of effort to get.
Hes surely getting a ticket.
You can’t give a badass like that a ticket…
And don’t call him Shirley…
The pilot is trans so he won’t get a ticket.
There's a saying "you can outrun a cop but you can't outrun his radio". If you're in an F-35 that no longer applies.
The original use of the interstate
It was copied from the auto Bahn
It was meant to serve as as auxiliary landing strip for the current planes.
It also was meant to allow quick, accurate, and easy access to mil bases.
The mil would take over the interstate to move men, machinery, and materials fast and efficiently.
Can you imagine just driving on the road and pass a literal F-35 just cruising down the road 💀
7:00 Didn't Pentagon just recently create fighter pilot uniforms for pregnant women? I was certain that would solve all the shortages?
So surprised...
Whoever was on that Amtrak surfliner got to see a neat sight.
0:22 @NotWhatYouThink you have your “Standard” & “Minimum” miles per hour graphics wrong. Standard should be 80 KPH/92 MPH, not 57 MPH; minimum should be 50 KPH/57 MPH, not 92 MPH
9:06 Even I was thinking in my mind about using sea planes instead of land war airplanes as sea planes could land anywhere and to my astonishment just after 10 seconds in the video you also had shown that
Cops: you exceeded the speed limit
Pilot: uhm you better run
Missile: the missile knows where it is
because it knows where it isnt
“Sir, you carry any weapons in the back?”
“Back? No. But I do have AMRAAMs and JDAMs in the weapons bay.”
“….You can go, sir.”
If I recall correctly, during the Cold War NATO had a plan to use Soviet highways as aircraft runways
Our highway system was always to be dual used potentially, in case something happened on our shores and needed.
The dual part being the ability to handle constant traffic of fully loaded wheeled military supply convoys, in addition to the trucks and commuters that dominate the freeways today. Its use as an airstrip though wouldn't be evaluated until the civilian governments securing the rights of way and paying for the actual construction commit to the final build.
“ sir , I’m gonna need you to step out of the vehicle and also pop the trunk for me “
Proceed to open all weapon bays
He’s got a gun!
No, wait, that’s a B model, no gun.
10:38 We need dem narco sub makers for the logistics
0:20 methinks you got those speed conversions mixed up.
Liberty lifter, Spruce Goose resurrected 😮
I've never seen a jet taking off from here, but it would be cool to look out the window of a train and see an F-35 on the road next to the tracks.
That was a good one. Very professional. I'm glad there were no crass masculine jokes in this one. Keep 'em coming!
Lots of Norwegian stuff here i love it
Here before 20 minutes
How can there be a shortage of Pilots, that is like one of the top tier "cool" jobs that every child wants. Astronaut, EMS trio, fighter pilot, dragon rider & princess.
This plane looks majestic
"Beans, bullets and bandaids"
This guy understands logistics.
I think more Top Gun's would increase applications to the military
1:47 Serious question, What's the connection between tires and countering drone attacks?
The tyres obscure the thermal signature & will reduce shrapnel damage from proximate explosions. It makes it slightly harder to hit a critical wing internal fuel tank. Effectiveness near zero, but if you're Russian it's essential for your health to be seen to be doing something no matter how absurd. It's one of the many inefficiencies normal to authoritarian & top down regimes.
@@nightjarflying Oh protection against shrapnel damage and proximity explosions make the most sense. lol
@@sidewinder3422 I took the trouble to honestly answer your query. My answer is gleaned from what is being said by experts - my own opinion is they have no better response to a drone threat so they make do with the tyre nonsense.
I don't know if there is an actually confirmed connection or theory at all.
Could also just be an attempt to demonstrate "Russian desperation" and "Ukraine's military capabilities" in the news - or its an innocent misinterpretation that people picked up.
Maybe the tires are completely unrelated to the fact that planes are attacked by drones. But who knows...
(E.g. I saw a comment claim the tires are just for keeping the plane balanced while its heavy engines are removed for maintenance or whatever reason.)
12:01 I did not know they could do that!
Me too
So they can fit inside the hangars on amphibious ships.
That road is at Camp Pendleton, the road is next to the 5 frwy..
Bicyclist were allowed to use that section of Hwy 101 through Camp Pendleton so as not to have to ride on the shoulder of I5.
Is this why I've always noticed specific straps of highway I always travel in the past years are always the typical black top tar looking road and some are always maintenance and poured sections kf what looks like clean concrete. Are these specific sections designated landing zones that are always maintenance on purpose
That story about certain strips of U.S. highways being one mile of straight road goes back at least to the early 1970's during the cold war. This is long before there was an internet.
Hey NWYT could you do a video on the recruitment crisis?
The hard part is the logistics… how do you spend enough time with your family that they don’t leave you?
Excellent podcast with special attention to logistics wins wars. You did overlook the branch that delivers the elephant in the room, Military Sealift Command. Bullets, beans, bombs, fuel, parts, clothing, and anything else to big, bulky, heavy, or hazardous is delivered by Military Sealift Command. Which is crewed by civilian members of the US Merchant Marine (MMC). MSC also delivers into war zones and gets occasionally shot at.
Mark Fay MMC Jr. Engineer STCW QMED AS-E
Another potential sealift platform is Japan’s Shin Meiwa 2 seaplanes.
Japan should look into coproducing this with the USN USAF.
Idea for fixing the Social Media problem: Post fake photos using fake accounts, flooding the site with misinformation so the enemy won’t know which posts are real and which are fake
Not only dispersed air forces would need to be refueled but aswell reloaded as fast as possible. You cannot fight only with a full tank. in order to keep bombing pressure on opposing force a fast reloading technique with moving ammunition fast through the road that is not constructed for easy fit to ammunition transporters
0:46 Those were the last words I would have ever expected to be connected
9:49 The Liberty Lifter reminds me the Russian Caspian Sea Monster. It is not the same design but the same concept.
"No leaking classified military documents"
The general public:
Replace some of those flight paths with rapid rail transit. that could free up some pilots. Granted, I don't know how many. My guess is not many.
4:31 what if someone takes a wrong turn and gets crushed by a jet
this video was kinda exactly what I thought ngl
The big problem is not the plane or the road.
The big problemis to have the maintinance, rearming and refueling able to be mobile and swithch from place to place.
It helps if the plane system has been designed for this from the start.