Portland Air National Guard receiving new fighter jet
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- Опубліковано 11 жов 2024
- Oregon is getting a brand-new fighter jet. We are the first state in the country to get the aircraft for operational use.
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Boeing just delivered the first F15EX to the Air Force for testing and evaluation. This, as Portland's 142nd Wing celebrated its 80th anniversary.
The 142nd Wing protects the skies from Northern California to Canada, responding in minutes to Russian bombers or reconnaissance planes that fly into US air space or unidentified aircraft or scrambling after the 9/11 attacks.
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As a resident of Portland, I feel proud every time I see one of these. I see them all the time, and remember seeing them ever since I had a memory. I have visited their base and have even seen the inside of the cockpit up close of one of them.
Truly awesome Steph!
THANK YOU!!!!!!!
What an amazing opportunity!
Love seeing these pilots flying around, and glad they have the new F15s and not money pit F35s/F22s.
Outstanding!!
Jets can fly higher and faster, but we can stop and back up.
Naval UH 2 Helios.
I'm proud to call these fine Americans my brothers and sisters.
Thank you KGW TV for having me back with my old team for a bit to tell this story about what’s to come for the 142nd Wing.
Quite a bit tougher than a rollercoaster.
@@dannewth225 Hahahha. EXACTLY.
I love the fact that she says, "get em"!
I said ‘get em’ but with such a lackluster tone because I was on the pain train. I knew I had to put that in. Appreciate you noticing it.
@@StephStricklen The fact that you were riding the 'pain train' and still said it. Makes it even better.
You can run, but you can’t hide!!
💙🙏🏼🇺🇸God Bless our Military🇺🇸🙏🏼
Great job on this story! Juan
HEY MAN!! Holy smokes. High praise. Thank you.
i've actually done that: was airman of the quarter, and got an "orientation flight" abord a fighter jet. most amazing experience of my life. i envy her.
@Mike M yeah we sure get to do cool stuff in the military!
Very cool! Did you get sick like me, haha!
@@StephStricklen no, actually i didn't - because i didn't eat anything before the flight, just like for surgery. that was probably unnecessary though, cuz i had no nausea. my only problem was keeping a seal on my mask i was grinning so wide, lol!
they actually gave me a choice between a T37 and T38, both used in UPT. i chose the T37 because i wanted to experience the aerobatics. i figured going fast is sure fun, but at that speed, i suppose it's all relative. i've been super grateful for the opportunity - and the choice, because i think i made the right one for me. you know what it's like: looking up at the ground. best experience i've ever had ❤️
@@skip123davis VERY cool!!! I love it.
Proud of u all.
All milatary family when they actually care.u all do a awsome job
Is it the newest model?
It is the new F-35EX. Classic body style. All new inside.
@@StephStricklen Lol. Nice.
California Air National Guard also has F 15s.
...50 000 lb. thrust washing machine...!😂😂😂
With some rocks and marbles thrown in just to make it more spicy.
60k+ lbs thrust
Ok well that's better than a bunch of decommissioned starfires and modded chinooks that nobody knows about. Ha
@@JamesBond-yp2hl go play with your GI Joe's. I was there, man. I saw some stuff, I've seen some things, man. Lockheed starfires, decommissioned, the same that circled the white house after the sighting there, in the 50s.
Fun fact: this reporter was reporting about fighter jets at her previous job. She obviously has some kind of military clearance or something. And there's a famous pilot named Stricklin (not Stricklen) who flew these jets.
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@@alanmalcheski8882 No clearance. I wish I was that cool. I did, however, take a brain-punch COVID test at the hospital a few days before the flight. Does that count? I do have military service in my family, and I love modern military aviation so being able to tell this story was pretty special.
@@StephStricklen pfffft they shot me in the forehead like a diamond bullet at st Charles, don't be so modest. Amateurs don't go flying around like that without vomiting.
The audio is absolutely disgusting 🤣 but at least it sounds like reporter was having a good time LOL 🇺🇲
Ho need
I’m a Hispanic but I never thought I’d ever say I’m proud to be from USA.
That is because you are a cultural out group.
A shared culture is the glue that binds a nation together, knitted together through mutual bonds of affection.