I just wanted to say as an emphatically, patriotic United States citizen, I could not be any prouder of my own country's young warriors, and support staff as I am of Great Britain's wonderful, warm individuals allowed to be filmed here. Even though each of our political governments are beginning to slip apart (London mayor, in particular) it is your people who I will always admire and appreciate fully. To the most important thing I recognised in this series, repatriation. The respect the former service member's gave to the fallen had tears in my eyes and they return as I type this, with no embarrassment while taking my lunch period. Thank you to giving me these and proving a tear is a sign of strength
Tell you what though mate, if our troops are fighting for freedom, then it's the freedom where people don't get discriminated on because of their background.
mcheek27357 extremely well said my friend from across the pond! I hate it when Americans and British keyboard warriors fight over who is better like a bunch of kids.
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Brize Norton is as well where the command is done from as such for the fly past for the Monarchs official public birthday as well I think certainly they come from there anyway.
So many memories….. I was stationed at RAF Brize Norton for six years, 1971 -- 1977 then end of nine years service, ex Supplier 2. Lived in Married Quarters at Duxford Close, near families NAAFI shop.(flats) a revisit would be nice for an old RAF Veteran.
I enjoyed watching that. My brother is stationed at Brize. He's a part of 1AMW (1 Air Mobility Wing) It was interesting to see some of the things he does. I even went there today, it was massive.
It doesn't matter if they were the only fighting force since the beginning (according to you), my argument is that they are not the best. The United States military will run over the British military in a week. All we have to do is park our 10 aircraft carriers around your island and you will be docile.
omar resendiz Nobody's debating that you absolute idiot we are on about the quality of troops man per man but then again I wouldn't expect a guy named 'Omar Resendiz' to understand basic logic.
"It's our primary goal, just to get them back again, to the UK. And so basically what we're looking at is to keep them calm, keeping them in a safe environment, making sure that there is nothing else going to interfere with them."
The base was near my home. Once, stuck in traffic, I looked at the person in a car next to me and lo and behold it was Prince Charles, waiting to enter the base. This was in 1976.
I would love to go planespotting at Brize Norton, although it's different now to how it was in that video, the VC-10s and Tristars were still in service with the raf back then
During the Cold War I was stationed at RAF Brize Norton as the USAF radar tech for a RB-47H electronics reconnaissance ELINT aircraft which was shot down by the Soviets north of Novaya Zemlya on 7/1/1960, just two months after the U-2 was downed over Russia. Soviet Premier Nikita "We will bury you" Khrushchev threatened England with nuclear destruction for hosting the RB-47. On 10/30/1961 the largest thermonuclear explosion (58 million tons equivalent TNT) occurred on Novaya Zemlya. The Cold War era! I greatly loved England in those days, where the mini-skirt had just been invented. Spring weather that year was mild in England; a local girl and I walked along the Thames River, merely a stream through nearby Oxford. Double-decker buses were a delight to ride, the pubs were warm and comforting, and the Oxford colleges carried an aura of ages-old wisdom. They say you can never go back but I'd bet many aspects of RAF Brize Norton and Oxford haven't changed much.
Brilliant to see the armed forces taking care of soldiers' mental health. We've come a long way from the first world war when shell-shocked troops could be shot for cowardice.
The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's aerial warfare force. Formed toward the end of the First World War on 1 April 1918,[2] it is the oldest independent air force in the world. Following victory over the Central Powers in 1918 the RAF emerged - at the time - the largest air force in the world.[4] Since its formation, the RAF has taken a significant role in British military history, in particular, playing a large part in the Second World War where it fought its most famous campaign, the Battle of Britain. The RAF's mission is to support the objectives of the British Ministry of Defence (MoD), which are to "provide the capabilities needed: to ensure the security and defence of the United Kingdom and overseas territories, including against terrorism; to support the Government’s foreign policy objectives particularly in promoting international peace and security." The RAF describe its mission statement as "... [to provide] An agile, adaptable and capable Air Force that, person for person, is second to none, and that makes a decisive air power contribution in support of the UK Defence Mission."[6] The mission statement is supported by the RAF's definition of air power, which guides its strategy. Air power is defined as: "The ability to project power from the air and space to influence the behaviour of people or the course of events." Today the Royal Air Force maintains an operational fleet of various types of aircraft,described by the RAF as being "leading-edge" in terms of technology. This largely consists of fixed-wing aircraft, including: fighter and strike aircraft, airborne early warning and control aircraft, ISTAR and SIGINT aircraft, aerial refueling aircraft and strategic and tactical transport aircraft. The majority of the RAF's rotary aircraft form part of the tri-service Joint Helicopter Command in support of ground forces. Most of the RAF's aircraft and personnel are based in the UK, with many others serving on operations (principally Afghanistan) or at long-established overseas bases (Ascension Island, Cyprus, Gibraltar, and the Falkland Islands). Although the RAF is the principal British air power arm, the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm and the British Army's Army Air Corps also deliver air power which is integrated into the maritime, littoral and land environments.
I'm so grateful for the armed forces. These are the guys who should be worshipped and paid enough to live in mansions not fucking footballlers. My lodgers son is applying to join the RAF. Thankgod there are people out there who want to do this job
Is it really bigger than RAF Lakenheath? When I look at Lakenheath on the map, it looks massive. Just the housing areas seem bigger than RAF Brize Norton.
This is the BBC’s way to be as I always remember my father doing as a child, it was grabbing me, his hand on each cheek, smiling and pulling my face lower and towards his arse, holding my young childish face as closely as possible, for as long as possible, whilst he farted continuously in sustained attack right in to my central facial region- most intensely targeted at my nostrils.
Can Geneva courts please investigate this breach of international law, just when you guys aren’t busy? Edit - the war crimes court, chemical gas unit or whatever you guys over there recommend
" Erm ... and just tell 'em they've got a sleep deprived 16 stone hairy-arsed Scotsman looking after 'em. And they tend to behave themselves." ... That guy owes me a new keyboard alright.
Caution: VC10s still in service when this was being filmed ... Giving this a VG Rating (VC10 Guidance) though it is good to see what the Lockheed TriStar fleet can still do :o)
Refusal to see psychological trauma it was easier to say men were weak ans vulnerable rather than look into the problem further. Many ended up in asylums like Wilfred Owen and Siegrfried Sassoon for rehabilitation
Would having a past history of mild migraines e.g painful headaches once every 4 months but suffering no vision loss prevent you from pilot training??????? Also can you be an officer but be a weapons system operator?
hey there I wanna be a pilot when I'm older but due to the small chance of being selected I have a three other roles which I also want to do can someone with experience in the RAF or someone who is just interested in the military tell me what the best role is A. weapons systems operator B. aerospace battle manager or C. air cartographer thank you your guidance would be a great help.
***** ik that but im quite interested in geography so i think being a air cartographer would suit me but i am aslo quite interested in guns and blowing things up so weapons systems operator i think would suit me to and i have alway been interested in flying and surveliance so a aerospace battle manager in my eyes would be a good role for me too such a dilema
I am not raf but judging by your options I would say B. our C. .... You need to think what is going to benefit you the most when you finish your service and end up back on civvi street. Go for what you think you would enjoy the most but always keep in mind the outcome, because trust me, you will not want to be kissing ass for the rest of your life.
Good to see some of what goes on behind the scenes at Brize but it was for me as a plane fan very disappointing; this is very much a social take fly on the wall people, not planes, programme. And though it was timely re the VC10's retirement it gets very little attention, what a shame.
+Tribulatorial Tech I think in terms of usefulness it has a fairly strong claim to that title. In terms of where the C5 can actually fly into and the turnaround times as well as maintenance hours per flight hour the C5 actually looks pretty useless when compared with the flexibility and resilience of the C17. As well as that there are hundreds of C17s whereas there are only a handful of C5s operating
Thomas Ross it's just like joining the navy and being scared of water, you join is to improve every aspect of yourself, he/she probably joined to get rid of their fear of heights.
She's in the Royal Logistics Corps as an officer meaning that you can't choose what branch you want. If you could choose everybody would want Transport Logistics!
Even it today cann't understand why so many brits lost their lives just for the sake of please U.S? Blair was real pupit and a puppy in the hands of Bush. Today Taliban ready to rule Afghanistan again. Who is the responsible for sending troops in the line of fire and has also faced massive financial loss too? If Taliban can defeat gang of the best militaries in Afghanistan then I must salute them and admit their supperiority.
I just wanted to say as an emphatically, patriotic United States citizen, I could not be any prouder of my own country's young warriors, and support staff as I am of Great Britain's wonderful, warm individuals allowed to be filmed here. Even though each of our political governments are beginning to slip apart (London mayor, in particular) it is your people who I will always admire and appreciate fully. To the most important thing I recognised in this series, repatriation. The respect the former service member's gave to the fallen had tears in my eyes and they return as I type this, with no embarrassment while taking my lunch period. Thank you to giving me these and proving a tear is a sign of strength
That goes the other way too, my friend.
Tell you what though mate, if our troops are fighting for freedom, then it's the freedom where people don't get discriminated on because of their background.
Same to you :)
+Kap Bab you're apt.
mcheek27357 extremely well said my friend from across the pond! I hate it when Americans and British keyboard warriors fight over who is better like a bunch of kids.
How could they miss the opportunity to have Flt. Lt. Bacon deliver the eggs?
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Brize Norton is as well where the command is done from as such for the fly past for the Monarchs official public birthday as well I think certainly they come from there anyway.
I live about 20 minutes from Brize and I love watching the planes fly over :O)
Wish I was you :c
8386charlie you are very lucky
So do I it’s awesome isn’t it
Mad respect from France ! You kick ass !
So many memories….. I was stationed at RAF Brize Norton for six years, 1971 -- 1977 then end of nine years service, ex Supplier 2. Lived in Married Quarters at Duxford Close, near families NAAFI shop.(flats) a revisit would be nice for an old RAF Veteran.
Excellent series...thank you.
I enjoyed watching that. My brother is stationed at Brize. He's a part of 1AMW (1 Air Mobility Wing) It was interesting to see some of the things he does. I even went there today, it was massive.
20:25 Yay, my old squadron! They were at Lyneham in my day, and it was RCT. The RLC hadn't been thought of.
Hoping to join the rlc as a driver air dispatcher
>is "quite scared of heights and flying"
>joins the RAF
Hah I'm scared of flying and am GENUINELY thinking about joining the RAF =D Nailed it!
Daz C technically she's an officer in army air supply
Why not? I have a fear of drowning and still joined the Royal Navy
Just means you'll be paranoid so you'll be extra careful?
Justin Lee think it’s pretty obvious why. Most people wouldn’t want to do something they’re afraid of all the time
UK military, best in the world.
+Cumbriahandyman I beg to differ; American military is the best in the world.
+omar resendiz The British were the only fighting force fighting from the START until the END. Can you grasp that into your thick skull?
It doesn't matter if they were the only fighting force since the beginning (according to you), my argument is that they are not the best. The United States military will run over the British military in a week. All we have to do is park our 10 aircraft carriers around your island and you will be docile.
omar resendiz Nobody's debating that you absolute idiot we are on about the quality of troops man per man but then again I wouldn't expect a guy named 'Omar Resendiz' to understand basic logic.
omar resendiz
What the fuck have I just read. You should get a refund from whoever taught you English. Dumb ass.
wow! I am really impressed. Especially with the young lady who pilots that "monster" Amazing
Good video! I had heard of Brize Norton but didn't know it was the UK's largest military airbase.
"It's our primary goal, just to get them back again, to the UK. And so basically what we're looking at is to keep them calm, keeping
them in a safe environment, making sure that there is nothing else going to interfere with them."
My dad is petrified of heights but he was a fast jet pilot in the RAF!!!
Genuinely the saddest reply I've ever seen. -_-
Ben Gordon Don’t flex too much.
@@bengordon3430 A whole 6 hours?
Scared of heights joins RAF
Respect
The base was near my home. Once, stuck in traffic, I looked at the person in a car next to me and lo and behold it was Prince Charles, waiting to enter the base. This was in 1976.
Mad
Whoa my friends dad walked past a prince
I would love to go planespotting at Brize Norton, although it's different now to how it was in that video, the VC-10s and Tristars were still in service with the raf back then
My uncle is a C130 Here pilot here!
The base is about two thirds the size it was back in 1982-1986 when i was stationed there with TCW
During the Cold War I was stationed at RAF Brize Norton as the USAF radar tech for a RB-47H electronics reconnaissance ELINT aircraft which was shot down by the Soviets north of Novaya Zemlya on 7/1/1960, just two months after the U-2 was downed over Russia. Soviet Premier Nikita "We will bury you" Khrushchev threatened England with nuclear destruction for hosting the RB-47. On 10/30/1961 the largest thermonuclear explosion (58 million tons equivalent TNT) occurred on Novaya Zemlya.
The Cold War era! I greatly loved England in those days, where the mini-skirt had just been invented. Spring weather that year was mild in England; a local girl and I walked along the Thames River, merely a stream through nearby Oxford. Double-decker buses were a delight to ride, the pubs were warm and comforting, and the Oxford colleges carried an aura of ages-old wisdom. They say you can never go back but I'd bet many aspects of RAF Brize Norton and Oxford haven't changed much.
I’m lucky enough to live next to the place 😂😂😂 all good fun as the C-17 fly round 2am
Brilliant to see the armed forces taking care of soldiers' mental health. We've come a long way from the first world war when shell-shocked troops could be shot for cowardice.
No, a bunch of assholes invading a 3rd world country, yeah, real heroes just like your president bone spur.
The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's aerial warfare force. Formed toward the end of the First World War on 1 April 1918,[2] it is the oldest independent air force in the world. Following victory over the Central Powers in 1918 the RAF emerged - at the time - the largest air force in the world.[4] Since its formation, the RAF has taken a significant role in British military history, in particular, playing a large part in the Second World War where it fought its most famous campaign, the Battle of Britain.
The RAF's mission is to support the objectives of the British Ministry of Defence (MoD), which are to "provide the capabilities needed: to ensure the security and defence of the United Kingdom and overseas territories, including against terrorism; to support the Government’s foreign policy objectives particularly in promoting international peace and security." The RAF describe its mission statement as "... [to provide] An agile, adaptable and capable Air Force that, person for person, is second to none, and that makes a decisive air power contribution in support of the UK Defence Mission."[6] The mission statement is supported by the RAF's definition of air power, which guides its strategy. Air power is defined as: "The ability to project power from the air and space to influence the behaviour of people or the course of events."
Today the Royal Air Force maintains an operational fleet of various types of aircraft,described by the RAF as being "leading-edge" in terms of technology. This largely consists of fixed-wing aircraft, including: fighter and strike aircraft, airborne early warning and control aircraft, ISTAR and SIGINT aircraft, aerial refueling aircraft and strategic and tactical transport aircraft. The majority of the RAF's rotary aircraft form part of the tri-service Joint Helicopter Command in support of ground forces. Most of the RAF's aircraft and personnel are based in the UK, with many others serving on operations (principally Afghanistan) or at long-established overseas bases (Ascension Island, Cyprus, Gibraltar, and the Falkland Islands). Although the RAF is the principal British air power arm, the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm and the British Army's Army Air Corps also deliver air power which is integrated into the maritime, littoral and land environments.
Nice copy and paste. :D
Thank you Mt. Wikipedia. What would we do without you....
+Blueeagle1314 I do
glad to have these lads
I did my flight familiarisation at brize Norton about 50 years ago at night in a ‘pig’ varsity, good days
I'm so grateful for the armed forces. These are the guys who should be worshipped and paid enough to live in mansions not fucking footballlers.
My lodgers son is applying to join the RAF. Thankgod there are people out there who want to do this job
sean’s me dad! big hairy scotsman
OH NO THE EGGS ARE STUCK
Is it really bigger than RAF Lakenheath? When I look at Lakenheath on the map, it looks massive. Just the housing areas seem bigger than RAF Brize Norton.
+Paul2377 RAF Lakenheath is American run
DemoSkating It's still RAF owned.
Maybe, but we have many Air Force bases lol ;)
Good drinking game....have to drink everytime you heard 'errr' or 'erm' lol
Ive been inside of the base its amazing
William Johnson's Videos ye bro i live in brize and am starting as a rad engineer it’s amazing
How come they didn’t test the engine before it took off I mean why it’s front line air support
I dont miss going in and out of this place one bit, not one bit.
Why not Staffie?
I live an hours drive northeast of the base, so close to home :)
I live on the base with my dad and sister
i loved your videos plz make more thank you
can't wait to join when I'm old enough
Me too
This is the BBC’s way to be as I always remember my father doing as a child, it was grabbing me, his hand on each cheek, smiling and pulling my face lower and towards his arse, holding my young childish face as closely as possible, for as long as possible, whilst he farted continuously in sustained attack right in to my central facial region- most intensely targeted at my nostrils.
Can Geneva courts please investigate this breach of international law, just when you guys aren’t busy?
Edit - the war crimes court, chemical gas unit or whatever you guys over there recommend
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Erm ... and just tell 'em they've got a sleep deprived 16 stone hairy-arsed Scotsman looking after 'em. And they tend to behave themselves." ... That guy owes me a new keyboard alright.
i’ll let him know 😂
Caution: VC10s still in service when this was being filmed ... Giving this a VG Rating (VC10 Guidance) though it is good to see what the Lockheed TriStar fleet can still do :o)
Bless the p lane its bringing home the hairy bacon....!!!!!!
There and back in a night, during the Second World War……Awesome!
10:40 a little more danger than NORMALLY
I am surprised about the type of injuries received - loss of legs, even genitals - that will be particularly bad for a man.
Shame This Year they retired there L-1011 it looked awesome in RAF Colour scheme
Inside brize norton is my favourite film i watch it every week
There wasn't much talk about ptsd in ww1 and Ww2?
It just used to be called Shell Shock. Entire generations were never the same again.
Refusal to see psychological trauma it was easier to say men were weak ans vulnerable rather than look into the problem further. Many ended up in asylums like Wilfred Owen and Siegrfried Sassoon for rehabilitation
its great being in the RAF breaking the chinooks down for transport is a good experience
Would having a past history of mild migraines e.g painful headaches once every 4 months but suffering no vision loss prevent you from pilot training??????? Also can you be an officer but be a weapons system operator?
+Tom Burton Contact your local AFCO to ask for a meeting, they are normally pretty clued up
hey there I wanna be a pilot when I'm older but due to the small chance of being selected I have a three other roles which I also want to do can someone with experience in the RAF or someone who is just interested in the military tell me what the best role is A. weapons systems operator B. aerospace battle manager or C. air cartographer thank you your guidance would be a great help.
*****
ik that but im quite interested in geography so i think being a air cartographer would suit me but i am aslo quite interested in guns and blowing things up so weapons systems operator i think would suit me to and i have alway been interested in flying and surveliance so a aerospace battle manager in my eyes would be a good role for me too such a dilema
*****
but thanks for the advice
WSO thats what i wanna do
YORKSHIREKID 03 That's kl mate
I am not raf but judging by your options I would say B. our C. .... You need to think what is going to benefit you the most when you finish your service and end up back on civvi street. Go for what you think you would enjoy the most but always keep in mind the outcome, because trust me, you will not want to be kissing ass for the rest of your life.
They really did them dirty filming them sleeping like that 😭12:50
Ik they should respect there privacy and downtime
when we watched it for the first time he went off in one 😭
Respect!
I live just up the road froom this
Good to see some of what goes on behind the scenes at Brize but it was for me as a plane fan very disappointing; this is very much a social take fly on the wall people, not planes, programme. And though it was timely re the VC10's retirement it gets very little attention, what a shame.
hopefully ill be the one sending cargo out of a herculies im thinking of joining 18 or 19 6 or 7 years left yet
R u in rag cadets if your in year 8 or above?
+Lewis Hunter yes actually my first day was yesterday
+YORKSHIREKID 03 cool I have done it for just over a year now. what squadron have u joined
+Lewis Hunter i joined 2349 i just got measured for my uniform and shtuff too
+YORKSHIREKID 03 cool I am in 1224 squadron. the uniform takes a long time to get used to and keep tidy! 😃
Hmm so that's the "elite" RAF Regiment.
hmmm your profile picture is of a bare chested druggy. i really give a shit about what you say
LightAfterNight89105 Nice one mate. I photoshopped the picture, but sure... It's a druggy.
banjaman123
good, you replied to my question. now try and reply to QU3STION5
LightAfterNight89105 Look okay the RAF are filth and this conversation needs more banter... Jihadi John Waaaay.
banjaman123 You must be thinking of a different RAF because the one this video is about is the best airforce in the world.
I'm scared of Blood and I joined Medical Corps
How is it going still alive
Camp Bastian is where there filmed our girl
"The C17 Globemaster is the king of all cargo aircraft..." Comment of 2015.
Ever heard of the C5 Galaxy? I don't think they did their research...
+Tribulatorial Tech I think in terms of usefulness it has a fairly strong claim to that title. In terms of where the C5 can actually fly into and the turnaround times as well as maintenance hours per flight hour the C5 actually looks pretty useless when compared with the flexibility and resilience of the C17. As well as that there are hundreds of C17s whereas there are only a handful of C5s operating
+Will Woodhouse true
i have been there
RAF BRIZE NORTON IS THE BEST AIR STATION IN THE COUNTRY
RAF Odiham mate....
Ross agreed raf odiham is good as Brize Norton
They're really reaching for the drama on this one aren't they - can't get eggs and ketchup to the Falklands on time for breccy, heaven forbid 😅
24:33 if you are scared of heights and flying why would you join the royal air force lol
Thomas Ross it's just like joining the navy and being scared of water, you join is to improve every aspect of yourself, he/she probably joined to get rid of their fear of heights.
She's in the Royal Logistics Corps as an officer meaning that you can't choose what branch you want. If you could choose everybody would want Transport Logistics!
Even it today cann't understand why so many brits lost their lives just for the sake of please U.S?
Blair was real pupit and a puppy in the hands of Bush.
Today Taliban ready to rule Afghanistan again. Who is the responsible for sending troops in the line of fire and has also faced massive financial loss too?
If Taliban can defeat gang of the best militaries in Afghanistan then I must salute them and admit their supperiority.
Sad the producers used reciprocating engine noise as a background for the prop turbine aircraft, that makes it look so unprofessional!
It's pronounced Shin-nook.
SO MANY CUTE YOUNG MALE SOLIERS. MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM YUMMY
My dad was in the royal air force
Welcome to butlins.
14:59 naked guy in the background
i don't see any black people would i be he only black guy to join the RAF ahah
No definitely not.
Really heroic invading a 3rd world country.