U.S. Air Force Flight Engineer-The Human Computers Aboard Aircraft

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  • Flight Engineers in the U.S. Air Force are expected to know everything about their aircraft’s systems and how to fix them if something goes wrong. Watch Airmen discuss what it’s like to work in this crucial career field.
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  • @user-lg4kf1ns3t
    @user-lg4kf1ns3t 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Hallo to former and current flighengineers from flightengineer from Russia. Flightengineer used to be as a conductor in flight crew. All my birds Tupolev 154, DC-10-30/40, IL96-300. 35 years in the air.

  • @princearthur4946
    @princearthur4946 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Beautiful! I miss my great years of service as a flight engineer (PFE with A&P).

  • @10snoopy1
    @10snoopy1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Sounds like fun! 😊😊😊
    The calculations, the scenarios... The predictive vectors...

  • @notmenotme614
    @notmenotme614 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    The human computers aboard (old) aircraft = you’ve been replaced by a glass cockpit screen with a button

  • @ericramosrodriguez
    @ericramosrodriguez 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Very cool AFSC to cross train into.

  • @WootTootZoot
    @WootTootZoot 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Spaaaaaaace Foooooorce (with an echo at the end)

  • @c.k.holliday728
    @c.k.holliday728 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    1:08 Check out that Harambe sticker in the top left corner.

  • @punisher8319
    @punisher8319 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Air Force 👍👍

  • @MechanicalMikesRoadsideRepair
    @MechanicalMikesRoadsideRepair 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Life is feeling pretty shabby thinking about joining to be a flight engineer

    • @alanphuck6450
      @alanphuck6450 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      How’s it going?

    • @MechanicalMikesRoadsideRepair
      @MechanicalMikesRoadsideRepair 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@alanphuck6450 working a factory job which pays good but very little freedom and very little benefit anywhere else. Still a good idea to join, hard to make that jump

    • @alanphuck6450
      @alanphuck6450 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@MechanicalMikesRoadsideRepair I’m in the same boat Mike. I’ve been at my factory for about 3 years now. I’ve worked my way up to QA on 2nd shift. It’s very very easy and I’m usually in the office. But I’m bored and I don’t want to pay for college so I’m probably going to enlist. Gotta work on my weight loss though.

    • @LLL-zx6dw
      @LLL-zx6dw 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Both of you should join definitely we have one life, sometimes you just gotta jump and take the risk it’s scary but rewarding

    • @briantorres3712
      @briantorres3712 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      i hope both of y’all doing well, gonna join

  • @KlaxontheImpailr
    @KlaxontheImpailr ปีที่แล้ว +2

    These guys are real life mentats. 😲👍🏻

  • @gavinlittle4161
    @gavinlittle4161 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Sounds like an airborne crew chief to me

    • @chasingthetrail9375
      @chasingthetrail9375 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Pretty much a lot of these positions and the aircraft navigator positions have been replaced by computers. You can still work both for the FAA in the civilian sector though. I imagine at some point they’ll probably be rolled in with special missions aviator or some new name for the AFSC as technology improves they have found the aircrew positions can be manned by fewer and fewer people. Chances are in the future there will be one person doing multiple jobs like loadmaster, aerial gunner, flight navigator, flight engineer, flying crew chief, boom operator etc..

  • @Rinkyu
    @Rinkyu 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    That’s so cool

  • @rachelhopkins9432
    @rachelhopkins9432 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I just got my ship date for this job!!

    • @breadyfinay9841
      @breadyfinay9841 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Congrats to you man $90,000 a year👏

    • @carlkpsplucky5554
      @carlkpsplucky5554 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@breadyfinay9841 I thought Flight engineers were disappearing from the civilian workforce?

    • @jesseguevara
      @jesseguevara ปีที่แล้ว

      How much money do you make if you don mind me asking?

    • @michaelengle9062
      @michaelengle9062 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@breadyfinay9841 $90k as an enlisted airman?

  • @rhodeislandpw2008
    @rhodeislandpw2008 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Go airforce

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      @educationallifes5446 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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      @educationallifes5446 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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      @educationallifes5446 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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  • @brickspeedy4671
    @brickspeedy4671 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Make a video of the A-10
    wort hog

  • @User-wuqo2Yi8
    @User-wuqo2Yi8 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Honestly I’m 13 and I already kinda know how to fly for some reason also I already planning to join the USAF

    • @joeboi1342
      @joeboi1342 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      P3RS0NA1 GACHAL1F3 are you taking flight lessons?

    • @PepsiCubes
      @PepsiCubes 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      P3RS0NA1 GACHAL1F3 you have a gacha pfp

    • @1newww
      @1newww 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      do it man I played a lot of flight sims growing up and ended up flying on c130s in the air force as a loadmaster. Ended up retraining as a flight engineer. Sounds like aviation is in your blood

    • @njez7563
      @njez7563 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Wow you're a smart 13 year old

    • @michaelengle9062
      @michaelengle9062 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      "Kinda know how to fly for some reason"....that inspires conference 😅

  • @user-bj5sk6zp7o
    @user-bj5sk6zp7o 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    🇺🇸

  • @nelsonreyes7183
    @nelsonreyes7183 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Enjoyed my time as a C-130 FE.

    • @noted_insolence1894
      @noted_insolence1894 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hey!! Just signed my contract as a C-130 Flight engineer in the reserves today!! If you don't mind, could I get some info from you about the job, training, etc?? Also, couldn't help but notice you're dawning a Nasa flight suit in your picture! Do you work for Nasa now?? If so, what do you do and what trajectory did you take to get there??

    • @nelsonreyes7183
      @nelsonreyes7183 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@noted_insolence1894 Hello. Yes, I know work at NASA as the Super Guppy Flight engineer. In short becoming a FE was the best life choice I ever made.

    • @johnnydoe9969
      @johnnydoe9969 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@noted_insolence1894 did u get to choose what aircraft u want for reserves ?

    • @noted_insolence1894
      @noted_insolence1894 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@johnnydoe9969 So pretty much, in my state, there is only one unit that even has flight engineers, and it's a c130H unit (one of the last airframes to require flight engineers at all). So I said I wanted that job, and there was only one Unit/aircraft type available so I took it

    • @mikalserna155
      @mikalserna155 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@nelsonreyes7183 how were you able to transition to NASA? i'd love to hear more.

  • @michaelengle9062
    @michaelengle9062 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I've been hearing a lot of conflicting information. Do any current (2024) USAF a/c still have flight engineers on crew? and if so are they projected to be around for the near future?

    • @USAirForceRecruiting
      @USAirForceRecruiting  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @michaelengle9062 There are flight engineers for the C-5, C-130, AWACS and other large aircraft.
      Ray
      U.S. Air Force and Space Force Recruiting

  • @ilanzatonski8826
    @ilanzatonski8826 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    They are atmonauts - astronauts in the atmosphere

    • @mdogzino
      @mdogzino 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      so pilots.

  • @kpnone94
    @kpnone94 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    👍

  • @charlie13albert
    @charlie13albert 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "Human Computers"... can't upload video in 720p

  • @josuecabrini5802
    @josuecabrini5802 ปีที่แล้ว

    Does a flight engineer also fly Planes too?

    • @USAirForceRecruiting
      @USAirForceRecruiting  ปีที่แล้ว

      Flight engineers do not fly aircraft.
      Pam
      Air Force and Space Force Recruiting Service

  • @badqualitymush2197
    @badqualitymush2197 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    P-51

  • @moneymikeslickwill8749
    @moneymikeslickwill8749 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I thought this job was going away???

    • @alexanderguerre1
      @alexanderguerre1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      In the civilian world, this job went away a long time ago, recent aircraft no longer require flight engineers. But the Air Force flies a lot of very old aircraft, and unlike airlines, the military doesn't care as much about the cost of having flight engineers. So this job will still there for a little while in the Air Force

  • @t-technews
    @t-technews ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If you heard the phrase "there is nothing like the smell of jp4 in the morning" or "Another day in paradise", well I said it almost evrry day and it took off and now it is on coffe mugs and T-shirts. Seems someone liked what I said and made money off it. Its all good. Glad they did. 👍

  • @JorgeMartinez-wp9en
    @JorgeMartinez-wp9en 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Can I join the air force if I am Mexican?

    • @michaelsemonskyoutdoorsand4458
      @michaelsemonskyoutdoorsand4458 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes you can just if your in Mexico now BECOME A US CITIZEN

    • @calvinrenfrow3072
      @calvinrenfrow3072 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes but you’d need green card at the very least if you’re a Mexican citizen.

    • @had1223
      @had1223 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Does Mexico have an air force? Just curious.

    • @DamienRiven
      @DamienRiven 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@had1223 They barely have a police force.

    • @martinjones12
      @martinjones12 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Sir or madam......you can join ANYTHING if you have determination and a fair amount of talent......go for it!

  • @johnpyle2
    @johnpyle2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good thing they are getting ride of all of the flight engineers 😂

    • @dreadlocsamurai4241
      @dreadlocsamurai4241 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Why

    • @johnpyle2
      @johnpyle2 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@dreadlocsamurai4241 🤷‍♂️ they keep finding ways to get the enlisted out of the flight deck. They say a computer can do the job but I don’t think so.

  • @dohatrump4682
    @dohatrump4682 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    From America's next president Doha TRUMP
    I am proud of us force

  • @mathiasgrun630
    @mathiasgrun630 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Murderer!

  • @nohaboy100
    @nohaboy100 ปีที่แล้ว

    "Human Computer"? A little bit of hyperbole. Used to love arguing with the FE's on 141's and 130's. These people caused more waste of man hours troubleshooting than most pilots.