Meet the USAF’s New Tanker and Ride Along As We Harvest More Corn
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 ต.ค. 2022
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My name is Rod Jones. I'm a 5th generation farmer and KC-135 pilot in the Ohio Air National Guard.
I was Active Duty Air Force for 16 years and have been with the Ohio Air National Guard for 4 years.
If you, or anyone you know, may be be interested in military service, please send me an email and I will be happy to offer my thoughts/experiences from the past 20 years.
rod_jones29@yahoo.com
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Let’s go National Guard ! 💪💪😎👍✅. Flying is for Farmers, oh yeah brother 😎😎😎✅
Hell yeah!
#Murica!
I can't say enough about how great your content is. Interesting and beautiful scenery. And no I'm not first. Lol
Ha! As always, I appreciate the encouragement Joe!
Pegasus, in Greek mythology, a winged horse that sprang from the blood of the Gorgon Medusa as she was beheaded by the hero Perseus.
Thanks for the education!
Thank you for your service to our country sir
It's an honor to serve!
Liked your storey of the crying baby.
I'm not the best story teller, but I tried, ha!
Wow! I'm so glad I found your channel! Great videos, great people, great content. Thanks so much! Love the farming and the flying. 'Merica!
Thanks for giving me a try!
Harvest looks good! TDY to Altus for KC-46 meeting this week and met a new member of your unit (1LT) while at the commissary. Told him about your TH-cam videos.
Ha! Thanks for spreading the word! I was hoping you'd check out this video.
First time I had refueled a -46!
A REALLY old Boeing refueling a sorta old, but really new Boeing. I remember when United rolled out the 767s when I was a kid at SFO and my uncle worked at the maintenance base. We got to climb all over one and a 757. Had to be the early 80's.
Yeah, most of the -135s still flying are 60+ years old!
Now That Was Funny. Nothing like a good good ok story
1st load, clean👍corn.
Great video Rod. Glad to see y’all could put corn in the bin without having to fry it. That will save y’all some money. That refueling was a good one. Thank y’all for your service. See you next time.
Thanks again for watching Bill!
Awesome
Grease job. Nice. In my time as nav, many decades ago, I'd gotten used to "copilot landings."
I still have a "firm" landing every once in a while!
That's got to be a pretty good pucker factor for the Boomer to see the 46 climbing towards his window before he broke off and cleared...lol. I guess one thing I never really thought of even after 27 years working on fighters was tankers getting gas. Makes sense...but I never really thought about it.
Yep, tankers are kind've behind the scenes, but the bright and shiny fighter jets are just lawn darts without them.
Really amazing what you do. I really like watching your videos, farming and flying.
I know it's kind've a weird combo, but maybe that's a good thing?!
Glad to see you guys know how to use a bank board on your auger lol I’ve seen several people on TH-cam auger stuff with no boards and then have to clean up a mess around the auger lol glad you guys are able to not have to use the drier that’s saving you money thanks for sharing buddy
Lmao would loved to been there when you scared those ghost nuts lol 😂
Yeah, my son and I damn near fell out of the tree stand because we were laughing so hard!
I am almost done with UPT and hope to join you in the KC46 in a few months!
Heck yeah! Congratulations! Have you had "drop night" yet?
Great practice in IMC. Enjoyed this.
Yep, never hurts to get some reps in during IMC.
As an old KC-135A Boom Operator until I separated in 1983, they were already mishandling the "next tanker" process back then. So, after almost 40 years, the best they could come up with is the KC-46? The 135's will still be getting the gas off long after the last -46 was hauled off to Davis-Monthan!
The -135 got used and abused over the last 20 years in the Middle East.
It has been a great airplane, but it can't fly forever.
Pegasus is the winged horse from Greek Mythology. The Oil Company Mobile uses Pegasus for their logo.
That explains it!
Thanks!
Thank You
Another great video! I'm glad to see that harvest has continued to go fairly smooth for you. The story about the bridge was really cool and also hilarious. Those refueling flights are absolutely incredible. As always thank you for your service and blessings to you and your family brother.
Thanks for the feedback Kevin!
The "breakaway" call looked kinda late to me! Right seater in KC-46 needs more work!
Pegasus is a flying horse and was the logo for Mobil Oil Co.
Wow! I guess the "Pegasus" name sorta makes sense now!
Thanks!
There was a KC-46 at Wright Patt last week and it was open for tours. Announcement was pretty last minute so I wasn't able to partake.
Maybe you can get in one during the air show next year!
Back in the day, 1967-1968, my first duty was in Columbus. I was assigned to the 317th (c-130) I think I remember some of the same tail numbers on SAC planes that your guys are still flying! Probably not, but the B-52. C-130, and C135's have been around along time Good air frames. Thanks for doing what you do. Great video.
They sure don't build them like they used to!
MacDill has a refueling wing, all 135’s. You can look up the tail numbers and it will tell you what year they were built. Like the one he is flying with the 0 for the first number? Early 60’s would be my guess. They had one on the parking apron that had a double 0. 😳 she was still flyin!
Great landing
Yep, "Sputnik" did a nice job!
Loved the baby story!
Ha! My son and I almost fell out of our tree stand because we were laughing so hard!
Great combining music!
Thanks A C!
I always look forward to your videos Rod. Great job as always Brother.
Thanks for the kind words man!
I suppose Pegasus is in line with the rest of the Greek mythology names such as the P-8 Poseidon or the A400M Atlas. Pegasus was a "Divine winged horse" and was among ither things tasked with carrying Zeus's thunderbolts, suppose that is somewhat fitting to a tanker :)
Makes sense!
I think you sprayed some green slime on the ghostbusters 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Ha! I'm sure they went back and bragged to their "ghost buster" buddies!
Success
Thanks for the ride along, hope your harvest is going well.
We will hopefully be finished with harvest this weekend! Just in time to start feeding cattle!
No breaks at the Jones Farm!
Lol my cousin and I fly DCS and play farm sim. I'm sure it doesn't seem like it but you're living someone's dream!
Yes, I'm very fortunate. Been hearing slot about DCS. May have to check it out if i ever retire from flying.
@Ohio Flying Farmer My other cousin who is a retired F-16 Crew Chief flew with us the for the first time the other night and had a blast. He is shocked at the accuracy of it. Your guys knowledge of operation is priceless. It takes a long time to figure out how to properly set up tanker tracks. Really hope one day we can be the one flying the tanker. My grandfather was a Crew Chief for the 141st so the KC-135 always has had a place in my heart.
Great Landing!👍👍
I'll tell "Sputnik" that you approve!
Love to be getting up in the morning and having to decide farming or flying you made a great life choice Sir. Keep up the great content. Grew up a couple hours south of you still wish I lived there beautiful country and the best people.
Trust me, I had a lot of support along the way! 100% of the credit goes to my mom and dad for giving me the opportunity. Then, 100% of the credit goes to my wife and kids for their support throughout my career!
Man, I miss that view! Awesome video, Rod!
Thanks Elmo!
That was a smooth landing. Like the video
I'll tell "Sputnik." He did all the work!
Whitehorse with wings pegasuss!!
That's just awesome to watch that it would never get old to see. How much fuel are you putting the other planes at that time? Thank you for doing what you do. Carl
In this particular video, we only transferred 1000 gallon.
The offload depends on what the receiver aircraft is doing after they leave us.
Hope you get to go ride on a 46 someday. Make for a cool video.
Well, the -46 is eventually supposed to replace the -135, so we'll see!
I was born in Middletown 30 miles South of Dayton. Where do you fly out of? I spent 10 years in the Marines working on F-4's 67-76. Fly Low ans Slow and take care man.✈🚜🚛👍❤
I am based out of Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base. It's located just outside of Columbus.
I saw a 46 at Patrick SFB a while back. I grew up not far from Dyess, other then the bone I’m partial to 52’s C5 and 17’s, 130’s and 135’s…. I like big girls! Corn looks like it’s yielding good for y’all!
I've always been a big fan of the "Bone!"
It's replace my, the B-21 Sky Raider, is supposed to be operational soon!
@@ohioflyingfarmer7050 I am truly sad they are retiring the Bone. It is such a beautiful aircraft. And my boys grew up with me taking them to the north end of the runway at Dyess (amazing how close you can get) and sitting there, letting them throttle up and kick the burners in. When they were little they would go nuts. Good memories 😊
That plane departing after fueling looked like a whale behind a boat.
Ha! Yep, she's a big one!
That looked like a perfect landing. I didn’t see the plane bounce at all. Couple of questions Rod. This may seem silly. Does rubber build up on the runway? If it does do they clean it off from time to time? No offense to you, but the KC-10 is still my favorite. I love these videos Rod. Thank you for doing them.
Yes, over time rubber builds up and it can become slick. Runways are cleaned off periodically, depending on the amount of build up. The KC-10 served well, but has pretty much been retired due to the -46.
@@ohioflyingfarmer7050 Well heck that didn’t take long. Thank you for answering my TH-cam friend. Stay well.
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Gear Down, Full Stop! What magic words. Cheated death once again.
Excellent video and on a check ride yet? I do have a couple of questions.
It looks like all the instruments are electronic. Are there no mechanical ones as backup?
Are all your pubs (approaches,departures, charts) all electronic. No paper?
It appeared you did an enroute rendezvous? Does your GPS set you up to do that or do you have to do a little arithmetic? Can you do a point parallel rendezvous?
Are there AR tracks like in the good old days (I.E. AR-20 NE, sorry only one I can remember) or does Center just clear you wherever?
As you might have guessed I was a Nav a long time ago. Just curious how things have progressed.
Thanks for keeping us civilians safe. Godspeed!
Thanks for your service Stuart!
Most of our flight instruments are glass, but the airspeed indicator is still mechanical, and we still have a standby attitude indicator.
Most of our pubs are now accessed on an IPad, but we still carry paper pubs as a backup in certain situations.
GPS is our primary means of navigation, but we still use VORs and TACANs for backup.
@@ohioflyingfarmer7050 Thanks for the reply.
Just amazing how different the instrument panel looks. Given the mission back in the SAC days, it just makes me wonder about how smart it is having all those electronic instruments. I just hope they still have the Whiskey Compass .
@@stuartdavis798 We sure do!
If you said this, I missed it. Is that at Wright Pat?
No, we fly out of Rickenbacker, just outside of Columbus.
Are you guys going to get any KC46's or are you stuck withe the KC135R's for a while?
Based on the -46's issues so far, I'm happy we are still flying the -135s!
I suppose it will happen someday. The -135 can't fly forever!
So when are you guys getting the 46 ?
The -46 is nowhere in our future that I'm aware of.
Ghostbuster
Yep!
Why can’t it refuel a B-1 or A-10?
I think there are some issues with flexibility of the boom, but don't quote me on that. For those particular receivers, the refueling receptacle is located directly in front of the cockpit.
I wonder if they had to clean their pants
I don't know, but they were pretty excited!
You're just too young to remember "Flying A" gas stations?
If you're talking about the A models, yep, those were before my time!