This is an incredibly EPIC video! Exercise Red Flag is the pre-eminent annual air combat training exercise run by the USA. The Royal Air Force and the Royal Australian Air Force join the United States Marines, Air Force and Navy outside of Las Vegas at Nellis Air Base. Seeing our allies working together literally gave us chills and the excitement and pride we felt is absolutely off the charts! We are so blessed to be part of the World's BEST Militaries! Our allies are no different than our own soldiers. This is from the last couple weeks and we hope you learned something with us. When nations join together, it's one of the most beautiful, inspiring sights. As always, THANK YOU to ALL Active Military and Veterans of the USA and ALL of our allies! Thanks to each of YOU for watching! If you enjoy our content, please consider subscribing to our channel, it is the BEST way to support our channel and it's FREE! Also, please click the Like button. Thank you for your support!
Thank you ladies for your Joint Forces reaction. We live 60 klms from RAAF Base Amberley, home of the C-17A Globemaster III, F/A 18F Super Hornets, KC-30A Multi Role Tankers and soon to be home of the F-35A Lightning and the EA-18G Growlers. It's been 5 years since we were in Las Vegas for the 16/17 New Year celebrations.....standing out front of The Bellagio Casino lake at 11.50 pm with the fountain going off like gun shots in tune to the National Anthem of the USA....Bit of a WOW moment...Best wishes from Australia.
I watch a heck of a lot of ADVChina (find it really interesting), with China they tend to hugely overstate their capabilities it's almost laughable apparently. It would be a hugely difficult thing since they're so big, but nah in the end they'd stand no chance at all it's really just a load of chest beating and not much more than that on China's part. Mostly if there's some major project not even to do with things concerning the military, there's tons of corruption where the group to carry something out or the heads of it will just pocket the money and the funder's get nothing in return. Hope you're both super well, take care
Great reaction! 25 years RAN and was involved in many multinational exercises and operations in that time. You might like to have a look at Exercises Pitch Black, Talisman Sabre (both held in Australia) and RIMPAC held in Hawaii.
Fun facts Australia and America have fought side by side since 4th July 1918. American troops were getting training by Australian soldiers. Australian general sir John Monash planned a new style of warfare using tanks artillery infantry and war planes to attack the German trenches at Hamel. This type of warfare would in ww2 be called blitzkrieg. Originally there was to be 10 companies of us troops placed under Australian command, but black jack pershing removed all but 4 companies as thecus government did not want us forces under non us command. This battle led to an all out collapse of German forces over the next 4 months.
As ex Australian military it was always good to work with our US and UK military partners much was learnt . It’s great to see you both excited and proud of the cooperation our countries have - we share very similar values and lifestyle. Thank you both for the informative video. Australia 🇦🇺
I remember my Dads grandfather telling me about an Australian soldier who saved him and like 10 other American soldiers who were wounded and trapped under gunfire. He always flew An Australian Flag next too his American Flag in his yard.
Us Australians will fight forever alongside the Americans and the British. You are our friends for life. 👍 We will laugh with you, support you, and back you all the way. Democracy is worth fighting for and dying for.
@@watchthesky. Russia isn’t a problem they can’t fight and have shitty equipment. They just have nukes and that’s all…they use coercion to intimidate an enemy. It’s the Chinese who is the real threat.
You must be so proud of your dad the spitfires have always been very Iconic to the UK, the RAF is pheonominal, and thanks to people like your Dad and my Uncle (RN) and many many others, we are still here to tell the tale GOD BLESS THEM ALL.
Much respect to your Dad. I’m from a Scottish family from Edinburgh. My dad did his national service in the RAF. Airfield construction. And did two years on St Kilda. Building the listening stations in the Cold War.
It warms my heart to see you two ladies showing such pride regarding the ethos and sentiment within this Forces TV report on Red Flag. As a Royal Air Force veteran who worked alongside USAF Officers during the late 1970s and 1980s I can say that back then (as is clear now) the respect and camaraderie underpinned our working lives in serving our countries and maintaining our collective safety within NATO.
United we stand, divided we fall but that’s never going to happen. Awesome to see the allied nations working together to keep us safe. We owe them all a debt of gratitude. Thank you, and thank you girls for a video that makes us all feel so proud.
This is awesome. I was a member of the Royal Australian Air Force in the 1990's, one of the few (back then) female avionics technicians who worked on our F-111 aircarft. Back then we did exercises often with Singapore but also regular exercises with Canada and New Zealand finding submarines somewhere in the pacific ocean. I loved my time in the RAAF and sometimes wish I could return to that life. To see our closest allies of the UK and the USA working together with us like this to help defeat a very real threat in our part of the world is just so awesome. When we work together we get the job done. Awesome reaction and video ladies.
Loved the video and your enthusiasm in watching. I think the word you were looking for was PROUD from all of us was a combined gush of PRIDE for our Countries 🇭🇲🇬🇧🇱🇷💯❤️🔥
Just reading comments a gentleman mentioned low flying in the UK, in the 80’s a friend and I camped on a hill above Hawes in the Yorkshire Dales. After a heavy night, I was young and daft. I had just woke up and was crawling out of the 2 person tent only to see a jet trainer flying below me and me looking down into the cockpit. What a way to wake up.
Many years ago, in an exercise at sea while serving in the RN, I was on the forecastle (or as we call it the focx'l) about 25 feet above the sea when a Hawker Hunter flew past and I looked DOWN into the cockpit. He was from a group called Fleet Requirement Air Defence Unit (FRADU) a civilian staffed , OK they were all ex military, flight for training our defences
Love it, love it, love it!!❤❤ My dad was in the RAAF in WWII for Australia 🇦🇺 I have always loved airports and watching planes. If i had to go into an armed force it definitely would have been the Air Force. 😊
I’m English born, lived in NZ for a few years. Lived in Western Australia for nearly 40 years. My Grandad was one of the last off the beach at Dunkirk. My mum never knew her Dad til she was nearly 11. My Dad was in the RAF fitting remotes in Aircraft. My son in law is in the Australian Army. So yes… Thank You and respect to all Service men and women and their families. Past, present and future.❤️🇦🇺
With regard to the Air to Air refuelling , my Grandfather used to work for a company called Saunders Roe in the UK. While working for this company my Grandfather was intrumental in fabricating one of the very first prototype air to air refuelling drogues and its aircraft fairing. He was a Mastercraftsman Coppersmith and Sheetmetal Worker.
Another amazing video by you two awesome ladies. I feel so proud watching this knowing our countries are working together to keep is safe. It shows how much preparation and practice they do to ensure our safety on a daily basis. Thanks to all the military.🇬🇧🇺🇲🇦🇺
Exercises like this are so important to all involved, one of the reasons the British harriers were so dominant in the Falklands conflict despite the Argentines having more aircraft was that the British pilots were so well trained and drilled, they had pitted their aircraft against multiple other types in exercises like this and had learnt where they had the advantage and where they didn’t.
To be fair to the Argentine pilots, their planes were massively outdated (I seem to remember they were relics from the 1950's/60's). Also the Harrier's VTOL system enabled the R.A.F. pilots to essentially outmaneuver the Argentine planes easily. But yes, the R.A.F. pilots were and still are extremely well trained and drilled.
@@SirHilaryManfat not that out dated, the USMC were still using the Skyhawks the Argentines used until the mid 80s( when they were replaced by harriers) and the French built Mirage III and super Etendard were far from out dated.
@Animalhouse - I was about to make same point the modernity of the Argentine planes and weapon systems, which were far from old. Also they were operating from home bases with support crews etc rather miles from home and having to make do and mend. It was also British VTOL ingenuity when no-one else in the world had developed it. So any advantage in this was completely home made.
Good morning ladies (well it's morning in the UK). Just found your channel and have been binge watching your videos since I did. Keep up the fantastic content, you guys crack me up.
This video just shows the friendship between our nations and the ability to help each other, In these very uncertain times lovely to see we have each others backs. All the best from Wales.
We are all stronger together and I am sure in the coming decades we are going to need each other one way or another. Nothing brings people closer together than a friendship, enduring and lasting. Nice video ladies.
It’s nice to see us all working together to (hopefully) defeat a common enemy because at the end of the day whatever happens in the future is going to effect us all.
I served with the Royal Navy in the Falklands War in 1982. I can assure that I DID fear the enemy. War is petrifying for everyone. Dealing with that fear and still operating to a high level of effectiveness is the key. I respect my enemy too. Like us, they are just serving the requirements of our masters who choose who to go to war with and why. 'Ours is not to reason why' is the mantra. Self explanatory. I hate war. No glory as far as I am concerned. Far too many wars and far too many people in power creating them for the innocent combatants and civilians to pay the price for. Still love you two ladies. Debbie is my heart throb though, sorry Debs xx😍
Wonderful video, great to see our countries working together all bringing something unique to the mix but all united with the same strong bond of alliance. Love it! 🇬🇧
How can one not be proud - I love your passion, Natasha and Debbie; it's infectious- Thank you for your service to all our allies - here's to deterrence, thanks to our allies power.
My brother was in air force and did this he was sent up to take down other airplanes invading our air space.hi am so proud of him he is no longer in the air force but still works a high end job with plains . He was a fighter pilot . He still flies he keeps his air miles up to date and he takes his son up in plain. He even took my dad up in plain when we found out he had leuikemia. Love from uk. Xx
Good reaction and insight from you both, as always. It’s so important for allies to work together, they get know each others strengths and weaknesses, and learn from each other. This means they should be able to handle anything the enemy can throw at us. I’m grateful that the UK has such great and reliable allies in the USA, Australia, Canada and New Zealand. 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 🇦🇺 🇨🇦 🇳🇿
I really wish we didn’t need to prepare for enemy attacks, but alas, this is the world we live in. I’m so proud of my country and it’s service men & women, and support all allied nations too.
As a Brit it is great that we have our great Nations working all together. The fact we are different but the same means input from all different angles. First jet fighter I ever saw fly and land was back in '69 when the family coming back back from a day's trip at the Seaside at Brancaster. A day by the North Sea, sounds of the wind, the sea, and overhead USAF F-100D & F Super Sabres. Trip home passing Thetford Forest perfect timing to watch an F100D land at the US base RAF Lakenheath. Passing and a sea of F100's parked everywhere. A day I will never forget. People including myself visiting the USAF base RAF Mildenhall every year. A total must at those airshows, Cans of Miller Lite or Bud out of a bath of ice & water and 'those' Burgers.
I am a very proud ex RAAF member and I miss it everyday. I worked in the unit that managed 707's when they also did air to air refuelling it was the most amazing time of my life.
You should check out how the RAF Vulcan bombers flew from the UK all the way to the Falklands , bombed the runway and flew all the way home. It's almost unbelievable given the distance but they did!
GREAT reaction video ladies..really enjoyed it..made me feel SO proud...working together with our allies..ready to fight together for our freedom..standing together facing 'the baddies ' as the Group Captain said.. shooting down those spy balloons this week just highlights how important something like this is..standing with our allies..shoulder to shoulder..BROTHERS IN ARMS..that phrase always gets me going. For what it means to these men and women..listen to Dire Straits song brother in arms..always makes me cry.. TO THOSE WHO ARE SERVING OR HAVE SERVED AND ARE NOW A VETERAN. .THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. #RESPECT 🇬🇧💞🙏✝️👍👏👏👏🎖✈🇺🇸🇦🇺
I enjoyed the red flag 23 content, I was watching some older red flag footage a few days back. The aircraft in question was the Blackburn Buccaneer, they had to fly at 20 feet instead of 10 feet as they left dust trails in the desert. Wow. I made a model when I was a kid, I am in my sixties now. Keep up the great work ladies.
The 'dust trails' were the public excuse. The real reason they had to fly higher was the Buccs were so low the US radar systems couldn't see them until it was too late.
Hi ladies! I love anything to do do with "Red Flag"! I'm a (very) old ex RAF Vet and when I was stationed in West Germany we were often visited by the Aggressor Sqdn pilots. They took it so seriously some even had copies of "Pravda" tucked in their flight suits!!! We had a unit on base called VASF (Visiting Aircraft Servicing Flight) and during exercises they would be responsible for looking after any visiting combat squadrons. The US F-4 crews and the VASF teams used to love working together! Their "scramble" times were legendary, not gonna tell you them here as no-one would believe me... but they ALWAYS played for real and took shortcuts that in peacetime were a huge no-no. VASF were always buzzin after exercises (a really good friend of mine was on the team and used to tell me stuff but my lips are sealed!). Absolutely great video and reaction... I love the diversity of what you cover! Take care...
You two ladies are brilliant. I love your clips. I was so moved about your reaction to the death and funeral of Her Majesty the Queen. I am a British guy and thanks for your support of the UK ❤
LOVE this video! Living on the Coast in Western Australia, I often hear them train over the Ocean...It's exciting...can't wait to See Their next. We forget about the combined Power and Protection We All Have! Proud of All Who Serve 💕 Thank You 💕 Just to add...I'm Mind-blown at where the Aussie Communication Level is at!
I'm a Brit and I love our Typhoons. One of the most agile planes ever built. In a dogfight its can give even the mighty Raptor a run for it's money (However the 'phoon is not stealth the Rap is.). However I'm not trying to say what's best. As long as we have the best equipment, the best allies and friends and the best tactics we can be prepared in case things get bad in the world. :)
They do Red Flag in the Northern Territory, Australia at Kathrein too. They do it here because there are very few people so they can do things they wouldn't normally do over populated areas.
@@peterellis1307 They have done a few since then. One last year. I don't think these are related to Exercises. They are separate. On the first Combined Exercise back in the 70's Kangaroo 1. the Enterprise was the big thing & brand new. A RAAF F-111 sunk her at just over 1 minute into the Exercise. They had to do a restart.
Thank you for that sincere thank you to veterans I am a veteran of The Australian army when I came back I didn't have anybody there to pick me up or thank me. The weirdest thing is I arrived at the same time is my sister and she got all the thanks the praises all the interactions it was like I didn't even exist And it's been like that ever since I'm watching this 2 weeks out of our ANZAC Day where I March every year, will actually I get pushed in a wheelchair by my 3 boys at our parade and go to fawn service. Thank you for that sincere thank you and to all of the veterans and all the servicemen and women that are still in this active service for the sacrifices that all of us have made. Thank you too your father for his service.
You should check out Bravo November, a legendary RAF Chinook helicopter that has fought in pretty much every conflict the British have been involved in since the Falklands. It’s just been retired and put in a museum but it’s an absolute legend.
Ex RAF myself. Love to see our countries working together to maintain peace and keep what is a brotherhood. Never worked with Aussie's but been to a few USAF bases in USA, Turkey and all of the US military were friendly and welcoming. Feels like visiting your extended family!
Damn ladies that was awesome though due to the content a bit limited in what they could film & share. Aussie here, I was surprised at the lump of pride I felt seeing the kangaroo inside the RAAF decal. Only a couple of hours from where I live is a HUGE military base called Shoalwater Bay where several times a year joint military exercises are held between Australian, American, Singaporean & lately Japanese forces. In the small country town town I live in you often see long military convoys during these exercises. Keep up the great work & content 👍
I went to school in Yeppoon; the road passing the school was one of the main routes to Shoalwater. Very often we’d see convoys of equipment rolling past. We’d know the games were about to start. :)
Have you seen any footage of the RAFs Vulcan bomber? It does not fly anymore and I think there is only one that is still airworthy. It was always my favourite and the Vulcan, when it roars, is spine tingling.
Awesome video you pair of gorgeousness 😁, very proud to see our cousin's working as one. Together we will fight evil and protect our people. God bless America, long live the King 👑 xxx
Absolutely fantastic reaction ladies. It's great and very heart warming to have the USA as our allies (I'm in the UK) and feel the love and respect we all have for each other. Keep up the great videos and respect to you both 😘
Great reaction gals ! My Dad was a WW2 RAAF Veteran who served in PNG and fought against the Japanese . My incredible partner he is currently deployed & serving in the US ARMY 😍
Great speech loved the video it was epic love how the all come together as a team we sure love the Australia has and the UK loved every minute of this video
Great video. May I suggest you have a look at the RAF Buccaneers on Red Flag. They flew so low they left dust trails!!! On occasion the RAF Vulcans flew through the Grand Canyon. The Canadians do a version called Maple Flag and the weather plays a big part in the exercises
Thank you ladies! Great video. I feel the same as you about the kindred feeling between those three allies. Love your reactions 😊 Just in case you are not aware, there is a USMC rotational force of about 2000 personnel who train out of Darwin in the Northern Territory. Cheers 🦘
Absolute respect to our armed forces, past and present! My father was in the Royal Artillery and spent his entire military career in West Germany guarding us against the Soviet Union! He died a few years back but earned his 🇬🇧 on his coffin, soo proud of him!!
WOW that was awesome many thanks for showing this , like you guys i got goose bumps and a pride like nothing else , I am lucky to live near a RAF base called Coningsby in Lincolnshire and i love to go watch the planes , its also the Battle of Britain centre so i get to see hear and feel the thunder of these amazing planes and people , my father was in the RAF and we got to visit many countries on tour , so grateful to the RAF . Was real proud of my dad . lots of love .
First time watching, great content! I love aviation reactions. I'm a retired submarine sailor, but there aren't really many good sub videos. Nice job!!
I'm a RAF veteran and I served for 15 years in the 80s - 90s. I flew into Nellis AFB a few times on VC10 transport aircraft to support our Air Force fighters during the exercise. Infact my last flight in the RAF was to Nellis in December 1996.
I read that during the gulf war an RAF refuelling tanker plane which was patrolling outside the combat zone broke with procedure to enter the combat zone to re-fuel a USAF fighter which didn't have enough fuel to make it back to the rendezvous point. That's teamwork 👍
Also during Gulf War 1 (the 1990's one), the RAF still had Victor tankers. Now, the victor has always looked, well, strange, and for many USAF pilots their first time seeing one was when they joined up to sup fuel from Victor. Apparently, that started some chat about the amazing stealth tanker that the Brits had, why hadn't the USAF got one? Nope - 1950s aircraft!
As a very proud British Dad, my son flew the VC10 in-flight refuelling tankers with the RAF for 17 Years. Over Afghanistan, Iraq and Lybia. The VC10 was the aircraft replaced by the Voyager that this video featured. So proud of his work, even though these guys say when you ask them, "Its just a job" Yeh!
This is an incredibly EPIC video! Exercise Red Flag is the pre-eminent annual air combat training exercise run by the USA. The Royal Air Force and the Royal Australian Air Force join the United States Marines, Air Force and Navy outside of Las Vegas at Nellis Air Base. Seeing our allies working together literally gave us chills and the excitement and pride we felt is absolutely off the charts! We are so blessed to be part of the World's BEST Militaries! Our allies are no different than our own soldiers. This is from the last couple weeks and we hope you learned something with us. When nations join together, it's one of the most beautiful, inspiring sights. As always, THANK YOU to ALL Active Military and Veterans of the USA and ALL of our allies! Thanks to each of YOU for watching! If you enjoy our content, please consider subscribing to our channel, it is the BEST way to support our channel and it's FREE! Also, please click the Like button. Thank you for your support!
Thank you ladies for your Joint Forces reaction. We live 60 klms from RAAF Base Amberley, home of the C-17A Globemaster III, F/A 18F Super Hornets, KC-30A Multi Role Tankers and soon to be home of the F-35A Lightning and the EA-18G Growlers. It's been 5 years since we were in Las Vegas for the 16/17 New Year celebrations.....standing out front of The Bellagio Casino lake at 11.50 pm with the fountain going off like gun shots in tune to the National Anthem of the USA....Bit of a WOW moment...Best wishes from Australia.
I watch a heck of a lot of ADVChina (find it really interesting), with China they tend to hugely overstate their capabilities it's almost laughable apparently.
It would be a hugely difficult thing since they're so big, but nah in the end they'd stand no chance at all it's really just a load of chest beating and not much more than that on China's part.
Mostly if there's some major project not even to do with things concerning the military, there's tons of corruption where the group to carry something out or the heads of it will just pocket the money and the funder's get nothing in return.
Hope you're both super well, take care
Great reaction!
25 years RAN and was involved in many multinational exercises and operations in that time. You might like to have a look at Exercises Pitch Black, Talisman Sabre (both held in Australia) and RIMPAC held in Hawaii.
If you are feeling the love for Australian then you need to take a look at Bull Allen.
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Fun facts Australia and America have fought side by side since 4th July 1918. American troops were getting training by Australian soldiers. Australian general sir John Monash planned a new style of warfare using tanks artillery infantry and war planes to attack the German trenches at Hamel. This type of warfare would in ww2 be called blitzkrieg. Originally there was to be 10 companies of us troops placed under Australian command, but black jack pershing removed all but 4 companies as thecus government did not want us forces under non us command. This battle led to an all out collapse of German forces over the next 4 months.
As ex Australian military it was always good to work with our US and UK military partners much was learnt .
It’s great to see you both excited and proud of the cooperation our countries have - we share very similar values and lifestyle.
Thank you both for the informative video.
Australia 🇦🇺
Thank you for your words ♥️♥️
I remember my Dads grandfather telling me about an Australian soldier who saved him and like 10 other American soldiers who were wounded and trapped under gunfire. He always flew An Australian Flag next too his American Flag in his yard.
wow, amazing story and your great great grandfather is a true legacy! God bless him...how cool..
Very cool 👍🏼 🇦🇺 🇺🇸
Never let a mate down
Corporal Leslie "Bull" Allen was the Aussie's name.
@@chrisrabbittIf that was the man who saved those 10 men that day, then I appreciate you letting me know his name. I really do.
I'm a very proud Australian and watching this just made my heart swell with so much pride.
As it should! God bless our amazing countries!
Us Australians will fight forever alongside the Americans and the British. You are our friends for life. 👍 We will laugh with you, support you, and back you all the way. Democracy is worth fighting for and dying for.
Thanks mate for your wonderful comments. I served in Sierra Leone with a couple of Aussies - great guys.
Aussie mateship is our way of life 😊❤️🇦🇺
Can’t trust the slopes, generally speaking.
History shows us that when the UK, Aus, NZ, Can and US team up victory is guaranteed.
A heart from the legends that are Natasha & Debbie. I think it's going to be a good week! xx
The panic moment is if we ever have a fall out ...
@@watchthesky. joy Russian not want to fight but do as of leader, shame they not turn around to stop leader and stop the invasion
@@watchthesky. Russia isn’t a problem they can’t fight and have shitty equipment. They just have nukes and that’s all…they use coercion to intimidate an enemy. It’s the Chinese who is the real threat.
When you said goosebumps I seriously just got goosebumps 🤣🤣 hell yeah. Love from AUSTRALIA to all allied forces ❤️
Former RAAF pilot here. Love your channel, Ladies!
Hi 👋
Thank YOU for your service!!!!! Bless you! ❤️❤️
My Dad was a Spitfire squadron leader in the second World war. Left the RAF in 1947. I have the flag he was presented when he left.
You must be so proud of your dad the spitfires have always been very Iconic to the UK, the RAF is pheonominal, and thanks to people like your Dad and my Uncle (RN) and many many others, we are still here to tell the tale GOD BLESS THEM ALL.
Much respect to your Dad. I’m from a Scottish family from Edinburgh. My dad did his national service in the RAF. Airfield construction. And did two years on St Kilda. Building the listening stations in the Cold War.
Well your dad is an absolute HERO ,respect to the max ,Ty for sharing.
Your Dad was a true hero!
Never Forgotten!
My dad was RAF, joined at 15 as an apprentice, retired at 55 as a Group Captain. I am as proud of him as you are of yours Natasha. 🙂
Love it when we work together just missing Canada and New Zealand
❤️🇬🇧🇺🇸🇦🇺🇨🇦🇳🇿❤️
Proud Aussie here , to be involved in such a great initiative between Allied nations, so awesome, love it !!
It warms my heart to see you two ladies showing such pride regarding the ethos and sentiment within this Forces TV report on Red Flag.
As a Royal Air Force veteran who worked alongside USAF Officers during the late 1970s and 1980s I can say that back then (as is clear now) the respect and camaraderie underpinned our working lives in serving our countries and maintaining our collective safety within NATO.
Amazing stuff from our Brave allies, the message is clear. Pick on one of us and you pick on all of us. God Bless from a proud Brit 🙏
Yes! I can poke my brother, he can poke me, but anyone else having a go will find themselves facing both of us, united. 🇦🇺
Well said.....
United we stand, divided we fall but that’s never going to happen. Awesome to see the allied nations working together to keep us safe. We owe them all a debt of gratitude. Thank you, and thank you girls for a video that makes us all feel so proud.
This is awesome. I was a member of the Royal Australian Air Force in the 1990's, one of the few (back then) female avionics technicians who worked on our F-111 aircarft. Back then we did exercises often with Singapore but also regular exercises with Canada and New Zealand finding submarines somewhere in the pacific ocean. I loved my time in the RAAF and sometimes wish I could return to that life. To see our closest allies of the UK and the USA working together with us like this to help defeat a very real threat in our part of the world is just so awesome. When we work together we get the job done. Awesome reaction and video ladies.
Thank you so much for your service 🙏🏻
@@TheNatashaDebbieShow It was an honour
Loved the video and your enthusiasm in watching. I think the word you were looking for was PROUD from all of us was a combined gush of PRIDE for our Countries 🇭🇲🇬🇧🇱🇷💯❤️🔥
Seeing them all working together is a beautiful thing.
Just reading comments a gentleman mentioned low flying in the UK, in the 80’s a friend and I camped on a hill above Hawes in the Yorkshire Dales. After a heavy night, I was young and daft. I had just woke up and was crawling out of the 2 person tent only to see a jet trainer flying below me and me looking down into the cockpit. What a way to wake up.
Many years ago, in an exercise at sea while serving in the RN, I was on the forecastle (or as we call it the focx'l) about 25 feet above the sea when a Hawker Hunter flew past and I looked DOWN into the cockpit. He was from a group called Fleet Requirement Air Defence Unit (FRADU) a civilian staffed , OK they were all ex military, flight for training our defences
Done that…out hiking with a few mates in the Yorkshire dales …got our toes rattled by a very low flying trainer
Fabulous video! Goosebumps all round. 🇬🇧🇺🇸🇦🇺
God bless America, Australia and the UK, and of course you two.
Right back at you!!
WOW this was so wonderful to see, I'm so proud of all of them, sending lots of ❤️ from 🇬🇧
As a Brit thank you and our allies.
Love it, love it, love it!!❤❤ My dad was in the RAAF in WWII for Australia 🇦🇺 I have always loved airports and watching planes. If i had to go into an armed force it definitely would have been the Air Force. 😊
I’m English born, lived in NZ for a few years. Lived in Western Australia for nearly 40 years. My Grandad was one of the last off the beach at Dunkirk. My mum never knew her Dad til she was nearly 11. My Dad was in the RAF fitting remotes in Aircraft. My son in law is in the Australian Army. So yes… Thank You and respect to all Service men and women and their families. Past, present and future.❤️🇦🇺
Beyond proud of all our milatary's working together hand in hand arm in arm as one awesome team x🙏🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️
Well said!
With regard to the Air to Air refuelling , my Grandfather used to work for a company called Saunders Roe in the UK. While working for this company my Grandfather was intrumental in fabricating one of the very first prototype air to air refuelling drogues and its aircraft fairing. He was a Mastercraftsman Coppersmith and Sheetmetal Worker.
Respect and ❤ to your Grandfather,so many unsung heroes served their country…
Gosh I love this story. Thank God for our American and US allies! Many thanks for this, ladies!
So very proud of our military service personnel 🇬🇧🇺🇸🇦🇺 go guys ❤️ amazing, gives me a warm fuzzy feeling 😍
Welcome from UK🇬🇧
Another amazing video by you two awesome ladies. I feel so proud watching this knowing our countries are working together to keep is safe. It shows how much preparation and practice they do to ensure our safety on a daily basis. Thanks to all the military.🇬🇧🇺🇲🇦🇺
Exercises like this are so important to all involved, one of the reasons the British harriers were so dominant in the Falklands conflict despite the Argentines having more aircraft was that the British pilots were so well trained and drilled, they had pitted their aircraft against multiple other types in exercises like this and had learnt where they had the advantage and where they didn’t.
To be fair to the Argentine pilots, their planes were massively outdated (I seem to remember they were relics from the 1950's/60's). Also the Harrier's VTOL system enabled the R.A.F. pilots to essentially outmaneuver the Argentine planes easily. But yes, the R.A.F. pilots were and still are extremely well trained and drilled.
@@SirHilaryManfat not that out dated, the USMC were still using the Skyhawks the Argentines used until the mid 80s( when they were replaced by harriers) and the French built Mirage III and super Etendard were far from out dated.
@@Jabber-ig3iw Thanks for that info.
@Animalhouse - I was about to make same point the modernity of the Argentine planes and weapon systems, which were far from old. Also they were operating from home bases with support crews etc rather miles from home and having to make do and mend. It was also British VTOL ingenuity when no-one else in the world had developed it. So any advantage in this was completely home made.
Good morning ladies (well it's morning in the UK). Just found your channel and have been binge watching your videos since I did. Keep up the fantastic content, you guys crack me up.
Thanks so very much ❤️ 😊
This video just shows the friendship between our nations and the ability to help each other, In these very uncertain times lovely to see we have each others backs. All the best from Wales.
We are all stronger together and I am sure in the coming decades we are going to need each other one way or another. Nothing brings people closer together than a friendship, enduring and lasting. Nice video ladies.
It’s nice to see us all working together to (hopefully) defeat a common enemy because at the end of the day whatever happens in the future is going to effect us all.
This is the same cooperation between our countries that won the second world war (not forgetting Canada and New Zealand of course!)
I served with the Royal Navy in the Falklands War in 1982. I can assure that I DID fear the enemy. War is petrifying for everyone. Dealing with that fear and still operating to a high level of effectiveness is the key. I respect my enemy too. Like us, they are just serving the requirements of our masters who choose who to go to war with and why. 'Ours is not to reason why' is the mantra. Self explanatory.
I hate war. No glory as far as I am concerned. Far too many wars and far too many people in power creating them for the innocent combatants and civilians to pay the price for.
Still love you two ladies. Debbie is my heart throb though, sorry Debs xx😍
Loving to see the Jacks flying with the Star studied. Brothers in arms. An almighty force to be reckoned with! ❤
Nice job Ladies , as an Ex RAAF Personal it was great to see the Team Work there with the common goal....To Get the Bad Guy. Well Done.
Thank you for your service 🙏🏻 ❤️
Wonderful video, great to see our countries working together all bringing something unique to the mix but all united with the same strong bond of alliance. Love it! 🇬🇧
How can one not be proud - I love your passion, Natasha and Debbie; it's infectious- Thank you for your service to all our allies - here's to deterrence, thanks to our allies power.
My brother was in air force and did this he was sent up to take down other airplanes invading our air space.hi am so proud of him he is no longer in the air force but still works a high end job with plains . He was a fighter pilot . He still flies he keeps his air miles up to date and he takes his son up in plain. He even took my dad up in plain when we found out he had leuikemia. Love from uk. Xx
We've all got each others back. from Australia .great vid
Good reaction and insight from you both, as always. It’s so important for allies to work together, they get know each others strengths and weaknesses, and learn from each other. This means they should be able to handle anything the enemy can throw at us. I’m grateful that the UK has such great and reliable allies in the USA, Australia, Canada and New Zealand. 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 🇦🇺 🇨🇦 🇳🇿
I really wish we didn’t need to prepare for enemy attacks, but alas, this is the world we live in. I’m so proud of my country and it’s service men & women, and support all allied nations too.
Si vis pacem, para bellum. As true today as it was when first written, I think by Vegetius, a Roman military historian.
As a Brit it is great that we have our great Nations working all together. The fact we are different but the same means input from all different angles. First jet fighter I ever saw fly and land was back in '69 when the family coming back back from a day's trip at the Seaside at Brancaster. A day by the North Sea, sounds of the wind, the sea, and overhead USAF F-100D & F Super Sabres. Trip home passing Thetford Forest perfect timing to watch an F100D land at the US base RAF Lakenheath. Passing and a sea of F100's parked everywhere. A day I will never forget. People including myself visiting the USAF base RAF Mildenhall every year. A total must at those airshows, Cans of Miller Lite or Bud out of a bath of ice & water and 'those' Burgers.
When the 5 get together (US, UK, Aus, Can and NZ) that's a world of hurt for any aggressor! Awesome video. Love it.
I am a very proud ex RAAF member and I miss it everyday. I worked in the unit that managed 707's when they also did air to air refuelling it was the most amazing time of my life.
You 2 ar the best , well yellow from Ireland, happy Saint Patrick's Day to u both I love u love our Country😉😉
As a Aussie I love this we have a big US base in North Australia Darwin
For you two, you're welcome, it's an absolute pleasure 🙏 😊
Get emotional feeling the warmth you give out for our camaraderie
The Aussie thing to do is always have your mates back and help them out when you can . Loved the passion and energy from a couple of our mates . 🌏
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Exactly. It’s our way of life😊❤️🇦🇺
You should check out how the RAF Vulcan bombers flew from the UK all the way to the Falklands , bombed the runway and flew all the way home. It's almost unbelievable given the distance but they did!
GREAT reaction video ladies..really enjoyed it..made me feel SO proud...working together with our allies..ready to fight together for our freedom..standing together facing 'the baddies ' as the Group Captain said.. shooting down those spy balloons this week just highlights how important something like this is..standing with our allies..shoulder to shoulder..BROTHERS IN ARMS..that phrase always gets me going. For what it means to these men and women..listen to Dire Straits song brother in arms..always makes me cry..
TO THOSE WHO ARE SERVING OR HAVE SERVED AND ARE NOW A VETERAN. .THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
#RESPECT
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Unity is power from a proud Welsh man awesome seeing our proud militaries together 😀 🙌 ❤️
as a Supplier in the RAF from 71-83 we used to long to go on red flag i went on two & loved them BTW keep up the great posts
I enjoyed the red flag 23 content, I was watching some older red flag footage a few days back. The aircraft in question was the Blackburn Buccaneer, they had to fly at 20 feet instead of 10 feet as they left dust trails in the desert. Wow. I made a model when I was a kid, I am in my sixties now. Keep up the great work ladies.
The 'dust trails' were the public excuse. The real reason they had to fly higher was the Buccs were so low the US radar systems couldn't see them until it was too late.
As a proud and patriot Aussie, it is amazing to have such wonderful allies and friends. THANKS for the video!
Hi ladies! I love anything to do do with "Red Flag"! I'm a (very) old ex RAF Vet and when I was stationed in West Germany we were often visited by the Aggressor Sqdn pilots. They took it so seriously some even had copies of "Pravda" tucked in their flight suits!!! We had a unit on base called VASF (Visiting Aircraft Servicing Flight) and during exercises they would be responsible for looking after any visiting combat squadrons. The US F-4 crews and the VASF teams used to love working together! Their "scramble" times were legendary, not gonna tell you them here as no-one would believe me... but they ALWAYS played for real and took shortcuts that in peacetime were a huge no-no. VASF were always buzzin after exercises (a really good friend of mine was on the team and used to tell me stuff but my lips are sealed!). Absolutely great video and reaction... I love the diversity of what you cover! Take care...
Makes us proud to be a part of it, side by side shall we all stand 🇬🇧🇺🇸🇦🇺 we just bring a flying fuel service to the party, very proud of the RAF
Wow.... awesome video ladies... just so proud that we are all working together ❤
As a 30 year Australian Navy veteran, now married to a yank and living in Maryland I appreciate this video. Thank you ladies, love your work.
You two ladies are brilliant. I love your clips. I was so moved about your reaction to the death and funeral of Her Majesty the Queen. I am a British guy and thanks for your support of the UK ❤
LOVE this video! Living on the Coast in Western Australia, I often hear them train over the Ocean...It's exciting...can't wait to See Their next. We forget about the combined Power and Protection We All Have! Proud of All Who Serve 💕 Thank You 💕 Just to add...I'm Mind-blown at where the Aussie Communication Level is at!
I'm a Brit and I love our Typhoons. One of the most agile planes ever built. In a dogfight its can give even the mighty Raptor a run for it's money (However the 'phoon is not stealth the Rap is.). However I'm not trying to say what's best. As long as we have the best equipment, the best allies and friends and the best tactics we can be prepared in case things get bad in the world. :)
There are times when we all rib each other and make fun of each other but when it comes to the crunch we know we have each other when it counts.
They do Red Flag in the Northern Territory, Australia at Kathrein too. They do it here because there are very few people so they can do things they wouldn't normally do over populated areas.
Is that exercise Pitch Black John? I took part in Pitch Black 84 when I was a framie on Mirages in 75 Sqn based at RAAF Darwin.
@@peterellis1307 They have done a few since then. One last year. I don't think these are related to Exercises. They are separate.
On the first Combined Exercise back in the 70's Kangaroo 1. the Enterprise was the big thing & brand new. A RAAF F-111 sunk her at just over 1 minute into the Exercise. They had to do a restart.
@@grahamjohnbarr LOL, bravo the RAAF.
Thank you for that sincere thank you to veterans I am a veteran of The Australian army when I came back I didn't have anybody there to pick me up or thank me. The weirdest thing is I arrived at the same time is my sister and she got all the thanks the praises all the interactions it was like I didn't even exist And it's been like that ever since I'm watching this 2 weeks out of our ANZAC Day where I March every year, will actually I get pushed in a wheelchair by my 3 boys at our parade and go to fawn service. Thank you for that sincere thank you and to all of the veterans and all the servicemen and women that are still in this active service for the sacrifices that all of us have made. Thank you too your father for his service.
You should check out Bravo November, a legendary RAF Chinook helicopter that has fought in pretty much every conflict the British have been involved in since the Falklands. It’s just been retired and put in a museum but it’s an absolute legend.
Ex RAF myself. Love to see our countries working together to maintain peace and keep what is a brotherhood.
Never worked with Aussie's but been to a few USAF bases in USA, Turkey and all of the US military were friendly and welcoming.
Feels like visiting your extended family!
I love your videos so much. Natasha, Debbie.... Sempre Fi Ladies !
Cool video, nice to see what you have mentioned in the past about this. GO US!
Damn ladies that was awesome though due to the content a bit limited in what they could film & share. Aussie here, I was surprised at the lump of pride I felt seeing the kangaroo inside the RAAF decal. Only a couple of hours from where I live is a HUGE military base called Shoalwater Bay where several times a year joint military exercises are held between Australian, American, Singaporean & lately Japanese forces. In the small country town town I live in you often see long military convoys during these exercises. Keep up the great work & content 👍
So cool seeing the Kangaroo and on US soil! We promise, we feel the same pride for all 3 nations! ❤️❤️
I went to school in Yeppoon; the road passing the school was one of the main routes to Shoalwater. Very often we’d see convoys of equipment rolling past. We’d know the games were about to start. :)
Have you seen any footage of the RAFs Vulcan bomber? It does not fly anymore and I think there is only one that is still airworthy. It was always my favourite and the Vulcan, when it roars, is spine tingling.
The us and UK have always stood side by side, you guys are blood
I loved your videoed was very interesting,and informative,like brothers in arms together.
Awesome video you pair of gorgeousness 😁, very proud to see our cousin's working as one. Together we will fight evil and protect our people. God bless America, long live the King 👑 xxx
Absolutely fantastic reaction ladies. It's great and very heart warming to have the USA as our allies (I'm in the UK) and feel the love and respect we all have for each other.
Keep up the great videos and respect to you both 😘
You two Military-lovin gels are totally awesome.
God Bless our Friends and Allies ✨🙏❤️🇺🇸🇬🇧🇭🇲✨💪❤️🙏
The USA helped save Australia during WW2, and most Aussies haven’t forgotten that, we’ll always be there for you.
We'll be here for each other! Always!
Great reaction gals ! My Dad was a WW2 RAAF Veteran who served in PNG and fought against the Japanese . My incredible partner he is currently deployed & serving in the US ARMY 😍
Great speech loved the video it was epic love how the all come together as a team we sure love the Australia has and the UK loved every minute of this video
Great video. May I suggest you have a look at the RAF Buccaneers on Red Flag. They flew so low they left dust trails!!! On occasion the RAF Vulcans flew through the Grand Canyon. The Canadians do a version called Maple Flag and the weather plays a big part in the exercises
Kind of makes you realise just how outnumbered the bad guy's are🇬🇧🇺🇲🇭🇲
That depends on who the bad guys are.
Hell yea!
Brothers in arms ❤ from Australia
Just remember that everyone has everyone's back. All for one and one for all here. What a freaking team!!!!
Thank you, means a lot to our American/NATO allies. Much respect to you both. From 🇬🇧🇺🇸
Thank you ladies! Great video. I feel the same as you about the kindred feeling between those three allies. Love your reactions 😊 Just in case you are not aware, there is a USMC rotational force of about 2000 personnel who train out of Darwin in the Northern Territory. Cheers 🦘
Absolute respect to our armed forces, past and present! My father was in the Royal Artillery and spent his entire military career in West Germany guarding us against the Soviet Union! He died a few years back but earned his 🇬🇧 on his coffin, soo proud of him!!
Loved this 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 🇦🇺 ❤
Hi from South Oz DownUnder 🙋♀️ That video was awesome and made me so happy. You gals rock! 💖💖
WOW that was awesome many thanks for showing this , like you guys i got goose bumps and a pride like nothing else , I am lucky to live near a RAF base called Coningsby in Lincolnshire and i love to go watch the planes , its also the Battle of Britain centre so i get to see hear and feel the thunder of these amazing planes and people , my father was in the RAF and we got to visit many countries on tour , so grateful to the RAF . Was real proud of my dad . lots of love .
@Zero one - Hi - My dad was in the RCAF, Mosquito Sqdn. 410. Mossies are seldom mentioned but were pivotal in the war.
First time watching, great content! I love aviation reactions. I'm a retired submarine sailor, but there aren't really many good sub videos. Nice job!!
Thank you for your service 🙏🏻
I'm a RAF veteran and I served for 15 years in the 80s - 90s. I flew into Nellis AFB a few times on VC10 transport aircraft to support our Air Force fighters during the exercise. Infact my last flight in the RAF was to Nellis in December 1996.
The Voyager aircraft took over from the VC10 when they were retired after 40 years proud service.
That was awesome!
I read that during the gulf war an RAF refuelling tanker plane which was patrolling outside the combat zone broke with procedure to enter the combat zone to re-fuel a USAF fighter which didn't have enough fuel to make it back to the rendezvous point. That's teamwork 👍
Also during Gulf War 1 (the 1990's one), the RAF still had Victor tankers. Now, the victor has always looked, well, strange, and for many USAF pilots their first time seeing one was when they joined up to sup fuel from Victor.
Apparently, that started some chat about the amazing stealth tanker that the Brits had, why hadn't the USAF got one? Nope - 1950s aircraft!
As a very proud British Dad, my son flew the VC10 in-flight refuelling tankers with the RAF for 17 Years. Over Afghanistan, Iraq and Lybia. The VC10 was the aircraft replaced by the Voyager that this video featured. So proud of his work, even though these guys say when you ask them, "Its just a job" Yeh!
You two are awesome. Thanks from Australia. xx
Fantastic