C-17 Globemaster Refuel!
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- Welcome to my channel!
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
Thanks!
Another great video son!😉 I am his greatest supporter and so incredibly proud. Jeremy is like a second son and they have always been close. Brian is great, too. He’s the natural at this you tube stuff. So proud of our hometown boys!
And as you should be. He's come a long way in a short time
You forgot your greatest supporter. Someone who's been here since day one. YOUR MOTHER!!! Your a brave man. Lol
Ha, I bet you'll get a like from my mom on this comment!
I should've clarified that those thank you's were solely TH-cam-related!
Believe me, there is a separate, long list of people I owe thanks to that have helped me do what I do everyday!
Thank yous for your service, god an country 💪🇺🇲🤙💪🇺🇲🤙
Cody has a wonderful story. Again the drive that people like him have is absolutely great to hear. So for the FNG is a local boy. Make us proud young man. We all know the bills are better than the browns. Right?? Riiiiiigggggghhhhhhtttttt??!! Another good one Rod.
Thanks Otto! I'm excited for Cody. He is a good dude!
Rod, I watched this on 9/11 and just as I finished watching it, there were 2 F16's that flew over my house after doing a flyover, over the Minnesota Twins baseball field. They are members of the Air Guard in Duluth, MN. I was a 25 year member of the Army National Guard and retired in 1988. I like how you include your crew and what they do beside, being in the Guard. They are a special kind of people. Keep up the good work and the good videos. I'll bet you will even get that farming thing figured out too. 😀
The Guard is kind've a hidden gem! I don't think a lot of people know about it. There are plenty of opportunities for folks to serve on a part time basis.
Thanks for watching!
@@ohioflyingfarmer7050 C.W. Lemoine was a pilot in the air force and guard great channel.
Your channel is awesome Farming and Flying.
Thank you for your service sir
Longer than normal is just fine and dandy, enjoying all your videos👍
Thanks Michael!
Pros from start to finish. Well done. Thanks for sharing.
It is a special feeling taking off across the ocean with a cargo weight that does not allow for a fuel load to complete the ocean crossing, and if that tanker isn't there on time, we'll be swimming in the North Atlantic until we freeze to death. Great shots of our wiggly pylons. 04131 is a cranky girl too.
So I assume you are c17 aircrew or maintenance? I've always wondered if the pylons always dance around like that, or if that is caused from the wake off of the tanker during refueling?
@@ohioflyingfarmer7050 3500 hour FCC. Tanker wake probably adds to it, but they always dance. Watch a power reverse video of ground backing and REALLY see them shake. I'm sure it's as shaky as going to idle reverse in flight as well.
Thanks for the shout-out Brad
I really enjoy you introducing your crew, you are a vital source for our countries defense and I will stand up and say I salute you all! But, telling everyone Brian Brown is one of your friends may hurt you! Of course I am kidding I love his channels! Have a great week!
Thanks Ronnie! I enjoy showing off the rest of my crew!
Thanks for the videos. Always seeing our aircraft at work with the usual 121st outstanding crews. I have been watching Brians videos for quite some time and he let me know about your channel. Enjoy you introducing the crews and the unseen maintenance folks.
Thanks for the great work
I like getting the MX guys on there, but some of them are camera shy!
Glad Brian mentioned your channel. Amazing seeing the flex in the wings and engines of that C-17 you were refueling.
Yeah, they dance around quite a bit!
Retired Navy here, Brian Brown "mentioned" your channel so here I am all subbed and ready to watch.
Thanks Randall!
Great video. Yes I am a Brian's follower. Also former Army, S.O.G. Europe, 86-89. You guys took me all over the world. And just kicked me out the door. LOL. Thank God you came back to pick me up. I really got a giggle out of. This is the F.N.G. brought back memories. Thank you for that Sir.
Thanks for your service and thank you for for giving me a try!
Thanks for sharing
Thank YOU for watching!
Yo Rod. Been watching Brian's channel for quite some time. I live in jersey about 20 min from McGuire afb. These days it's MDL. Ha!HA!! I enjoy your channel a lot. Am retired from Verizon but was raised on a farm as a kid in Southern New Jersey.
America!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for giving me a try Richard! Hope all is well up there in NJ!
Great videos! I just discovered your channel while watching Brian’s Farming Videos. Thank you very much for your service and keep putting out the videos!!
Thanks for giving me a try!
Nice combination between “The Flying & Farming”! Thanks for the video.
I heard of your Channel through a shout out from Brian . Good luck with your farming n flying.
Thanks for trying the channel out!
Hello from Northeast Georgia. Thank y’all for your service. I could watch a new video everyday. Y’all stay safe and see y’all on the next one
I discovered your channel last week - Really enjoy your videos. I have always been interested in the KC135. Though i have never worked or lived on a farm I have always wanted to.
Welcome aboard!
Just curious, how did you discover them! Did they randomly pop up in your suggested videos?
That was really cool seeing the C-17 fueling like that. I constantly have those flying over my house only a couple thousand feet 😁 Thanks again to you and your crew for bringing us along with you and taking the time to share it with us all. Most of all thank you for your service guys!!
Thanks for sharing buddy won’t be long until harvest can’t wait to see it get here take care buddy
Yep, should have some more flying content with harvest right around the corner! About the only things we're doing right now on the farm are bush hogging and making hay.
I've already made a couple videos about those things, so didn't want to bore anybody with another hay video.
New to the channel, Came over after a Brian Brown suggestion in his latest video. I'm located north of Lincoln, Nebraska and watch your Nebraska ANG counterparts fly over our place regularly. We just run a small YT channel with goats haha.
Thanks Brandon! I'll have to check your channel out. I'm just getting started as well! Everybody has got to start somewhere!
@@ohioflyingfarmer7050 our channel Lucky M Boer Goats has been stagnant all summer with the drought and inflation. I'll start getting some videos up again this fall and we tape all the baby goats being born
Thank you to you and your best friend for being motivated with the generation of videos! I find it entertaining. Cheers
I forgot to thank Brian for helping you and for his channel too. Both of you have great content. Cheers
Brian's the one who steered me to your channel. Absolutely enjoy the crew introductions. Thank you for another great video.
Another great video! Thanks to and your crew for bringing us along for the ride!
We want to see your video from the camping trip and the run away truck.
One thing I would like you to have explained that the boom operators are all Enlisted personnel vs Officers. There is a lot of people that don't know you can fly and have important job and not be an officer.
Haha! Both buddies I mentioned in this video already made videos about that event!
If I ever get on a flight with two boom operators, I'm going to have them explain that, as well as what they're doing/looking at back there.
Another great video. I remember getting to know a retired boom operator, who would tell everyone his job in the Air Force was to lay on his stomach and pass gas.
That pretty much sums it up, ha!
Thank you for doing what you do with all of your crew. Carl
Another awesome video!
Found your channel by searching for pilot/farmer. At that time you only had two videos. Immediately subscribed! Like the go between flying and farming. Looking forward to your harvesting too!
Thank you for your service!!
Thanks Caryn! My last few videos have been about flying, but I should start to have more farming content with harvest right around the corner!
Another great video. Love what your doing. Really in joyed talking to you at Jeramy’s Sunday. Keep doing what your doing.
Thanks Tracy!
It was nice to meet you!
Awesome
Thanks Debbie!
Looks pretty interesting fueling plans
America 🇺🇸 👍👍🇺🇸🍔🥧
Hell yeah!
Great video! You ever fly with any Texas Aggies?
I can't remember any off the top of my head, but I'm sure I have at some point!
Another excellent video! Keep up the great work and see you in the next one!
Thanks Jon!
And it seems like you got a good crew to
👌👍 Will at WP 21 Sept / 24 Sept for AF Security Forces Assc. Meetings Ect.
Is it just me or do the C-17 engines seem to flex a fair bit. But rather your boom operator than me though flying doesn't scare me I don't think I'd like the view down my relative's Gazelle helicopter has enough glass by your feet but not quite that clear a view to the ground like that.
The only issue I have had in feeling sick is in the back seat with not such a clear view and dropping a 1000ft in a couple of seconds in solid cloud and again over the same airspace in clear weather both times to avoid an oncoming aircraft. Three times we have flown that way over a parked Vulcan and every time on the way there we have had to do the same thing but only once I believe on the return journey.
Oh they are definitely dancing back there quite a bit! That's why I zoomed in on the engines a couple times. I'm not sure if they always do that, or if that is the wake coming off of the tanker causing it. Maybe someone more familiar with C17s will chime in?
Daughter told me the C-17 was a nice break from re-fueling fighter jets!
Ha! I prefer the fighters, but the big boys are ok every once in a while!
It’s amazing watch you guys fill that plane and seeing the engines move around as much as they do. It’s crazy that they just don’t break off or shear the bolts off. It just goes to show how well built they are and the amazing crews they have taking care of them. Thank you for taking us along with you on this flight. Do you guys only fuel fixed wings or do you do rotor aircraft also?
No we can not do rotor aircraft. A version of the C-130 is used for those.
Yeah, the C-17 engines dance around quite a bit.
I'm not sure if they always do that, or if that is due to the wake coming off of the tanker during refueling.
This is awesome!
2 questions: when you refuel these guys, is that training, because they need to keep current, or is it actually part of their flight schedule?
Also: how much gas did you pass?
Great questions! Yes, all of my videos are on training missions. As aircrew, we have monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, and annual training events to accomplish to maintain proficiency.
In this particular video, we did not offload any gas.
I was thinking about your introduction and it occurred to me that ride a longs in your tanker would enhance recruitment. I know the show birds do it so why not you?
We do ride alongs occasionally for folks, but not very often. Main reason is because it limits some of the training we can do.
We do ride alongs occasionally for folks, but not very often. Main reason is because it limits some of the training we can do.
When does harvest begin?
Hopefully in a couple weeks!
? When on Approach do you fly by Sight or By Map and Center Level maps?
Depends. If weather is clear, most times it is by sight.
On overcast days with low ceilings, we have charts called Instrument approach plates that allow us to navigate solely by instruments. In the KC-135, we can fly down to 200' above the ground without ever seeing the ground. If the clouds are lower than 200' we have to find somewhere else to land.
Do y'all do routine S.n Go on each flight ?
Yes, usually. Never hurts to get some practice in, especially for the newer guys and those part-timers that don't fly a lot.