Cooking Pizzas Inside US Air Force Aircraft at Very High Altitude

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[@Sgtklark]

I remember during Desert Storm there were all these hamburger stands, along the main supply routes, that offered Wolf Burgers. They were manned by soldiers. They were free, and you could have as many as you wanted. They weren't the greatest burgers but they sure were welcomed.

[@aeromoe]

A military survives on its stomach.

[@williamboyle8918]

I could only imagine

[@84CORVETTEBILL]

@@aeromoeclose… An Army, MOVES on its stomach. 😉 🇺🇸

[@juncondoonflanjacontose7399]

They were probably camel burgers.

[@Galactipod]

@@84CORVETTEBILL Close. An army *marches* on its stomach.

[@colinjames7569]

My mother was a cook. And food manager For a college in upstate NY. She had the opportunity to cook for the President and First Lady during a conference. They were so impressed. They flew her to DC to cook personally for them. Food feeds the body and mind. And warms the heart ❤✌️

[@Msamuel022]

Being an ex RAF chef I love this. The young lady providing fine food at altitude is brilliant, so glad the US Army let her have some freedom to create. It's so far different from the in-flight catering we used to give out from Brize Norton UK. THUMBS UP GUYS. 🇬🇧👍

[@joshdoe866]

I was just thinking about the RAF stands for the terrorist organization Red Army Faction. But I think you mean the Royal Air Force?😂

[@Project_-jq7jw]

@@joshdoe866 A lot of people, including myself, always understand RAF to mean Royal Air Force. Understandable though since there are many acronyms that mean more than one thing. CIA is one of these. CIA can either mean "Central Intelligence Agency" or "Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability".

[@user-xq5yp5py8f]

Перевод на русский меняет флаг на русский.

[@tams805]

Isn't the RAF executive meal just a cup of lukewarm tea and shortbread slice? lol

[@Madmaxx0829]

I don’t know the guy making the pizzas, but I do recognize the patch on his arm…That’s the 6th ARS from Travis.. and that was the squadron I was in when I started flying KC-10’s down at March AFB in 1994. I transferred to Travis in 1995 with the 6th, then went to the 70th ARS as a pilot in the reserves in 1999… I got out in 2011 after being a KC-10 pilot for 17 of my 22 years in the USAF…I miss the jet immensely, but not all the time on the road… My respects and admiration to all these guys/gals who still do this…

[@cokesquirrel]

Cool story, thanke

[@longtabsigo]

Watching the VIP aircraft and aircrew clearly demonstrates that there are separate and clearly not equal. If their are people in the DOD and must fly on a DOD aircraft, they should eat what I and my soldiers are forced to eat.

[@jimm8246]

Right. Give them a MRE. No fancy stuff. Good enough for the troops.. good enough for them.

[@randomyoutubebrowser5217]

I wonder who the priority air transport caters for. Would be interesting to listen in to budget meetings where they justify executive jets staffed with the military ranked equivalent of civilian 5 star service staff.

[@primerib]

What on earth made you think you were equal??? 🤣🤣🤣

[@machinistjeff]

The rich guys who worked hard their whole lifes to earn whats in their bank accounts and eat at the fancy restaurants downtown are clearly not equal, they should be forced to eat what me and all my other poor friends eat 😂

[@chrischong6613]

@@machinistjeff Those rich guys are choosing to pay for it at a fancy restaurant. This is tax payer's money and they are public servants who are on the job.

[@MariaAlvite]

Pizza everywhere for everyone!

[@keviny010]

Ive been on 4 deployments and i can tell you the hot meals make a big difference. Its our bonding morale time. I will admit it always seemed like we had the same 7-8 meals over and over again but who cares we were fed and happy.

[@c0lutch]

I’m always curious…what are the go to MREs vs the ones to avoid? Was there one everyone always wanted?

[@godsthirdsonchris2555]

tuna and chicken chunks tend to go fast in my experience@@c0lutch

[@johniii8147]

That's most of us we the same 8-10 meals. You know what you like.

[@user-me8gy2ns6z]

God bless Military Cooks.. God bless Military Cooks..

[@spookerredmenace3950]

God bless these men and women! currahee!!

[@ruthiemay423]

The very best part of my army experience back in the 1970s was eating MREs! I love 'em!!! While serving in the Navy in the 1980s, I was disappointed that I did not get an opportunity to enjoy them again. 😮

[@applicareinc]

How do the chefs cope with rough seas or air turbulence? I'd like to see a video on that. Great video though.

[@stonedflame]

It's called suck it up and deal with it. not video worthy

[@Jonnesdeknost]

i think smarter everyday has a video on that

[@sumguyman8656]

I could've been an enlisted chef in the air? My recruiter failed me.

[@telall]

I was an Air Force cook for 6 years I've worked in so many different types of modular kitchens

[@williamboyle8918]

What an important job for our troops. We better feed these guys and gals well. Props to the cooks !!

[@tobinheincy1673]

They don’t feed us well. These meals are for VIPs

[@williamboyle8918]

@@tobinheincy1673 Grubhub / Drone Delivery

[@bks252]

I think the MRE’s were pretty good, all things considered. They were so much better than the C rations we had when I first joined the Army in 1980. We would take the cans we wanted out of the packs and put them in green wool socks strapped to the outside of our rucksacks. That way they didn’t take up room inside the rucksack and they didn’t make noise.

[@abcde_fz]

I can't imagine smelling good home cooking on board any aircraft I've been on. MUST BE PRETTY COOL !!!

[@rogerdsmith]

If you ever fly American Airlines domestic first class, and it’s a long enough flight for them to have meal service, they will serve fresh baked rolls with your meal. Then afterwards, serve fresh baked chocolate chip cookies. At least they used to do this several years back..

[@ScorchedDemon]

​@rogerdsmith nope not anymore its basically microwaved pre-made meals now..😅

[@njjeff201]

Bless our Vets 🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@michelleharrell8452]

Making me hungry.

[@thefreestylefrEaK]

I make the same pizzas at home as a snack. I load them up and toast them in the toaster oven. Sure hits the spot!

[@sisenor4091]

God bless Military Cooks.

[@bradolsen8629]

That could not be an easy job to make meals every day for thousands of people my hat is off those military cooks my head is off to you guys

[@DjWesRolan]

Ive always had a huge amount of respect for these men n women feeding our troops. Military marches on its stomach!

[@WConn100]

I was USAF. We did not have chow halls. We DINED in DINING halls. Aim high.

[@adriengrvingt]

Theres's nothing better than French combat rations. In Afghanistan, he exchanged five American rations for one French one.

[@edgardvernimmen8977]

I was a cook in the Belgium army for 36 years. nice to see this.

[@Me-eb3wv]

Legend. How was your time?

[@stedbro3664]

I remember doing KP duty for a week once. It was long days but defiantly showed what the cooks go through. I did enjoy getting extra portions though haha

[@rungfang27]

When you get a cook that loves his job everyone is happy, shit cooks tho can bring down a whole unit!

[@Napoleon1323]

The US Air Force has the best chow.

[@jondstewart]

It better be! I’m a civilian cook at the Iditarod Dining Facility on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska and put love into everything I prepare!

[@parkerbob99]

One of my first trips ever in a C-130, an attractive loadmaster utilized the galley to make chocolate chip cookies in the oven and shared them with me. Core memory. Might have fallen in love for a sec.

[@colbywood1785]

What was his name?

[@mrtrek64]

All of you kids haven't a clue how lucky you are to have your whole life ahead of you. If I can do it all again, I see myself in the military for sure. As long as we are at peace it's endless what the military can offer a person.

[@shannon-zw6yg]

Goodstanding understood excellent

[@anthonymcneill1465]

The only rest you get is standing in line for the food, eating the food, and moving out. I'm not so sure about the resting part as that was not my experience. I remember in Alaska that by the time you got through the hot line for the food, it was cold before you could eat it. In our case, that tent was not present. Plus, you do not always get three meals as that depends on the unit mission.

[@rnnumi7945]

That meatloaf in the field kitchen looks delish.

[@carlrylander396]

great meals! i microwave blue cheese into scrambled egg, veggie spaghetti! microwave eggs purgatory is good!

[@FranklinBurrus]

meanwhile I'm s'hitting in WWII barracks with 16 toilets and no walls or door separating them 🤣

[@jondstewart]

Right?! And you had to beep at the position of attention if you were in boot camp!

[@usedcarsokinawa]

It always irked me at the disconnect between what troops are fed and “vips”. I never thought of it before I served. It’s almost laughable.

[@arseniovayadares]

Kudhos to military cooks but i just don't see myself joining the military life to be a cook... I did ten years as a Army 🪖🪖🪖 grunt... I ain't going to lie i do miss breakfast it was my favorite i don't mind eating mres for lunch and dinner but honestly honor to who honer is due when we were in the field at least i 💕💕💕 Loved to see my favorite pog fiend Cooks...it was such a morale buster to have a hot meal, keep up the Good 👍👍 😊😊😊 work!!!

[@PlasmaCoolantLeak]

There's ALWAYS one out of step. See if you can find him. 😮‍💨

[@user-fu7qg8mq5v]

powerded baked scrambled eggs yum yum

[@venoofnecona3906]

Remember we as SAILORS are not Soldiers. Please get it right when you write the script.

[@kh40yr]

I have a Army 3 burner Coleman stove that I found at a 2nd hand store. Huge Samsonite suitcase Coleman with wide spread burner tubes, for big Army kettles. It has a cooking utensil arm to hold utensils off to the side, but close by. I replaced the cap seal, cleaned out the jet area, repacked the gas valve with new graphite valve packing. A new leather cup on the end of the air pump. Wiped it down and reassembled. Fresh white gas and away it went. All 3 burners roaring again. I used it on the 4th for our Seafood Boil.

[@ShakespeareCafe]

I can only watch these videos with a plate of pasta and a glass of red wine (from a jug)

[@xaxsimplexescapex]

very cool video

[@jorgeaquino9843]

Excelentes cosineros, militares sabrosa comida, 👌👍🤔💯🥃 me gustaría ir almorzar Hai 🤗🤗😲😋😋😋😋☺️😋☺️

[@thawsin]

KZbin: Cooking Pizzas Inside US Air Force Aircraft at Very High Altitude. Me: B E T

[@andrewtestin9080]

You know your in trouble when they make pizza

[@triggerd0wngames611]

An Army marches on its stomach. A hot meal goes a long way.

[@andrewtestin9080]

In Iraq Airport always had MREs always good little bottle of Tabasco always great

[@corlabz]

Airmen are lousy marchers but can take care and fly sophisticated aircrafts.

[@sambiscits6711]

Those look delicious.

[@alexsi4019]

So the private jet with the dudes that aren’t even getting there hands dirty get a 5 star chef in the sky but the dudes in the dirt get a random pizza made from scrap

[@infomercialwars]

They are very hard at work transferring money from the middle class to various mega corporations. Those guys in particular were probably working to help the needy organizations like raytheon and lockheed get their donation checks before Christmas so they can spend Christmas in St. Barts

[@rsmac11]

Ooof, seeing Brown field again at @0:07 gave me the feels. Ductus Exemplo.

[@Brian-sh2gi]

I don't need all that fancy dancy jazz. Give me an MRE!

[@jondstewart]

Agreed, MRE’s were great over 30 years ago. The one with meatballs in BBQ sauce, peanut butter and crackers, and a chocolate peanut butter bar was awesome, and cold! They’ve sucked the past 20 years!

[@trumpdonald6911]

Just a Big Mac and a Diet Coke was all I ever needed.

[@tbarnes9039]

So how many civilians are being flown around on AF business jets with gourmet meals? My guess is way too many

[@jondstewart]

Quite a few, I assume. And speaking of civilians, they’re the ones that make their mark in food services in the military. Very few military cooks give a rats behind about their jobs and just pass the time and collect their paychecks.

[@scottdunkirk8198]

Um galleys not commissaries, I worked KC-135s and on long hauls we would cook our own.

[@Nahnowaylmao]

I didnt know a chicken breast with cheese and green beans is a 5 star meal. Ive been living like a King it seems.

[@jondstewart]

It’s the Army! They’re assigned to a career field they didn’t want to be in the first place! They’re not sharpening their skills to be a culinary master in the civilian world. Maybe if they’re lucky and transfer their skills to the civilian world, they’ll be a civilian cook on a military base as a contractor earning $15 an hour or a federal employee earning $30 an hour. The latter you need to know the right people.

[@claywhite1606]

MREs are delicious

[@tlspud]

13:04 - They call him "Cheese Bae." 😉

[@AbadWong-ou8vv]

No1us fighter all Pres ng us very gud

[@ColdIPApisBEST]

Where are my MRE-loving army bois?

[@TheRealSlimshadyyyyyy]

“Made from scratch”, lol the only thing I ever saw made from scratch was the buttered bread.

[@elizurcardona7023]

Peace time is great..

[@blake.henderson]

the key in all of this is the middle eastern bread which im assuming is lebanese, lebanese bread makes the best bases for a military made pizza rather than the chain store bought supermarket bases, as they are much more tasty, crispy and less clunky than the traddional pre made pizza bases and thats why smith's dishes are so highly prized among his compatriots.

[@jondstewart]

These people are in the military. They’re not concerned about all the culture and origins of the food, just preparing an edible meal for the troops. Very few military cooks could give less of a crap of what is and isn’t, they just do a job because they have to and most do it to just get by and serve food no better than what is served in prisons.

[@blake.henderson]

defund the police@@jondstewart

[@cpt.fignuts]

The way they were slicing with their fingers extended...

[@rjust2297]

I'm saving my Tootsie roll for last

[@optimus3305]

I wonder how much waste happens on John Kerry’s echo jet that flies all over the world fighting”climate change”.

[@Project_-jq7jw]

Not relevant to this thread. Stop trying to inject your personal political opinions into this.

[@optimus3305]

@@Project_-jq7jw no

[@ThyPandora]

​@@optimus3305 That's a two-sided road, and you know it.

[@optimus3305]

@@ThyPandora Do I now? Actually it’s a lying one sided road, especially when you consider”global warming” didn’t poll well so they decided to change it so it’s more palatable. Humans affect on climate is nowhere near what these grifters claim it is, and every”scientific consensus” is from FEDERALLY FUNDED UNIVERSITIES!!! In this country and others, nobody is saying be irresponsible with the environment, the sooner you fools stop believing everything you hear the better off we’ll all be, Al grifting Gore hasn’t been right on a single ridiculous predictive model yet in almost 30 years, AOC thinks the world is going to end in 7 years, just stop oil physchos are LITERALLY covered in petroleum products, from the dye in their hair to the shoes on their feet, it’s a proven fact that if C02 emissions worldwide stopped right now completely it MIGHT HYPOTHETICALY lower the global temperature by 1 degrees, 100 years from now!!!!!! The average electric vehicle needs 80,000 miles driven before it cancels out it’s very production, by then it’s had batteries replaced adding another 20-30k and has been traded in or most likely scrapped before it ever hits that mileage and another one takes its place, I’m not saying ignore the environment or be irresponsible, I’m saying don’t listen to these lying crooked politicians getting rich off of selling foolish nonsense, do some research for yourself and don’t believe everything you hear.

[@MarkM58]

The Navy has sailors, not soldiers.

[@peatmoss4415]

Everybody is considered a soldier ¹st. Just read the DOD manuals. If you are a Marine, have a 6 grader read it to you.

[@MarkM58]

@@peatmoss4415 Wrong. They are soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines, Guardsmen, and Guardians. And I am a Navy vet and can read on my own, thank you very much. And I have read more than my share of manuals.

[@tbone5040]

Watching the way some of these people chopped vegetables gave me low key anxiety.

[@kokomaung]

I wish i like to become an american soldier''😂😂

[@user-fu7qg8mq5v]

i loved breakfast at ft hood early 80s made in fount of mr in line mozzarella &ham omelet please with a good pile of hashbrowns lunch 2 medium done chese burgers and a mountin of steak fries then hit the drink line fill cantean with gatoraide & a large plastic cup filled with vanilla softserve icecream for a milk shake & 2 lg fresh baked penutbutter cookies to go

[@mikemissel7785]

We ate some MRE cold like the spaghetti which was great

[@JohnWilsonPanaligan-je1ft]

CHOOOOOH ! _WILSON

[@OsamaBinBombin]

I remember we used to cook wit empty soda cans in the jungle

[@babajee6521]

Very informative video thanks. ❤️

[@bryanbrewer4272]

Pizza=life.....

[@beanzburriton4263]

pizza wife

[@jackmeoff8953]

The old C rations were a lot better.

[@jondstewart]

As long as you didn’t get that ham and eggs mess. Some called it ham and mother-/:;()$.

[@jackmeoff8953]

@@jondstewart You will eat them if you are hungry enough.

[@michaelweir995]

That airplane pizza looked awful, lol. I used to make something like that when I was stoned.

[@chris.eskimo]

Obviously the airmen like them ! That's all that matters

[@Galactipod]

It's not meant to be great, it's meant to be at least a little better than the typical meals.

[@ImNotCreativeEnoughToMakeUser]

6:27 Modern? My friend, MREs have come with flameless heaters since their introduction into the US military in 1980 when they replaced C, K, and A rations.

[@user-fu7qg8mq5v]

MREs look good compared to C-rats

[@PS2Damon]

what would we be without our unit barbacque coordinators?

[@Semiam1]

Made many a run to the flight kitchen for the “boxed nasties”

[@ksorbrotvlogs186]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@paultaithelegendnguyen8891]

Russia needs to get helped from US army to train its troops to be professional soldiers. Otherwise, they can get beat up even with a smaller army.

[@jondstewart]

😮The old Russia when it was the Soviet Union half-starved their soldiers. Kasha, a piece of white bread, and tea were breakfast. Lunch and dinner was a small scoop of potatoes with pork fat, watery soup, and a piece of black bread. On tank day, maybe a small piece of fatty steak with rice and coffee. Many young soldiers supplemented their diets with their meager earnings with apples or candy from the canteen.

[@AcademicOrientation]

they had bobs burgers on in the mess on the aircraft carrier

[@hans5130]

Back in the 1980 1990 I didn’t have to wear gloves. Could also cook with a beard, in Alaska. New rules, cook your own food

[@jondstewart]

Are you kidding? Wearing gloves is just the tip of the iceberg! Now you have to scrub your hands thoroughly in a handwashing sink with Eco Lab soap throughly, just touching door knobs, your clothes, smartphone, eyeglasses, and all you have to wash again. And always wear a cut glove and change out your rubber gloves frequently if you’ve done anything I mentioned. And I’m in Alaska myself and work as a cook on an Air Force base.

[@user-vx3cl8uy6v]

علم إرتفاعات شاهقة

[@user-iv3gk9qd4j]

Trên thế giới , không có nước nào xài sang như Mỹ .

[@savedin87ify]

Back in 1985 I tried to join the Air Force. But I failed the physical. Due to having corrective chest surgery as a kid. Still saddened 40 years later. I'm ashamed to say. I wanted to make a carrier out of it.

[@Bammer2001]

I didn't know some military aircraft has fully-equipped kitchens. I'm just not too sure how they work, as the cabin is fully pressurized.

[@tracywilkinson1820]

it's pressurized to between 6/8k feet, so boiling and baking and such takes about 25% longer. Just like if you were living in Denver. Pancake, biscuit, cake mix boxes usually have high altitude instructions

[@tracywilkinson1820]

oh and fully equipped kitchen I think is for VIP type aircraft. Most just have an oven with racks you can heat pre-prepared food in, and/or a hotplate and a coffee pot, and a small chiller, at least in my navy experience and when I'd hang out with AF people.

[@Bammer2001]

@@tracywilkinson1820 That's what I figured. You can't prepare food fast enough with a fully-equipped kitchen for a lot of people, not to mention you'll need too much room to do all of this for over 50 people. You need to prepare it well far in advance then just warm it up.

[@Dertia]

i cooka da pizza

[@pabloexequielbarrera4105]

6 al 1. Relog. Blanco almanaque

[@user-hp1zj2qu6j]

bro is funny as heck lol

[@user-bd4ev1ko7m]

この国相手に戦争しても勝てるわけない。同盟国に住んでて良かったと思う。

[@xzesstence8862]

the topic was "cooking of pizza in airplanes of us air force in high altitude"...

[@Sharpbevel]

MREs: meals refusing to exit. 😅

[@mopesrus7266]

Meals rejected by Ethiopians

[@leifdux7277]

I didn't even know you can bake and cook like at home on an airplane as I always thought it was a hazard...

[@kingboiiiiiiii8460]

3 words: Electrical induction stoves

[@leifdux7277]

@@kingboiiiiiiii8460 Oh I see thanks!

[@michelleharrell8452]

I remember them. Gross. We got them while in the field. To this day they make me puke. The fruit & pudding. were ok. But the rest. Yuck.

[@jukio02]

US needs a powerful army to fight all them goat herders. Those goat herders are super powerful. US like Jake Paul, when are you going to fight a real army?

[@nonegone7170]

Tell us you have a double digit IQ without telling us.

[@baoge4591]

The Enlisted don't have to pay bu Officers do.